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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS FEDERATION UPDATES MEMBERS ON ONGOING ISSUES... Construction Employers Federation (CEF) represents the interests of the NI construction industry and Managing Director, Mark Spence, discusses below some of the issues the Federation is currently working on: Work in progress
Mark Spence, Construction Employers Federation (CEF) Managing Director.
CONSTRUCTION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (CLC) With a senior advisor role to the CLC, CEF has signed up as a CLC CO2nstructZero Task Force Partner to roll out emerging advice from CLC to NI contractors. CEF has also initiated CEF member Task Forces to digest and share CLC guidance on carbon and the recent Skills Plan, both of which are central to the future of the industry.
NI PROCUREMENT BOARD CEF’s core demand for a review of all existing Procurement Guidance Notes (PGNs) is now under way and will result in a smaller number of fit for purpose Procurement Policy Notes (PPNs) that will be going forward to the Executive for adoption and then become mandatory to all CoPEs. CEF is also working within the Board on workshopping Social Value to develop an effective use of procurement to deliver social outcomes whilst not burdening contractors. Other CEF priority workstreams include developing more robust work pipelines, review of delivery of major projects and supply chain resilience.
BUILD UK Build UK continues to support the CLC outputs and call for continued vigilance in maintaining the Safe Operating Procedures that have kept our sites safe from the worst ravages of the pandemic. Ongoing support for enhanced apprenticeships and training are also key agenda items. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FORUM NI (CIFNI) CEF will co-chair the reconstituted CIFNI which is an industry/government client body set up for sharing knowledge and good practice, identifying shared concerns and developing policy related matters.
NI EXECUTIVE BUDGET The NI Executive approved its Budget for 2021/22 in early April. Detailed spending plans from each of the Government Clients remain to be finalised. A substantial uplift in the capital allocation for NI Water is welcome but will need to be repeated for each of the following 5 years of the PC21 period to make any inroads into our wastewater capacity issues.
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