1. We do not enter the future...
together we create it!
2. Times are changing…
Latham, Egan and others called for:
• Team approach
• Client involvement
• Common Purpose
• Management of Risk
• Value against cost
• Team retention
• Continuous Improvement
3. The current position for construction clients
The 2008 „Equal Partners‟ Report has found that clients need to:
give more thought to developing project teams and/or to project
strategies;
upskill their own team‟s competence as a construction client;
recognise the impact early engagement can
have on more effective decision making; and
be realistic in the way risk is managed.
4. The current position for construction suppliers
The 2008 Equal Partners Report also found that the supply
side should:
seek increased efficiencies and improved ways of working;
become proactive rather than reactive;
offer better ways of working with the client; and
properly understand the client‟s business.
5. The wider industry response
In 2007 the industry‟s Strategic Forum encapsulated these
requirements in the „Construction Commitments‟ (refined from
the Olympic Delivery Authority‟s “2012 Olympic Commitments”).
They are divided into six overlapping areas:
1. Procurement and integration
2. Commitment to people
3. Client leadership
4. Sustainability
5. Design quality
6. Health and safety.
6. What is the Government‟s position?
In the „Strategy for Sustainable Construction‟
(June 2008) the Government set a target of 35%
of all public sector contracts to comply with the
Construction Commitments by 2010 - rising to
60% by 2012.
The UK Parliamentary Report (Nov 2008) reaffirmed
this objective, stating
“The Government welcomes the industry’s intention
to revise the Construction Clients Charter to reflect
the new Construction Commitments and believes it
should lead the take up of the Commitments by
requiring all major public procurers of Construction
works to become signatories within the next two
years”
7. The only way to face the challenges together is by effective
integration, which needs:
open management built on confidence;
shared validated real time information derived from common
standards; and
Construction Commitment compliance confirmed through
independent inspection.
The Sandwell solution…
is based an integrated, transparent suite of standards;
applies to both Sandwell and its suppliers;
is cost effective with non burdensome procedures with no
duplication; and
Incorporates trustworthy validation.
8. What is Sandwell‟s solution?
To introduce an innovative online certification service specifically
designed for construction, related industries and their supply chains.
The service:
1. will provide a consistent approach to company vetting;
2. will use truly independent objective inspection certification bodies;
3. will provide performance analysis for the participating supply chain
members in:-
a. the achievement of prescribed performance values (including the
Construction Commitments);
b. the application of best practice in sustainability, H&S and
environmental management; and
c. performance improvement through progressive measurement and
benchmarking.
It is based on a CIAPS certification system that :
1. follows internationally recognised UKAS accreditation best practices;
and
2. is managed using „state of the art‟ internet technologies.
9. The information flow
Regional &
National
Government
uses the information
to determine policy
and justify bid
decisions
Local authority
collates
the info/statistics to
underpin subsequent
Prime bids
Contractor
collects
Ist Tier Supplier info/statistics from all
provides the project’ suppliers
gender, ethnicity and
diversity info/statistics
10. How does it work?
Companies set out their competencies, capabilities and capacity in an
online database accessed via the FinditinSandwell website, which is then
made available to Sandwell MBC and their prime contractors.
1. The information is collected/presented as a set of
questions (called a „company information profile‟ or CIP).
This information then becomes Sandwell‟s real time
construction PQQ.
2. Sandwell may require some of the information to be
verified by an independent certification body, H&S
competency certifier or a credit checking agency
3. The information is the property of the company and the
responsibility to keep the information up to date resides
with the company. Access to information is controlled by
permission gateways. A „dashboard‟ summary becomes
part of the company‟s FinditinSandwell minisite.
4. The online system provides a full suite of tools for the
companies to manage their profiles and for
Sandwell/prime contractor buyers to analyse and search
for companies with specific skills and capabilities.
11. What does the CIP/PQQ cover?
The basic information dataset currently holds over 350 units of information in
12 sections, of which over 50% could be verified by inspection. The question
sets may be extended to cover Sandwell project needs.
1 Contact and general company details
2 Trading
3 Financial Probity
4 Insurances
5 Health and Safety/Occupational Health
6 Environmental sustainability (including waste management)
7 Equity (equal opportunities)
8 Human resources
9 Specialist expertise/technical capability
10 Quality assurance/ customer relations
11 Training
12 IT Capability
13 onwards – to meet Sandwell Project specific requirements
Note: To avoid irritating duplication sustainability information is sought within the
appropriate section.
12. How is full Construction Commitment compliance addressed?
Those companies aspiring to full compliance, especially those leading
projects or with significant senior management involvement in a
project, complete a further set of specific questions. This „additional
dataset currently holds over 200 units of information that relate to
the six Construction Commitment sections, all of which are added to
the company‟s online CIP and are verified at an inspection.
1. Procurement & Integration
2. Commitment to People
3. Leadership
4. Sustainability
5. Design
6. Advanced Health and Safety (including occupational health)
13. Examples of questions from the environment
section of the basic CIP/PQQ.
Env.01.In Who in the company has responsibility for environmental matters? (name, title,
qualifications)
Env.02.In Does the company retain a professional advisor or consultant for environmental matters
(Name & Qualifications)
Env.03.In Is the company inspected to a recognised environmental management standard/ inspection
scheme? (name, level, certificate number and expiry date)
Env.04.Ce Does the company have a written environmental policy or statement?
Env.05.In Are the company's environmental management policy/statement and practices reviewed
and revised on a regular basis? (review date and frequency )
Env.06.Ce Does the company have procedures to demonstrate that the environmental management
policy has been made available, and explained, to all employees?
Env.07.Ce Has relevant environmental awareness training been given to all relevant employees?
14. Examples of questions from the environment
section of the full CC compliance CIP/PQQ.
Sus.15 Does the company have a recycling policy? if yes, how is it applied to a) new build and b)
refurbishment.
Sus.16 If you have a recycling policy, how is it applied a) within the company and b) by the supply
chain members?
Sus.17 Do exchange policies with your materials suppliers exist in practice?
Sus.18 Does the company have a energy use policy? if yes, how is it applied to a) new build and b)
refurbishment?
Sus.19 Does the company have a water use policy? if yes, how is it applied to a) new build and b)
refurbishment?
Sus.20 "Does the company have a non-recyclable waste management strategy? if yes, how is it
applied to a) new build and b) refurbishment?"
Sus.21 Are biodiversity surveys/impact reports obtained for all projects?
Sus.22 Does the company retain a professional advisor or consultant for biodiversity matters?
15. What does it look like …completing the insurance section of the
CIP/PQQ.
16. What does it look like …completing the H & S section of the CIP/PQQ.
17. What does it look like … a company‟s completion status report of the
CIP/PQQ.
18. What does it look like… a client‟s view of uploaded supporting
company documents
19. How the buyer finds you…
View Sandwell Construction
Commitment Complaint Companies
here
23. Typical timetable of a CC endorsement course
Topic Duration Date Venue Delivered By
(Days)
CSCM IT Suite, The
15 October
Accreditation 1 1 Hawthorns, West Success Train
2009
Bromwich B71 4L
CSCM IT Suite, The
30 October
Accreditation 2 1 Hawthorns, West Bromwich Success Train
2009
B71 4LF
24th & 25th Wellman Building, Dudley
Procurement &
2 November Road, Oldbury B69 - Fairsnape
Integration
2009 Training Room 2
3rd December Sandwell Council House,
Health & Safety 1 Success Train
2009 Annexe 2, Oldbury
7th December Sandwell Council House,
Design Quality 1 Fairsnape
2009 Annexe 2, Oldbury
Sandwell Council House,
Commitment to 14th & 15th
2 Committee Room 1, 3rd Success Train
People January 2010
Floor, Oldbury
Sandwell Council House,
25th & 26th
Sustainability 2 Committee Room 2, Fairsnape
January 2010
Oldbury
Client 1st & 2nd Sandwell Council House,
2 Success Train
Leadership February 2010 Annexe 2, Oldbury
24. What are the benefits to Sandwell MBC and their prime contractors?
Firmly establishes them as compliant with „Construction
Commitments‟ without extensive management effort or
resource.
Provides a means of tracking or verifying their supply chain
companies‟ progress through improvement and risk reduction
programmes, as specified by Government agencies (HSE & EA)
or themselves, using information provided by independent third
parties.
Furnishes financial probity updates on their supply chain
members.
Significantly simplifies the process of PQQ/ITT preparation,
submission and evaluation
Validates, and reports to the client, the competence of all
downstream supply chain members.
25. What are the benefits to Sandwell MBC and their prime contractors?
Email „alerts‟ of significant changes within supply chain
members.
Access a real-time information database on all subcontracting
companies working in and around Sandwell projects.
Supports integrated working and data exchange with clients
and with downstream suppliers.
Offers the facility for collating company KPIs to support
continuous improvement without extensive management effort
or resource.
Gives the Sandwell a uniquely powerful edge in winning more
funding in the future!
26. What are the benefits to Sandwell-based construction companies?
Hugely significant simplification and reduction in PQQ preparation for
Sandwell MBC projects and of prime contractor‟s PQQ‟s.
Validation of their competence to participate in the supply chain for a
given project.
The ability to monitor and report on their Construction Commitment
compliance without exhaustive management effort or extensive
resource.
The provision of quarterly financial probity updates to Sandwell MBC
and authorised prime contractors.
Access to preferential insurance terms from Zurich (UK) Insurance Ltd.
Offer of a marketing tool with ability to differentiate oneself from
competitors.
Reduction in overhead costs.
Access to training and the resources available to improve their basic
business, environmental and H&S skills in order to reach the Sandwell
standards.
