Russell asks you to imagine that you have a robot looking after your children.

This is a key step in defining a Platform but also in creating a digital marketplace.Specifications like these provide a precise and consistent brief for manufacturers to respond to.

They provide an objective way to compare and choose between products.. As we move away from procuring for lowest cost and start to make more value-based judgements, this becomes even more important.One of the Construction Innovation Hub’s core themes is Value: ‘driving better social, environmental and economic outcomes through value-based decision making’.. Meeting the technical requirements would be the entry criteria for a vendor, evidenced through aspects such as CQP (.Construction Quality Planning.

Buyers can be assured that the products meet the specifications and will be reliable and consistent.The choice of vendor will then be dependent on what a client values more, which could be: cost; location (to limit travel miles); overall carbon footprint; or the number of apprentices they take on, for instance..

The ‘Defining the Need’ report is a fantastic first manifestation of the ‘harmonise, digitise and rationalise’ policy.

But the use of cross-sector data hints at even more powerful opportunities in the future, such as:.The latest policy refresh has been to Transforming Infrastructure Performance.

The first TIP documents came out in 2017 around the suite of Industrial Strategy documents, setting out a vision for how we would start to drive value and deliver our infrastructure.The Construction Playbook then set out key policies and guidance for how public works projects and programmes are assessed, procured and delivered.

TIP 2021 has moved on significantly, painting a much more vivid picture..Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030, sets out a vision for innovation and reform in infrastructure delivery, covering target and focus areas, as well as providing robust requirements for government clients to deliver against.