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Construction Playbook.is ‘to harmonise, digitise and rationalise demand’ across the public sector.
The Construction Innovation Hub’s ‘.Defining the Need.’ report – which came hot on the heels of the Construction Playbook at the end of 2020 – does exactly what the policy says.
It sets about harmonising, digitising and rationalising demand by aggregating the next five years’ pipeline data from the major government departments (health, education, justice,.and housing) to identify areas of commonality and difference..
When these documents were published, I commented that they would both be enablers of an ‘Amazon for construction’.
Using ‘Amazon’ was meant as shorthand for some form of digital marketplace.In the case of the Underground Asset Register, and to some extent the Construction Data Trust, there are certain types of data people are very willing to share, because, for example, everyone wants to help prevent deaths on construction sites.
In these types of examples, governance and transactional issues are less of an issue.However, when trying to make the planning process flow better, or trying to design an integrated transport system, it’s harder to be certain about what gains will be achieved from connecting digital assets.
Sharp says that type of understanding is still a long way off.. How long will it take to modernise planning?.Jack Ricketts says it isn’t currently known how long digitising the planning process will take because of the financial investment required.
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