Constructing Excellence Productivity Workshop results. Jonathan Ralph #lcecPP

Too much consensus reports being published. Jonathan Ralph #lcecPP

Why don’t contractors focus on protecting tendered margin? says Jonathan Ralph #lcecPP

WANTED! CONTRACTORS! Free tickets available! Jonathan Ralph, Director, @curriebrown talking 'EARLY CONTRACTOR INVOLVEMENT & PROJECT PRODUCTIVITY; Don’t forget the people' Tues. 12/11/19 @LondonCEClub event @ALUK Worship St EC2A 2BH #lcecPP #lcecEvents https://t.co/IEefG0U3iT

That was interesting #lcecpp

'If you're all professionals, why do you spend so much time doing admin?' YES - I work for huge clients who have NO admin staff. #Construction is living in the dark ages about work sharing, completely different to the legal sector, for example. #lcecpp

We have a contractor in the room! #lcecpp

'Contractors are far less devious than you think - they are invested in success but they don't know how to do it. They only become devious once things go wrong and we regress back into our silos' - Ralph #lcecpp

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"Data that is right, that is meaningful, helps us avoid problems" - Ralph #lcecPP

I get a sense of 'feel the fear and do it anyway' from Ralph. How inspiring. What are you going to change? #lcecpp

Ralph advises 'don't try to eat the whole elephant' - keep investment low and provide controlled incremental benefits. #productivity #lcecpp

In spite of all his negativity, Ralph is optimistic. he believes we are on the cusp of massive change, though the timeline is uncertain. More #maincontractors will fail. Agility and resilience is key for all. 'I have no idea what my job will look like in 10-20 years time' #lcecpp

At #lcecpp event on early contractor involvement and project productivity.

Had a lovely time chatting IRL at #LCEcpp now time to head back to Excel to get my head down before more #drones tomorrow 😊

'How do you get round the fear of designers/clients that contractors will rip them off with early involvement?' Ralph says the challenge is how you procure to get the contractor to actually deliver your vision 'I can't pretend to have an answer to that' #lcecpp

@loud_heavy_rock Thanks for this - some of these ideas were discussed in the conversation in the room! (I stepped away from architecture too and went to manufacturers who have sales and marketing budgets ;-) #lcecpp

Thanks also due to 'the usual' insightful twitter feed from @SuButcher and @EEPaul. Always appreciated, particularly when absent. #lcecPP

So are contractors willing or able to accept the challenge? It will mean recognising and accepting their frailties. Stop saying 'I've been involved in x projects which finished on time and on budget' #havetheyheck #lcecpp

'Reams and reams of product brochures' - are very successful in selling a completely bogus message which is not backed up by history says Ralph #lcecpp