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The Client Group

The Cornwall Construction Client Group aims to bring together Clients who plan, commission and manage the construction projects and programmes, to ensure short, medium and long-term plans can be resourced and strategic risks managed, so the sector is ready and able to deliver

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The Construction Summit (Spring 2018) and Housing and Construction Conference (Autumn 2018) both set the overarching requirements of the construction industry to have clear visibility of a pipeline of work from major Clients to inform their future resourcing, business growth and investment plans.

 

Role and purpose of the proposed Building Cornwall Construction Client Group:
  • Formulation of a reliable pipeline of development in order to assess key periods of pressure and opportunity on the Contractor, Consultant and Supply Chain resource for Cornwall.
  • Review resource requirements, programme pinch-points, enable Client assessment of optimum timing and procurement strategies.
  • Link the work programmes to skills and training activity to enable future skills gaps to be directly targeted.
  • Assess procurement opportunities to support delivery and manage risk in line with Client ambitions through accessing latest market intelligence and expert advice.
  • Feed into CITB and other national research for more accurate baseline information to inform policy and funding opportunities for Cornwall’s construction sector.
  • To demonstrate by this how a regional approach to procurement can help improve the links between skills employability, and quality of supply chain activity and maximising the use of local pound.
  • As a group of significant clients, better understand how productivity can be improved across the sector in the region.
  • Assess opportunities for collaboration as major Clients, including the opportunity for a coordinated approach levy funds for shared training programmes and other such initiatives.

The output from the Client Group would be used to communicate outwards to the regional supply-chain, including through the existing links into the Constructing Excellence Cornwall Hub, organised events and wider communication routes. It will enable the opportunity for two-way dialogue and feedback from Professionals, Contractors and Supply-Chain.