The Construction Commitments
Commitment to People
North East - 21st May 2008
Big issue:
- To keep staff motivated, developed and rewarded. How do we do this?
Good ideas:
- Work life balance
- Skills development - IIP
- Keep pace with the market
- Good communications/involvement
East Midlands - 4th June 2008
Big issue:
- How do we develop trainees?
Good ideas:
- Instigate a training programme to incorporate personal development plans
- Encourage a company culture, leadership drive that demonstrates commitment to training
- Show a career path, opportunities available if training is carried out
Yorkshire and the Humber - 16th July 2008
Big issue:
- How can we encourage local training programmes to work with contractors on a long term basis?
Good ideas:
- Demonstrate the benefits of partnership working
- Provide external funding (longer term)
- Continuity/consistency of workload
- Identify long term employment opps
- Choose right partners (track record)
- Contractual obligation (KPI)
- Local people for local projects
- Buy in from all stakeholders at early stage (inc supply chain)
- Role models/mentor
South East - 3rd September 2008
Big issue:
- How can we better engage with:
- Supply chain
- Local communities and projects
Good ideas:
- Pre-procurement strategy
- KPIs monitor
- Pay them/incentivise
- Joint training
- Work with local stakeholders
- Be very honest
- Clear brief and roles
- Clarify benefits of involvement
- Chartermark for organisations that invest in the community
- Open days, workshops
- Different levels of involvement for different stakeholders
- Listen and act on ideas
- Don't overdo it
- Don't over promise
- Publicise best/good practice
West Midlands - 1st October 2008
Big issue:
- How can we deal with the potential reduction in training/apprenticeships impacting on future delivery?
Good ideas:
- Rotate apprentices around partner and other sites so that outputs can be achieved - there is plenty of funding out there to do this
- Encourage/direct supply chain to provide opportunities
- Next step processes in career advancement (e.g. HR support) and grant funding at this level
South West - 5th November
Big issue:
- How do we engage with the customer from the outset? (When the customer is not known from the outset)
Good ideas:
- Clear customer involvement ethos at strategic level
- Be known/seen as an approachable organisation
- Toolkit to maximise opportunity to engage customers and for customers to engage
- Remove barriers - community communication
- Resources
North West - 4th December
Big issue:
- How do we encourage/commit our clients to adopt local labour and supply chain initiatives?
Good ideas:
- Future skills shortage
- More economical
- Local funding
- Socially responsible
- Joint investment
East of England - 25th February
Big issue:
- Are we adding value and giving back to the local community? What can we do?
Good ideas:
- Real value and passion
- Become involved with Education Business Partnership Education: Schools - reading schemes, mentoring schemes, workshops (interviewing skils) careers days etc.
- Apprenticeships schemes, return to work, local employment, support local businesses
- Training incentive schemes, buddy schemes - help for older people out of work
- Community networking/involvement - panels (residents), pride in community, support for local community projects
- Wlaking the walk, leave a legacy, beyond bricks and mortar
