JCT Welcomes Construction Playbook

THE PUBLICATION OF the Construction Playbook, released by the government for public sector procurement, has been welcomed by JCT at their recent Council meeting.

JCT is listed in the Playbook as one of the standard form contract providers recommended for use on public sector projects. The Construction Playbook is a guidance document aimed at public sector professionals who are responsible for the planning and delivery of public work programmes.

The 12-chapter document sets out 14 policy areas flowing through the project life-cycle, including, Preparation and Planning, Publication, Selection, Evaluation and Reward, and Contract Implementation. The policies will deliver measures to ensure best practice and improve the ways in which public works are delivered.

The policies to be implemented as part of the guidance are designed to improve areas such as sustainability, building safety, health and well-being, implementing modern methods of construction. Also, increasing efficiency, standardization, increasing value through long-term contracting, and resilience through improved assessment of suppliers and more sustainable contracting arrangements.

Construction Playbook

JCT 2016 is referenced in the guidance recommending that standard forms of contract “can be used to help simplify and speed up procurement procedures”. The Playbook also states that “by applying a common approach across the public sector, best practice is more easily embedded and suppliers are more likely to experience a consistent application of policies and practice.”

The development of The Construction Playbook has been a cooperative effort between government and industry on sharing best practice and developing the policy framework of the document.

JCT chair, Richard Saxon CBE, said, “In our work on the next edition of JCT contracts, we will be studying the Playbook’s call for more effectiveness in the areas of data exchange, collaboration, value delivery, risk management and continuous improvement.”

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