To provide leadership and strategic direction to grow a productive value driven professional construction industry.

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The Construction Strategy Group’s functions are:
• Engaging with Ministers, officials and other key players on high-level cross-cutting issues that relate to the construction industry;
• Determining the strategic goals and priorities of the industry;
• Securing funding to develop, adopt, implement and manage a Work Programme that addresses the industry‘s strategic goals and priorities;
• Overseeing and facilitating the provision of input into other/existing workstreams not driven by the CSG – e.g. the Building Act Review;
• Ensuring that industry stakeholders are well informed about the activities of the CSG and have an opportunity to contribute to its activities;
• Monitoring the delivery of Work Programme outputs.

Immediate priorities for the Construction Strategy Group include:
• Weathertight Homes
• Building Act Review
• Construction Contracts Act Review
• Productivity Joint Venture with the Department of Building and Housing
• Review of health and safety institutional arrangements and regulations

Background

Press release from Maurice Williamson 5 MAY 2010

New construction industry strategy group

Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson has welcomed the construction industry‘s move to establish a high-level strategy group to address industry-wide issues.

“I understand construction industry leaders have been planning to establish a body for some time and the announcement of the establishment of this group today follows considerable work on its structure and composition,” Mr Williamson says. The construction industry strategic group will initially comprise of 11 high-level New Zealand executives and will be chaired by Richard Aitken.

Mr Aitken is the chair of Beca Group Ltd, one of the largest employee-owned engineering consultancy groups in the Asia Pacific region.

Mr Williamson says the construction industry has been somewhat fragmented in its approach to the big issues facing the sector, such as lifting productivity and improving skills.

“This group presents an opportunity for the industry to present a thoughtful and united response to challenges facing the construction industry,” he says.

To view Building and Construction Minister Hon Maurice Williamson’s speeches, press releases and other communications, go to http://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/maurice+williamson?type=release