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Middle Ages: Craft Guilds founded Building Act Early surveyors Direct Employment of craftsmen 1563 Statute of Artificers 7 year apprenticeship 1666: Great Fire of London 1760s: Start of the Canal Age 1729 La Science des Ingénieurs Engineering Profession 1770 First regular use of Architects 1790s Cast Iron starts to be used 1794 Portland Cement patented 1797 First iron framed building 1835 First Concrete house built 1830s: Start of the Railway Age A Timeline of the UK Construction Industry 1850s: High volume / low quality housing Competitive Tendering starts. Practice of sub-contracting starts 1851 Great Exhibition / Crystal Palace 1852 Palace of Westminster completed 1856 Development of structural steel. Peabody Trust – First Housing Assocaition 1860s: Concrete becomes widely used in the UK. Sewer building programme starts 1879 Electric lighting introduced 1887 British Fire Prevention Committee 1887 RIBA members cannot hold profit making position in contractor organisation 1890s: Housing of the Working Classes Act. Standardised Housing 1901 Engineering Standards Committee formed. Published British Standards. BS1 for tramways the first standard 1903 BS4 for structural steel published 1906 Completion of Ritz, first large steel framed building in Britain 1919 Housing Acts. 170,000 council homes in 4 years 1924 Wheatley subsidies – 500,000 homes built in 8 years 1930s: 4 million homes built by the private sector 1931 Legal recognition of Architect. Joint Contracts Tribunal 1932 Completion of Boots Factory, Beeston. Early reinforced concrete building. Daily Express Building, UK’s first curtain walling building 1940s: Investigation of factory assembly 1955 Slum clearance programme started. High rise pre-cast flat building programme 1950s: Development of Design and Build 1966 Completion of Centre Point 1968 Collapse at Ronan Point 1979 Management Contracting starts 1983: World in Action Documentary on timber framed houses 1985 Barratt stop manufacture of Timber Frame Homes 1985 Completion of Lloyds Building 1986 Eurotunnel formed 1988 Housing Act – transfer of council housing stock 1992: PFI started 1994 Eurotunnel opens 1994 Constructing the Team, Sir Michael Latham 1998 Rethinking Construction, Sir John Egan Construction Act 2003: Modern Methods of Construction 2016: BIM required on government projects over £5 million 1900s: First British Standards published www.cadvantage.co.uk @ CompetitiveA If you would like to use this infographic then please ask permission by emailing: info@cadvantage .co.uk 2008: Heathrow Terminal 5 Completed 2011: Olympic Park Opens 2004 Completion of Scottish Parliament 2005 £60,000 house competition 2007 Planning White Paper 2007 Wembley Stadium Completed 2008 Strategy for Sustainable Construction 2009 Paul Morrell appointed as Government's first Chief Construction Advisor 2011 James report recommends standardised school design 2011 Low Carbon Construction Action Plan published 2013 Clients start to recognise that building operating costs exceed construction costs 2013 Industrial Construction Strategy published (July) © Competitive Advantage Consult 1894 Completion of Tower Bridge 15 BC Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, the first recorded architect dies 2020s: Adoption of systemised/modular design an construction CO 2 1945 800,000 Bevan homes built in 6 years based on 13 prefabricated designs General contractors established. Fixed price contracting develops 1800s: New methods of contracting

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Evolution of the Construction Industry: Tracing the development of construction through key milestones

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Page 1: Construction industry timeline INFOGRAPHIC

Middle Ages: Craft Guilds founded

Building ActEarly surveyors

Direct Employment of craftsmen1563 Statute of Artificers7 year apprenticeship

1666: Great Fire of London

1760s:Start of the Canal Age

1729 La Science des Ingénieurs Engineering Profession

1770 First regular use of Architects1790s Cast Iron starts to be used1794 Portland Cement patented1797 First iron framed building

1835 First Concrete house built

1830s:Start of the Railway Age

A Timeline of the UK Construction Industry

1850s:High volume / low quality housing

Competitive Tendering starts. Practice of sub-contracting starts

1851 Great Exhibition / Crystal Palace1852 Palace of Westminster completed1856 Development of structural steel.Peabody Trust – First Housing Assocaition

1860s:Concrete becomes widely used in the UK. Sewer building programme starts

1879 Electric lighting introduced1887 British Fire Prevention Committee1887 RIBA members cannot hold profit making position in contractor organisation

1890s:Housing of the Working Classes Act. Standardised Housing

1901 Engineering Standards Committee formed. Published British Standards. BS1 for tramways the first standard 1903 BS4 for structural steel published1906 Completion of Ritz, first large steel framed building in Britain1919 Housing Acts. 170,000 council homes in 4 years1924 Wheatley subsidies – 500,000 homes built in 8 years

1930s:4 million homes built by the private sector

1931 Legal recognition of Architect. Joint Contracts Tribunal

1932 Completion of Boots Factory, Beeston. Early reinforced concrete building. Daily Express Building, UK’s first curtain walling building1940s:

Investigation of factory assembly

1955 Slum clearance programme started. High rise pre-cast flat building programme

1950s:Development of Design and Build

1966 Completion of Centre Point1968 Collapse at Ronan Point1979 Management Contracting starts1983: World in Action

Documentary on timber framed houses

1985 Barratt stop manufacture of Timber Frame Homes1985 Completion of Lloyds Building1986 Eurotunnel formed1988 Housing Act – transfer of council housing stock

1992: PFI started 1994 Eurotunnel opens1994 Constructing the Team, Sir Michael Latham1998 Rethinking Construction, Sir John Egan Construction Act

2003: Modern Methods of Construction

2016: BIM required on government projects over £5 million

1900s:First British Standards published

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2008: Heathrow Terminal 5 Completed

2011: Olympic Park Opens

2004 Completion of Scottish Parliament2005 £60,000 house competition2007 Planning White Paper2007 Wembley Stadium Completed

2008 Strategy for Sustainable Construction2009 Paul Morrell appointed as Government's first Chief Construction Advisor

2011 James report recommends standardised school design2011 Low Carbon Construction Action Plan published2013 Clients start to recognise that building operating costs exceed construction costs2013 Industrial Construction Strategy published (July)

1894 Completion of Tower Bridge

15 BC Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, the first recorded architect dies

2020s: Adoption of systemised/modular design and construction

CO2

1945 800,000 Bevan homes built in 6 years based on 13 prefabricated designs

General contractors established. Fixed price contracting develops

1800s: New methods of contracting

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