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16-594: It was formed on 1 January 2000 as the result of a merger of the National Council of Building Materials Producers and the Association of Construction Products and Suppliers, and officially launched on 1 March 2000. At its launch, the first CPA President Roy Harrison said: The CPA says it "acts as a single voice to promote and campaign for the construction product manufacturers and suppliers in support of this major UK industry." It represents suppliers and manufacturers on

32-732: A member of the House of Lords from 2005 until his death. He was educated at Trinity Academy, Edinburgh , at the time a selective state school, and then Heriot-Watt University , where he attained a BA in economics. After leaving university, he worked as an insurance clerk and then became active in the Scottish Union of Students, including serving as its president from 1970 until 1971. He married his wife Elaine Marjorie Samuel on 21 July 1973, with them going on to raise two sons together. After unsuccessfully contesting Edinburgh North in October 1974 , he

48-598: The CBI 's construction council). In August 2012, the then chief construction adviser Paul Morrell , speaking in a personal capacity, proposed to radically shake up the Forum's governance structure to present a unified industry voice to lobby the government, with Balfour Beatty chief executive Ian Tyler to chair a new advisory council to the Government Construction Board. The forum's role also came under scrutiny following

64-628: The Strategic Forum for Construction and the Nuclear Industry Association . He was a lifelong supporter of Hibernian F.C. and was a director of the club for a few years. O'Neill was also a patron of Humanists UK , and was one of the fifty signatories to a letter published in The Guardian in 2010, which called for Pope Benedict XVI not to be given a state visit to the UK, and accused

80-569: The Strategic Forum for Construction , and is a member of Construction Products Europe. The CPA outlines its functions as focused on three areas: Improving the productivity, profitability, and outcomes of the construction products sector and the wider construction industry; driving the adoption of digital technologies and processes to make for a smarter, more efficient construction industry; and advising government and manufacturers on solutions for lowering emissions and increasing resource efficiency . The CPA has four membership categories: The work of

96-554: The 2017 Grenfell Tower fire and subsequent revelations of malpractice by certain construction product manufacturers and their employees, plus flaws in product testing, the CPA developed a Code for Construction Product Information, published in 2021. However, the CPA was criticised by Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove after its cladding and insulation manufacturer members failed to commit to paying for post-Grenfell safety measures on buildings; Gove accused

112-421: The CPA is also supported by various committees covering: technical, economic research, sustainability, and external affairs. The CPA publishes numerous economic publications each year covering the construction and product manufacturing industries, with its construction industry output forecasts widely quoted in both industry publications - e.g. Building , Construction News - and mainstream media. Following

128-437: The CPA of "coming up with excuses to do nothing slowly". CPA chief executive Peter Caplehorn said the government needed to look at a "complex" and "broader picture" and extend liabilities to include contractors and architects. The CPA was not being obstructive, he said; it had undertaken a “significant amount of proactive comment, proactive action", but CPA members had been unable to reach a consensus because of insufficient data on

144-425: The Forum to an independent industry group; Peter Rogers of property developer Stanhope plc succeeded Egan as chairman, serving until 2006. Prior to its 2016 reformation, the Forum was chaired by Lord O'Neill ; the Forum is now chaired on a rotating basis by representatives from each of its six members. The Forum has been repeatedly criticised for not speaking on behalf of the entire industry (a role also claimed by

160-579: The Forum works with other bodies including Constructing Excellence (which also provides administrative support to the Construction Clients' Group) and CITB . Martin O%27Neill, Baron O%27Neill of Clackmannan Martin John O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan (6 January 1945 – 26 August 2020) was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 until 2005 and as

176-550: The UK industry to discuss strategic issues facing construction and to develop joint strategies for industry improvement. The Strategic Forum was established by ministers in 2001 as a successor to the Construction Industry Board (established following a recommendation in the 1994 Latham Report ) and the Construction Task Force, established by the then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in 1997. Parts of

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192-579: The amount of work required on buildings. The CPA head office is situated in The Building Centre , on Store Street in Bloomsbury, central London. Strategic Forum for Construction The Strategic Forum for Construction is a United Kingdom construction industry organisation established in 2001 as the principal point of liaison between UK government and the major construction membership organisations. It also enables different representatives of

208-605: The construction industry had withdrawn support for the Construction Industry Board, so construction minister Nick Raynsford MP established it initially as a Government-funded body. The Task Force had produced the 1998 Egan Report , and Sir John Egan was appointed the Forum's first chairman. In 2002, the Construction Industry Council , with backing from other umbrella bodies and Raynsford's successor as construction minister, Brian Wilson MP, changed

224-688: The government's 2013 formation of a Construction Leadership Council. The Strategic Forum initially had six key sector representatives, each looking after the interests of a particular sector: In February 2016, the Forum was relaunched. Changes reflected a 2015 reformation of the Construction Leadership Council, and merger of the National Specialist Contractors Council with the UK Contractors Group to form Build UK . Now excluding site worker representation,

240-650: The reconstituted Forum's membership comprised: The Home Builders Federation and CBI also attend meetings. In September 2002, the Strategic Forum published Accelerating Change . This set a headline target that 50% of projects should be undertaken by integrated teams and supply chains by 2007 (progress was made, but the target was not achieved). To help achieve the target, in 2003 it published an online Integration toolkit . The Strategic Forum seeks to promote and to monitor industry progress on six key areas (described in its Construction Commitments ): As appropriate

256-644: Was a Labour Member of Parliament between 1979 and 2005 , representing the Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire , Clackmannan and Ochil seats successively. He was shadow defence secretary and later was Chairman of the Trade and Industry select committee . On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer , and on 14 June 2005 was created Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan , of Clackmannan in Clackmannanshire . O'Neill served as Chairman of

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