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It is often said that in order to know where we are going we need to know where we have been. Since the late 1990's the construction industry has been challenged to deliver better performance in terms of value for money, time for construction and defect free construction. Behind this remodelling of an industry is government. The interest by government is not new and report after report in the Post-War period has exhorted the construction industry to perform better. This book documents how government, through influential reports, has sought to shape the performance and attitudes of parties to the construction industry.
1. Introduction / David Langford and Mike Murray -- 2. Placing and Management of Building Contracts: The Simon Committee Report (1944) / Patricia Hillebrandt -- 3. The Working Party Report to the Minister of Works: The Phillips Report on Building (1948-50) / Alan Wild -- 4. Survey of Problems before the Construction Industry: A Report Prepared by Sir Harold Emmerson (1962) / Krisen Moodley and Christopher Preece -- 5. The Placing and Management of Contracts for Building and Civil Engineering Work: The Banwell Report (1964) / Cliff Hardcastle, Peter Kennedy and John Tookey -- 6. Tavistock Studies into the Building Industry: Communications in the Building Industry (1965) and Interdependence and Uncertainty (1996) / David Boyd and Alan Wild -- 7. Large Industrial Sites Report (1970) / David Langford -- 8. The Public Client and the Construction Industries: The Wood Report (1975) / Graham Ive -- 9. Faster Building for Industry: NEDO (1983) / John Connaughton and Lawrence Mbugua -- 10. Faster Building for Commerce: NEDO (1988) / Steven Male -- 11. Constructing the Team: The Latham Report (1994) / Daniel Cahill and Marie-Cecile Puybaraud -- 12. Technology Foresight Report: Progress through Partnership (1995) / Stuart Green -- 13. Rethinking Construction: The Egan Report (1998) / Mike Murray -- 14. Conclusion / Mike Murray and David Langford.
edited by Mike Murray and David Langford.
Includes bibliographical references and index.