Compact with Industry

The Construction Playbook has been co-developed and endorsed by the Construction Leadership Council and wider industry

We, the signatories to this Industry Compact, confirm our support for the Construction Playbook. The Construction Leadership Council, wider industry and academia has participated fully in its development. Through the collaboration of the Construction Sector Deal, the sector has accelerated innovation. Now, with the launch of the Construction Playbook, we have the opportunities to create long-term relationships that will underpin our investments in people, technology, and capacity.

We recognise that the industry needs to change to become more productive and more predictable. To succeed, not only does there need to be a measurable improvement in project outcomes, but the market needs to change as well. The development of long-term, strategic collaborative relationships needs client support. With the public sector following this Playbook, we can do this faster and more effectively.

All parties will benefit from change. In this Playbook, government sets out to reward industry partners for delivering improved value through faster, better, and greener delivery. This includes a more consistent and equitable approach to risk transfer and the promise of a fair return.

In response to these client-led initiatives, industry also has to change. We will need to develop new solutions including improved digital capabilities. We will need to work more collaboratively at all levels of the supply chain, and we will be asked to place more focus on social value, sustainability, and asset performance. We fully support this partnership approach.

Changes on this scale will only take place if the whole industry works together. On the industry-side, we need to share the vision and consistently apply the principles across all members of the project team, from consultants and contractors to specialists and the building materials supply chain. The whole sector has an opportunity and a role.

The Construction Playbook supports our aims of improving the performance, profitability, and sustainability of the sector. Its publication is the start of a journey, and the approach set out will develop over time. We will all progress faster and will be better equipped if we engage fully with the Construction Playbook and its implementation programme.

Adrian Savory
CEO, Bam Nuttall

Alasdair Reisner
Chief Executive, Civil Engineering
Contractors Association

Alex Vaughan
CEO, Costain

Andrew Davies
CEO, Kier

Andy Mitchell
CEO, Tideway and Co-Chair of
Construction Leadership Council

Andy Steele
Group CEO, Osborne

Ann Bentley
Global Board Director,
Rider Levett Bucknall

Dr Anne Kemp OBE
Chair, UK BIM Alliance

Brian Berry
CEO, Federation of
Master Builders

Dale Evans
Chair, Project 13

Professor David Mosey
Director, King's College London
Centre of Construction Law

David Pinder
Chairman, Mixergy

Graham Watts
CEO, Construction Industry
Council

Greg Craig
Chair, CBI Construction Council
and President & CEO, Skanska

Hannah Vickers
CEO, Association for Consultancy
and Engineering

Jaimie Johnston
Director & Head of Global
Systems, Bryden Wood

Professor Jennifer Whyte
Co-Director, Imperial College
London Centre for Systems
Engineering and Innovation

James Wimpenny
CEO, Bam Construct UK

John Newcomb
CEO, Builders Merchants
Federation

John O'Connor
Group Commercial Director,
Laing O'Rourke

John Slaughter
Director External Affairs,
Home Builders Federation

John Waterman
Chief Operating Officer,
Willmott Dixon Construction

Julian Gatward
Managing Director,
Taylor Woodrow

Keith Waller
Programme Director,
Construction Innovation Hub

Leo Quinn
Group Chief Executive,
Balfour Beatty

Mark Beard
President, Chartered Institute
of Building and Chairman, Beard

Mark Enzer OBE
Chief Technical Officer,
Mott MacDonald

Mark Reynolds
Group CEO, Mace

Melanie Leech CBE
Chief Executive, British Property
Federation

Michael Graham
Executive Chairman, GRAHAM

Mike Chaldecott
CEO, Saint Gobain UK and Ireland

Nick Baveystock
Director General & Secretary,
Institution of Civil Engineers

Nirmal Kotecha
Chair, Infrastructure Client
Group Management Board and
Director of Capital Programme &
Procurement, UK Power Networks

Peter Anderson
Managing Director - Transport
Infrastructure, Amey

Peter Caplehorn
Chief Executive, Construction
Products Association

Richard Beresford
CEO, National Federation
of Builders

Richard Robinson
CEO, UK and Europe, Atkins

River Tamoor Baig
Chief Executive & Founder,
Hack Partners

Rob Lashford
Regional Director, Speller Metcalfe

Sarah Beale
CEO, Construction Industry
Training Board

Sarah Jardine
Chief Inspector - Construction,
Health & Safety Executive

Simon Gorski
Managing Director - Construction,
Europe, Lendlease

Simon Rawlinson
Head of Strategic Research &
Insight, Arcadis

Stephen Beechey
Group Public Sector Director,
Wates

Steve Bratt
Group CEO, Electrical Contractors'
Association

Suzannah Nichol MBE
Chief Executive, Build UK

Tim Bowen
Managing Director - Strategic
Development, Keltbray

Vincent Clancy
Chairman & CEO,
Turner & Townsend