When in 2014 MarketingWorks, in association with Professor Will Hughes of the University of Reading, updated their 2003 research assessing how the bid cost investment affects work winning within the … Continue reading “Bid Cost Survey Blog 2 – Improving the win rate”
The average bids costs were calculated at £60k in 2014 for contractors and £24k for consultants. However as those average bid costs cover a broad range of project values from … Continue reading “Bid Cost Survey Blog 1 – Bid Cost as % of Project Value”
This may come as a shock to you but as a construction client you bear all the risks all the time. Yes, that’s right; you bear all the risk generated … Continue reading “Do you understand your responsibility as a client for construction risks?”
Construction productivity is a key issue for our industry, or more specifically the lack of it. The lack of construction productivity within our industry stifles innovation, raising costs, adding risk … Continue reading “Unlocking construction productivity”
My grandfather once told me “buy a good pair of shoes and you are making an investment” – it’s typical of those sagely statements that all grand-parents make – shoes, … Continue reading “The problem with funding a property estate”
Does your procurement process truly focus on value? Most construction projects only deliver value for the client once the facility is in use. Until then they are a nuisance, getting … Continue reading “An introduction to procuring for value”
Successful procurement depends on the client understanding whether the evaluation methodologies it uses are likely to produce the desired results. Here’s some advice on getting it right. The UK public … Continue reading “Procurement: Prepare for the best”
Both the Latham and Egan reports identified areas where the Construction Industry could make improvements in the way that it worked. Both of these had one eye on the clients’ … Continue reading “Is profit a dirty word in Construction? (What Latham missed and Egan did not have the answer for)”
Constructing Excellence welcomed its National members, regional centres, local Clubs and members of the Generation for Change (G4C) network to its annual conference on November 11. Thank you to main … Continue reading “Inspirational brain food served at the Constructing Excellence Annual Conference”
Many researchers into construction comment on the inherent conservatism and lack of innovation in the industry. Practices and methods are slow to change and develop; what has changed in a … Continue reading “The Construction Industry Must Innovate”