ABSTRACT
Even if the inability of the Construction Industry Board to continue to inspire the support necessary to ensure its long-term position as a genuinely industry-wide strategic body proved disappointing, there can be no doubt that its work convinced the industry and Government that the approach adopted following Latham’s recommendations was the right, indeed the only, way forward for the industry’s success. This determination not to forfeit the advantages that were beginning to be recognised, particularly in relation to the adoption of partnering as the basis for the supplier/customer relationship, was manifested in the establishment of Rethinking Construction and the Movement for Innovation (M4I).
