CLC Calls for Retrofit Strategy Before Budget

STATING THE IMPORTANCE of this month’s Spending Review and Autumn Budget for construction, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) is repeating its call for the retrofit of housing stock to become a governmental strategic priority.

The industry organisation is calling for the government to work with it to develop a model for retrofitting the UK’s 29 million homes. It says it can offer £500 million from industry to jumpstart a programme.

The CLC also says it’s not worth the industry lobbying for further investment in publicly funded construction projects. Instead, it is asking for current funding for projects, including HS2 and the Health Infrastructure Plan, to be maintained.

It also wants the £3000 apprenticeship employment incentive funding to be continued.

Andy Mitchell, CLC Co-Chair

The Construction Leadership Council’s chair, Andy Mitchell wrote to the Chancellor at the end of September suggesting the next steps needed for the decarbonisation of existing building stock. It says that digital twins (computer models of real-world buildings and infrastructure performance) will need to be developed.

CLC points to the Construction Innovation Hub developed as a means to improve industry productivity and push down costs on a future retrofit programme.

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