ABSTRACT
The client as leader of the process; definition of the client position; the preparation of the statement ‘Constructing Improvement – the clients’ pact with the industry’; input to the CIB; statement of research facilities and collaboration with the Construction Research and Innovation Strategy Panel (CRISP); publication of whole life costing document; launch of ‘Constructing Improvement’ at the Royal Institution; relationships with other industry sectors. Effectiveness. First suggestions of the Clients’ Charter. The influence and implications of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects and Treasury/OGC policy on procurement.
