TRADE Body Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) and The Get It Right Initiative (GIRI) have announced a new collaboration to help reduce error and increase productivity in the finishes and interiors sector.
FIS and GIRI have worked closely together in recent years, and the new agreement formalises this arrangement and is tipped to support both organisations to develop their work through the supply chains, share best practice ideas between different parts of the construction sector and drive ‘transformational’ improvement.
The core objectives are: improving knowledge exchange and highlighting best practice guidance to help inspire and inform change; supporting training that underpins competence and improves productivity; collaborating to understand and eliminate mechanisms for error; and informing design and encouraging better process management
FIS CEO Iain McIlwee said, “Collaboration, breaking out of silos and challenging the status quo are essential to delivering change. Giri have always provided a platform to do this, from the initial research into the cost of error through to the amazing training that they have developed.
“The work they are doing around error and retention is potentially groundbreaking and we are keen to throw our weight in and support this work, share and test our key resources and learnings with Giri and to plug our members draw in to this amazing network.”
Cliff Smith, GIRI’s executive director, added, “Collaboration is key to change. FIS are a leading sector body with a wealth of deep sector-based knowledge and some excellent guidance available. The potential is huge.
“FIS share our values about the need for collective research and better collaboration to support data-led change. This combined with their ability to draw together companies from across the supply chain will link well with the systemic and wider sector focus that GIRI brings to help deliver our shared ambition for positive transformation.”
Areas of focus will include supporting the work that GIRI is leading with Cranfield University and the Construction Leadership Council around establishing an Error Frequency Rate that can be used in efforts to eliminate the need for retentions. Gathering anonymous data to tackle the root causes of the defects ‘culture’ is said to be ‘critical’ to success. FIS will follow this up through working groups.
