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Responding to the publication of the Government Construction Strategy, ACE chief executive Nelson Ogunshakin OBE said:
“ACE welcomes the publication of the Government Construction Strategy. It sets a positive direction of travel and reflects many of the points that ACE and its membership and industry partners have consistently highlighted.
“The target of 20% efficiency savings is a challenging one, so it is imperative that there is a consistent means of monitoring and measuring progress against the aims of the Strategy. The Strategy rightly identifies the need for accurate cost benchmarking, and this is a critical piece of work.
“On reflection, there is a lot of work to be done in delivering on this strategy. To achieve the required culture changes will require a robust, coordinated approach across the public sector, which will need to be aligned with other important initiatives such as the Infrastructure UK Cost Review Implementation Plan.
“To turn this Strategy into successful and lasting outcomes will also require real partnership between government and industry. ACE will be reviewing the Strategy in more detail and seeking to support the government in its implementation.”
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Notes to editors
ACE, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering, is the business association representing the UK’s providers of professional consultancy services in the built and natural environment.
ACE represents approximately 600 member companies who together account for 90,000 employees in the UK. These businesses contribute more than £8 billion per year to the UK economy, and are instrumental in the development of a wide range of built and natural environment projects.
ACE promotes the critical contribution that professional consultants, working in the built and natural environment, make to the nation's developing infrastructure. ACE listens to its members, understands the issues affecting them and their clients and takes the lead in representing their interests to decision makers and opinion formers in governments, client organisations and the media.
For more information, please visit www.acenet.co.uk.
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