In an industry beset by the chronic competitive underbidding of tenders, the prospect of having to lop a further 20% off construction costs from public sector projects will have left many feeling numb. A year on, and the coalition's message for the built environment has been simple and three pronged: go green, use BIM and cut costs. You may view "going green" simply as a compliance issue or as a massive opportunity. Either way, it requires focus, investment and, to a degree, some risk taking while the scale of any return remains uncertain (see page 12). Yet companies have little choice but to engage with green compliance. Clients are now in a race to measure and standardise green performance effectively. Taking on the green agenda is almost seen as a prerequisite for progression in a business, albeit an ill-defined one.
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