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Defining the Need.

The opportunity for this sort of package was recognized in the 2017 Industrial Strategy.This was a significant step because the problems facing construction are long-standing and well known.

During the last few decades, while other large industries have gone through transformational levels of change, the construction industry has remained relatively static.Following on from the Latham and Egan reports in the 1990s, in 2016 the Farmer Report concluded that the industry must “modernise or die.”.Sully says that the key element we’ve been missing in construction is the ethos of collaboration and innovation found in other industries.

It’s a somewhat odd situation considering that the construction industry is inherently a collaborative one.Every asset we build requires many different parties to work together, but when the projects end, people go their separate ways as competitors.

Although that’s all fine and good, ultimately it means we aren’t taking learnings forwards from one project to another.

Things aren’t being effectively fed back or built upon, and so we aren’t seeing the beneficial changes we desire.Start-ups will rise up.. A component-based platform approach will help engage local manufacturing.

We will see smaller manufacturers of repeat components getting engaged in the supply chain rather than just being a few big players producing the majority of a building.This has numerous socioeconomic advantages.

Fostering innovative thinking among SME fabricators and smaller suppliers is a key driver for change in construction more broadly.. 3.Australia needs a shift in mindset..