EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The construction industry and the clients that rely on it are at a critical juncture and it is time to review the seriousness of the future outlook. Deep-seated problems have existed for many years and are well known and rehearsed, yet despite that, there appears to be a collective reluctance or inability to address these issues and set a course for modernisation.

This review adopts a structure of evaluating the construction industry's current and future state which has a strong medical process analogy:

•  Identify the symptoms

•  Diagnose the root causes

•  Provide a prognosis

•  Establish a treatment plan for recovery

•  Keep the industry under observation

The medical comparison is unfortunately apposite as this review concludes that many of the features of the industry are synonymous with a sick, or even a dying patient.