The Partney Bypass was completed three months ahead of schedule in August 2005

Project selected for government initiative

A project completed by May Gurney in partnership with Lincolnshire County Council has been selected as a case study for the government's Achieving Excellence in Construction initiative.

The 4km Partney Bypass, which was carried out under the Coastal Access Improvements Scheme to reduce congestion in Lincolnshire towns and villages, was completed three months ahead of schedule in August 2005.

The case study has been published in hard copy format ad will shortly be added to the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) website to download at the following link: http://www.ogc.gov.uk/index.asp?id=218

Achieving Excellence in Construction was launched in March 1999, by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, to improve the performance of central government departments, executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) as clients of the construction industry.

It put in place a strategy for sustained improvement in construction procurement performance and in the value for money achieved by government on construction projects, including those involving maintenance and refurbishment.

Key aspects include the use of partnering and development of long-term relationships, the reduction of financial and decision-making approval chains, improved skills development and empowerment, the adoption of performance measurement indicators and the use of tools such as value and risk management and whole life costing.

OGC is working with other public bodies to produce a series of case studies showing how the application of Achieving Excellence in Construction principles results in the delivery of first class, whole-life value for money programmes and projects and, ultimately, better public services.

The case studies focus on the key success factors and achievements and lessons to be learned from a variety of past and present, successful central and local government construction projects.

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