Latham's legacy

摘要

The construction industry of today is almost unrecognisable from that of 20 years ago when Sir Michael Latham published his milestone report, Constructing the Team. The industry is no longer characterised by late delivery, regular cost overruns, debilitating commercial friction and all-too-frequent accidents. We have already been on a journey of significant change. Sir John Egan further contributed to this journey with Rethinking Construction. As did Andrew Wolstenholme in 2009 with Never Waste a Good Crisis. And now we have the Industrial Strategy for Construction, Construction 2025. I've heard it said, "So, what's different this time?" and "Why will this succeed when previous initiatives have not?"