Procurement & Integration

A successful procurement policy requires ethical sourcing, enables best value to be achieved and encourages the early involvement of the supply chain.  An integrated project team works together to achieve the best possible solution in terms of design, buildability, environmental performance and sustainable development.

The SFfC Integration Task Group, under the chairmanship of Martin Nielsen produced ‘Profiting from Integration’  in November 2007.  This was followed by an extensive action plan being delivered by the following sub groups:

• Business Case
• Integration Toolkit
• Plain English Guides
• Training
• Marketing & PR

Target

Different parts of the industry – clients, consultants, main contractors, specialist contractors*, and product manufacturers and suppliers – to be engaged in supply chains on 30% of construction projects and for 40% of their work to be conducted through integrated project teams

*These targets do not apply to those specialist contractors not involved in M&E work. For them the target is to establish by 2012 a mechanism for measuring integration in their sector