Who is the Construction Playbook for?

The Construction Playbook is aimed at Commercial, Finance, Project Delivery, Policy and any professionals across public sector contracting authorities who are responsible for the planning and delivery of public work projects and programmes.

The principles and policies have been co-developed with input from public officials and industry stakeholders. They can be considered good practice for all professionals involved in public works projects and programmes across the public sector. The Playbook will be supported through further guidance and engagement materials in 2021 as part of the implementation programme.

Experience has shown us that successful project delivery requires cross-functional working bringing together different professional areas of expertise. The key is ensuring that we have joined-up teams with input from the right functions early in the process. Pipeline reviews can help to facilitate early planning and identify opportunities for more collaborative working.

Figure 4 provides an analysis for the 14 key policies mapped against functional groups. This should be considered a guide to support contracting authorities in implementing the Construction Playbook and may vary in different contracting authorities depending on their structure.

Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Accounting Officers, Commercial Directors, project sponsors and SROs will also find this Playbook useful when acting as decision makers or approvers, or when conducting checks within the capacity of scrutiny and assurance.

Figure 4. Analysis of roles and responsibilities across the 14 key policies. OKUA stands for:

•  Ownership. Individuals within the function lead the activity and have overall responsibility for it. J-O is used where ownership is split across a number of functions.

•  Knowledge. Individuals within the function are the subject matter experts on at least one element of the activity.

•  Understanding. Individuals within the function understand what the activity is and what good looks like.

•  Awareness. Individuals within the function know what activities are required and who is responsible.