A Strategy For Change
Construction errors cost the UK construction industry billions of pounds every single year. The Get it Right Initiative came out of discussions at the Institution of Civil Engineers Best Practice Panel and has been developed with the single aim of significantly reducing error in construction. The GIRI is currently led by a number of major construction companies and clients and has received welcome support from the CITB through their Growth and Innovation Fund.
Key international studies suggest that the measured direct costs of avoidable errors are in the order of 5% of project value. This equates to approximately £5Bn per annum across the sector in the UK and is higher than average profit levels across the industry (around 3%).
Their research identified that the top ten root causes of error were:
• Inadequate planning
• Late design changes
• Poorly communicated design information
• Poor culture in relation to quality
• Poorly coordinated design information
• Inadequate attention paid in the design to construction
• Excessive commercial (financial and time) pressure
• Poor interface management and design
• Ineffective communication between team members
• Inadequate supervisory skills.
GIRI has developed a strategy to address these root causes and this is set out in this report.