Tag: UK government

Oct 06 2008

Will new Chief Construction Officer embrace ICT?

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Future, People issues, Sustainability
6 October 2008

Following the publication in July of the Parliamentary Business & Enterprise Select Committee’s report Construction Matters, the UK government is now consulting industry on its proposals to appoint a Chief Construction Officer, requiring responses by the end of this month. According to the BERR news release (2 October), this person’s duties could include: Working with …

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Aug 12 2008

Next step: Collaborative procurement of collaboration?

By Paul Wilkinson in Collaboration, Future, Internet, Marketing, SaaS, Sustainability
12 August 2008

Over on [my employer] BIW Technologies’ SaaStainability blog, we have been following UK government’s efforts to green its ICT operations. Following the publication of a new Office of Government Commerce delivery plan that talks about collaborative procurement of central goods and services, including ICT, we wonder if this latest sustainable procurement drive might extend to …