{"id":28403,"date":"2020-11-28T16:02:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T16:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28403"},"modified":"2020-11-27T17:24:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:24:07","slug":"construction-leadership-council-spreads-its-wings-and-morphs-into-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28403","title":{"rendered":"Construction Leadership Council spreads its wings\u2026 and morphs into something else"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has been restructured, transforming its initial purpose and expanding into a multi-layered bureaucracy.<\/h3>\n

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…forum of bosses meeting ministers, now includes almost every conceivable vested interest…<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

… creation of not just a single council, with various work groups but instead three committees, all meeting at least monthly…<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The Construction Index<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

Five years ago the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) was a panel of chief executives from the construction and house-building industry acting as a sounding board and advisory service for ministers.<\/p>\n

Today it is three separate committees dominated by trade associations and quangos, with the net cast as wide as possible.<\/p>\n

A forum of bosses meeting ministers, now includes almost every conceivable vested interest, including the Trades Union Congress.<\/p>\n

Membership remains entirely at the discretion of the co-chairs of the organisation: the government minister picks the industry side co-chair, and the industry side co-chair gets to pick his or her team.<\/p>\n

Andy Mitchell, chief executive of Thames Tideway (the organisation building a big sewer under London) remains industry side co-chair of the CLC, alongside Nadhim Zahawi, the junior minister at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy with responsibility for the construction industry.<\/p>\n

The reorganisation of the CLC sees the creation of not just a single council, with various work groups but instead three committees, all meeting at least monthly.<\/p>\n

At the apex \u00a0is the CLC Steering Co-ordination Group, then there is the CLC Task Force Group and then the CLC Senior Advisors Group \u2013 in rough terms they have 10, 20 and 30 members respectively as initially set up.<\/p>\n

Andy Mitchell explained: \u201cIntentionally larger in numbers than the previous structure, the new membership broadens our industry representation and reaches into local regions, creating a CLC that better represents the three million people continuing to work in the industry,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new structure places the CLC Task Force at the heart of the continuing drive to lead and transform the industry as set out in the CLC Industry Recovery Plan.\u00a0 Originally meeting daily, and now twice each week, the Task Force is about to mark its 100th meeting since March, a milestone that is testament to the time, effort and determination that all Task Force members have been putting in for which, I\u2019m sure on behalf of the whole industry, we thank and salute the Task Force members.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo support the Task Force, a CLC Senior Advisors Group has been established, along the lines of non-executives of a typical board. This group will provide an even wider representation of different parts of the industry, together with support, challenge and guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Construction Leadership Council was created in 2013 as a bridge between industry and government to improve efficiency, skills and growth in UK construction. Its membership was cut from 30 to 12 in 2015 to improve efficiency. Membership at that time was dominated by people who ran big construction companies \u2013 the bosses of Skanska, Bouygues and Laing O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n

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This put noises out of joint at the trade associations, who felt they were being denied ministerial access. They fought their way back in and are now well represented.<\/p>\n

CLC Steering Co-ordination Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

This group formulates the strategic direction, policies and scope of activity of the CLC, for consideration by the CLC Task Force Group and CLC Senior Advisors Group.<\/p>\n