The Procurement Act 2023 is often described as a regulatory change. In practice, it marks a shift in how public sector construction performance will be seen and remembered. In this article, Dr Martin Perks looks at what post-award transparency really means for suppliers and delivery teams. When performance data becomes visible, organisations with strong planning, […]
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The Digital Chisel
Following on from part one of this interview series (Forging the Digital Hammer: A Conversation on Strategy and Architecture) Dr. Martin Perks, Christos Christou and Balazs Haraszti explore how a fully integrated digital ecosystem was used on the A428 project to systematically eliminate waste across design, construction and commercial processes. Using Lean principles and the […]
December Blog – Turning Lean into a bid winning advantage
If you’re a contractor in the UK’s infrastructure sector, you don’t need me to tell you it’s tough out there. It feels like we’re caught in a perfect storm: productivity has flatlined for decades, we’re facing a critical skills shortage, and margins are thinner than ever. For years, the game was simple: be the cheapest. […]
Forging the Digital Hammer: A Conversation on Strategy and Architecture
The A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme is a project of national significance, not just for the infrastructure it’s creating, but for the new benchmarks it’s setting in digital construction and Lean methodology. I had the pleasure of sitting down with the two leaders who formed the partnership at the heart of this transformation: […]
