The role of Chief Construction Adviser is a British

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appointment. It was created by

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ministers in 2009 to provide cross-departmental coordination and leadership on UK

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industry policy, and discontinued in 2015.

History

The "creation of a post of Chief Construction Officer" was recommended by the

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in July 2008. The UK government directly or indirectly provides around 40% of the construction industry's workload so its influence as a client is significant.

Paul Morrell Paul Dring Morrell (born 28 February 1948) is an English chartered quantity surveyor, former senior partner of Davis Langdon, and from November 2009 to November 2012 the UK Government's first Chief Construction Adviser. Career After graduati ...

was the first person appointed to this pan-departmental role, with a slightly revised title of 'chief construction adviser', in November 2009; the role was initially for two years, and Morrell was re-appointed for a further one-year term in October 2011.Paul Morrell has been re-appointed as the Government’s chief construction adviser by Business Minister Mark Prisk
(accessed: 3 March 2012) In July 2012, Morrell's successor,

Peter Hansford Peter George Hansford is an English civil engineer. He served as the 146th President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) (2010-2011) and succeeded Paul Morrell as the UK government's chief construction adviser in November 2012. Care ...

, was announced. Hansford took up the role on 1 December 2012. On 2 July 2014, construction minister

Michael Fallon Sir Michael Cathel Fallon (born 14 May 1952) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 2014 to 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks from 1997 to 2019, h ...

announced that Hansford's term of office would be extended to November 2015. To the dismay of many in the industry, in July 2015, the Government announced that "the role of the Chief Construction Adviser will not be continued after the incumbent Peter Hansford’s tenure ends in November 2015."

References

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