GIRI responds to Government's green paper on industrial strategy

27 Nov 24

The Get It Right Initiative has responded to the UK Government's green paper on industrial strategy, Invest 2035: The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy.

It is our belief that the UK’s industrial strategy will only succeed if it is underpinned by a strong, capable construction industry. 

ONS data shows that the construction sector contributes in the region of 6% of UK GDP and accounts for approximately 6.5% of total UK employment.  More importantly, construction provides the foundations for investment being made across wider industries. 

The focus for our response to this consultation is to identify how the strategy can help eradicate error in construction in order to support UK industry as a whole.

GIRI's response to the green paper focuses on three key priorities:

  1. Productivity
  2. Sustainability
  3. Safety

The UK construction sector, despite its challenges, has a strong reputation worldwide. By addressing error reduction with regard to these priorities, we can bolster that pedigree further, supporting export opportunities for the UK.

Our recommendations

We have made three recommendations for the formation of the industrial strategy, to support the objective to eliminate error in construction:

  1. To mandate error reporting for public-backed or funded construction programmes
  2. To include error-reduction as a core skill within Government construction programmes
  3. To embed quality control skills within the curriculum as part of the introduction of the new Skills England body

For more information, please read our response to the Government's green paper on industrial strategy.

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