Social:Chief Construction Adviser to UK Government
The role of Chief Construction Adviser is a British civil service appointment. It was created by United Kingdom ministers in 2009 to provide cross-departmental coordination and leadership on UK construction industry policy, and discontinued in 2015.
History
The "creation of a post of Chief Construction Officer" was recommended by the House of Commons Business and Enterprise Select Committee in July 2008.[1] The UK government directly or indirectly provides around 40% of the construction industry's workload so its influence as a client is significant.
Paul Morrell was the first person appointed to this pan-departmental role, with a slightly revised title of 'chief construction adviser', in November 2009; the role was initially for two years, and Morrell was re-appointed for a further one-year term in October 2011.[2]
In July 2012, Morrell's successor, Peter Hansford, was announced.[3] Hansford took up the role on 1 December 2012. On 2 July 2014, construction minister Michael Fallon announced that Hansford's term of office would be extended to November 2015.[4][5]
To the dismay of many in the industry,[6] in July 2015, the Government announced that "the role of the Chief Construction Adviser will not be continued after the incumbent Peter Hansford’s tenure ends in November 2015."[7]
References
- ↑ Construction Matters, Ninth Report of Session 2007–08 (accessed: 3 March 2012)
- ↑ Paul Morrell has been re-appointed as the Government’s chief construction adviser by Business Minister Mark Prisk (accessed: 3 March 2012)
- ↑ Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. "Government names new Chief Construction Adviser". Wiredgov.net. http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/F72D6392EA0FC12080257A4B00423D61?OpenDocument.
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Tom (2 July 2014). "Peter Hansford to remain as construction adviser until November 2015". Construction News. https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/news/knowledge-news/chief-construction-adviser-role-extended-to-2015-02-07-2014/.
- ↑ Hayman, Allister (2 July 2014). "Government hands Hansford an extra year in post". Building. http://www.building.co.uk/news/government-hands-hansford-an-extra-year-in-post/5069537.article.
- ↑ Gardiner, Joey (23 July 2015). "Sector fears for industrial strategy after board shake-up". Building. http://www.building.co.uk/news/sector-fears-for-industrial-strategy-after-board-shake-up/5076640.article.
- ↑ "Government welcomes new Construction Leadership Council". https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-welcomes-new-construction-leadership-council.
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