CIOB calls for "Department for the Built Environment

Citation

(2005), "CIOB calls for "Department for the Built Environment", Structural Survey, Vol. 23 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ss.2005.11023cab.001

CIOB calls for "Department for the Built Environment"

Keywords: Construction industry, Government

One of the key messages at this year’s CIOB Annual Dinner came from Geoff Wright CIOB President and director of Hammerson UK Properties, who called for the government to form a single Department for the Built Environment saying:

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  The government is the largest client of the industry creating 40 per cent of demand. When our guest speaker, John Gummer, was Secretary of State for the Environment the majority of construction and the built environment were within his single department with a Minister of State supported by Junior Ministers. Today we have a junior minister from the DTI who shares his duties with that of Energy and Small Business and the remainder of construction is spread amongst a total of 13 different government departments. The government must reverse their fragmented recognition of the industry. We need a single Department for the Built Environment after all as the biggest customer they have most to gain from a focused approach and that must be in the public interest.