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The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) welcomes Infrastructure UK’s report on cost savings in civil engineering.
Particularly welcome are recommendations to eliminate peaks and troughs in infrastructure investment, develop smarter approaches to procurement and to encourage better commissioning and governance of projects. The findings reflected many of the points made by ACE in its submissions to Infrastructure UK.
Nelson Ogunshakin OBE, ACE chief executive, said: “This report represents a constructive step forward in the way we understand and approach investment in infrastructure. The investigation findings concluded cyclical patterns of investment in particular cause great uncertainty for industry, damage employment prospects and impede the delivery of greater value for the client. Similarly, unnecessary risk dumping on consultants and designer prevent creativity and innovative solution on major capital infrastructure investment projects. ACE wholeheartedly endorses the recommendations of this report, and will work with Infrastructure UK, industry and government to help put them into practice.
“We agree that there is potential for significant efficiency saving, but it must be achieved in a spirit of real partnership. This report gives us all the opportunity to move forward in a constructive way.”
In its submissions to Infrastructure UK, ACE highlighted the impact that changes to specifications can have on project costs, and the need for an ongoing process of data collection and dissemination regarding the cost base of construction.
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For press information please contact Gavin Pearson on 020 7202 0255 – gpearson@acenet.co.uk
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