ConIAC 18 th March 2014

1. ConIAC 18th March 2014 Construction 2025 H&S Challenges Gren Tipper - Construction Clients’ Group and member of Construction Leadership Council Delivery Group

2. Construction 2025 “bring the same focus to health as it has to safety” “Engage and inspire young people” “improving performance in the domestic repair and maintenance market” “Maintain the UK’s global leadership position in health and safety by driving up standards on smaller projects and bringing greater focus to occupational health” Image “build on the achievements of the highest performing projects” “zero harm becomes the norm” “Our goal is for the UK construction industry to operate under safe and healthy conditions at least comparable to other sectors of the economy” “Industry and Government will work together to improve the image of the industry”

3. Our Industry can be broken down into 3 broad segments: • Larger professional companies with developed predominantly longer standing supply chain partners • Medium to small sized professional companies traditional sub-contracted supply chain • Largely unregulated smaller contractors operating in the domestic/small occasional client area ? ? ?

4. An indication of where the challenges lie in the industry: Training/ Competence Health Safety Y/Y Y/? Y/Y Larger professional Y/Y ?/N Y/? Medium to small/micro professional ?/N N/N Unregulated smaller enterprises ?/N */*directly employed or supported as such/sub contracted but limited direction

5. Construction 2025 Emerging from a major recession ConIAC is seen as best means of engaging industry What makes us world class? Rapid growth What proportions make up the segments or is there a better way to segment to focus improvements and support What part does the regulatory framework play in our success? New people to train What are our current areas of excellence and how do we make better use of them? Foreign workers Building on what we are doing well as World leaders Need to get over “not invented here syndrome” What part can the professional parts of the industry play in influencing and supporting the difficult to reach parts of the industry? The industry image is disproportionately impacted upon by the minority Build on what we have - collaborate How do we share the work out How do we eat the elephant? What is Government’s role in dealing with the unregulated sector? ConIAC is good at tasks but can be slow for good reasons – how can the CLC support ?