Annie Hall

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Build to LastSustainable Construction Skills
for the Future
                                                
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                          

• Annie Hall
• Head of Sustainability
• CITB-ConstructionSkills

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Build to last is about

• Good (smarter) business management
• Building so that
• we (people)
• the earths resources (the
  environment upon which we all depend)
• construction businesses (and their profitability)
• All have a future that lasts!

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Why sustainable construction?
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Site management
Source Environment Agency
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Build to Last Linking the supply chain
Clients/Investors Impact and added value
Why Where
Sustainable Construction
What
Legal
Designers/Architects Form and function
Construction Industry Legal compliance
How
Contractors/Supply Chain Method and materials
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Build to Last progress so far
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Main drivers for change
Legislation Taxes
Government/ Reports
Financial
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Main barriers to change

• Unaware of SD business case
• Corporate priorities - time and cost high, SD
  low
• Disjointed client/contractor relationship
• Whole supply chain needs to be involved in SD
• Short term cost/benefit calculation
• Access to sustainable products/ technologies
• Lack of adequate/appropriate skills

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10-Year Strategic Plan for Sustainability

• Clarify understand
• sustainability what it
• means in practice to
• different parts of the industry

• Lobby create a climate
• for change to balance
• legislative pressure and
• commercial advantage

• Skills develop skills for
• sustainability across the
• industry to translate
• words into practical action

• Communicate develop
• and share experience and
• best practice to speed up
• the change process

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10-Year Strategic Plan for Sustainability
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Sustainability Skills Matrix for the Built
Environment

• High level overarching framework inform
  training/ skills development across the built
  environment
• Primary functions involved from investment
  through design and construction to end use and
  demolition.
• Main sustainability issues re the built
  environment
• What the main functions need to be able to do to
  achieve a sustainable built environment (excludes
  generic skills)
• Relevant to all disciplines varying levels of
  involvement are rated

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Sustainability Skills Matrix for the Built
Environment
Ratings on level of functional involvement
Primary role Involved in
Aware and take action as necessary No
Aware
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Some examples
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Potential uses
SD SKILLS MATRIX
Influence/inform initial training, NOS, CPD
Frame database of skills/training for industry
- build capacity
Frame research (needs gaps, provision)
Provide structure for shared SSC activity
Determine provision fit for purpose
Uses?
Measure SSCs progress/ inform integrated future
planning
Measure industry progress year on year
generate baseline
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Why should we support SD skills?

• Industry wants/needs it
• Govt/legislation is pushing it
• Clients (esp public sector) are demanding it
• SSC licence requires it
• Partners see the opportunities in it
• Large development projects need it
• LSC and HEFCE strategies point to it
• Time is right politically

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So what next?

• Can you help
• - to deliver the Strategic Plan ? and/or
• - use the Skills Matrix in skills/education
  development for the built environment ?

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Sustainable? Definitely not!