SEC Group seeking government support for a 3-point action to help construction industry.
The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group has requested confirmation that construction is within the new Economic & Industrial Strategy Cabinet Committee, which work to promote productivity and innovation.
Looking to the future of construction, the request suggests that targets and action plans should be included in order to raise production levels in all industry sectors.
SEC Group is made up of the Plumbing and Heating Contractors’ Alliance, British Constructional Steelwork Association, Electrical Contractors’ Association, Building and Engineering Services Association, Lift and Escalator Industry Association and Select (Electrical Contractors’ Association for Scotland).
The action plan includes the use of project bank accounts and ring-fencing of cash retentions in order to contend with a lack of cash flow security, the replacement of out-of-date procurement and contracting practises with modern methods and a further look into digital technologies. The third point in the plan suggests a level playing feel which will encourage SMEs to invest in innovation that will improve productivity, and make it easier for SMEs to enter the industry.
Trevor Hursthouse, Chairman of the SEC, said: “Having run an engineering SME for over 40 years I believe that the way forward for the industry, with strong support from government, is to focus on achieving greater efficiencies through eliminating wasteful and non-productive activities.
“Post-Brexit we have to be leaner and fitter as an industry to add greater value to our clients (not cost) and to enable investment in the technologies that will ultimately improve the commercial health of the industry’s SMEs that deliver the bulk of its output. We are asking that the government gets on board to help us drive the necessary changes.”
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