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Transforming Infrastructure Performance
Transforming Infrastructure Performance is a British government report on the UK construction industry issued by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority in December 2017. Its aim was to improve productivity in the sector and make savings of £15 billion per year. It proposed to do this by increasing innovations like off-site construction and new digital technology, improving government procurement procedures, and improving integration and collaboration. It was seen as a welcome initiative by the industry, and early implementation of its aims has been incorporated into the water industry's 2019 price review.
A follow-up report, Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030 was published on 13 September 2021 and, in combination with other documents, this report outlines UK government construction strategy through to 2030.
The British construction industry has been in a period of stagnating productivity, and the Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP) report is seen as an opportunity to tackle this. Productivity in the rest of the UK economy has been improving at a greater rate than that in construction for some time. Research and development expenditure in that sector is reasonably high, but it has often been spent in an uncoordinated and unfocused way with poor returns. The existing business model of project-by-project transactional delivery has made cost the primary factor in determining the supply chain rather than a consideration of what is best for the project or client.
The TIP report was issued by the British government's Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) in December 2017 and outlined three key aims for the ten years following publication:
These aims require improvements in the planning, procurement and delivery of projects. The report recognises that significant improvement has been made in long-term strategic planning since the 2015 establishment of the National Infrastructure Commission and the 2016 issue of the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan. This includes switching major infrastructure bodies such as Highways England, Network Rail, HS2 and the Environment Agency from annual budgets to multi-year spending plans. The government intends to save the industry £15 billion per year by implementing TIP. The programme was announced alongside details of new construction projects valued at £600 billion over the next 10 years.
The IPA was given responsibility for delivering TIP with oversight by HM Treasury. Delivery would be supported by using the purchasing power of the government, implementing initiatives across all government departments and working closely with industry through the Construction Leadership Council, the Infrastructure Client Group and the Construction Industry Training Board.
Priorities for the first two years following the report are:
The IPA cautioned that the plan should not be seen as a means of driving down construction costs but rather that better whole life performance needed to be realised. A new benchmarking team will be established at the IPA to monitor the delivery of British infrastructure projects against global benchmarks.
Transforming Infrastructure Performance
Transforming Infrastructure Performance is a British government report on the UK construction industry issued by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority in December 2017. Its aim was to improve productivity in the sector and make savings of £15 billion per year. It proposed to do this by increasing innovations like off-site construction and new digital technology, improving government procurement procedures, and improving integration and collaboration. It was seen as a welcome initiative by the industry, and early implementation of its aims has been incorporated into the water industry's 2019 price review.
A follow-up report, Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030 was published on 13 September 2021 and, in combination with other documents, this report outlines UK government construction strategy through to 2030.
The British construction industry has been in a period of stagnating productivity, and the Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP) report is seen as an opportunity to tackle this. Productivity in the rest of the UK economy has been improving at a greater rate than that in construction for some time. Research and development expenditure in that sector is reasonably high, but it has often been spent in an uncoordinated and unfocused way with poor returns. The existing business model of project-by-project transactional delivery has made cost the primary factor in determining the supply chain rather than a consideration of what is best for the project or client.
The TIP report was issued by the British government's Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) in December 2017 and outlined three key aims for the ten years following publication:
These aims require improvements in the planning, procurement and delivery of projects. The report recognises that significant improvement has been made in long-term strategic planning since the 2015 establishment of the National Infrastructure Commission and the 2016 issue of the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan. This includes switching major infrastructure bodies such as Highways England, Network Rail, HS2 and the Environment Agency from annual budgets to multi-year spending plans. The government intends to save the industry £15 billion per year by implementing TIP. The programme was announced alongside details of new construction projects valued at £600 billion over the next 10 years.
The IPA was given responsibility for delivering TIP with oversight by HM Treasury. Delivery would be supported by using the purchasing power of the government, implementing initiatives across all government departments and working closely with industry through the Construction Leadership Council, the Infrastructure Client Group and the Construction Industry Training Board.
Priorities for the first two years following the report are:
The IPA cautioned that the plan should not be seen as a means of driving down construction costs but rather that better whole life performance needed to be realised. A new benchmarking team will be established at the IPA to monitor the delivery of British infrastructure projects against global benchmarks.