type limited company industry construction founded 2008 headquarters london united kingdom key people james wates cbe chairman stephen ratcliffe director number of employees 4 website www.ukcg.org.uk from january 2009 until september 2015 the uk contractors group ukcg was the primary association for construction contractors operating in the uk . in september 2015 it merged with the national specialist contractors council to form build uk . 1 contents 1 history of ukcg 2 about the ukcg 3 activities and campaigns 4 key industry standards 5 membership 6 references 7 external links history of ukcg edit established in january 2009 it succeeded the major contractors group and the national contractors federation which had until that point represented the views of the leading uk contractors . about the ukcg edit the ukcg represented over 30 leading contractors operating in the uk on constructions specific issues . between them ukcg members accounted for 33 billion of construction turnover a third of uk construction total output . ukcg s mission was to promote the uk construction industry and to support its members in delivering excellence by encouraging contractors to work together with their clients and supply chains to promote change and best practice . from the ukcg website to work on its members behalf to promote common interests on sector specific contracting issues . it will represent those interests in dialogue with government and regulatory bodies and facilitate networking and the exchange of information and ideas . it will also endeavour to work closely with the cbi to ensure that the construction industry s voice is fully represented in its work on more general business issues ... 2 it was one of two organisations that represented the views of contractors on the strategic forum for construction along with the construction alliance . ukcg also worked closely with the confederation of british industry cbi construction council 3 to ensure that contractors interests were properly reflected in the wider business agenda . activities and campaigns edit ukcg commissioned the business consultants lek to produce an independent report 4 on the contribution construction makes to the uk economy . this report was updated in may 2012 . this report construction in the uk economy the benefits of investment 5 showed that spending on construction significantly benefitted the uk economy and claimed that construction was the best sector to stimulate employment . ukcg published in 2011 further research showing the contribution construction was making to the english regions scotland wales and northern ireland . 6 the research undertaken by the economic consultancy cebr and glenigan showed the pattern of construction activity to be variable across the uk . this campaign was followed by creating britain s future 7 launched in the autumn of 2012 aiming to build on the industry s successful delivery of the london olympics infrastructure by showing that the uk construction industry was 1 important to the uk economy 2 a driver of growth 3 delivering excellent products and 4 helping change lives . in november 2012 ukcg and citb ran the open doors weekend 8 an initiative for contractors to invite the public to visit sites and to see what they entail in terms of technical aspects employment career opportunities and community involvement in order to promote and position the industry positively . other partner organisations were the specialist engineering contractors group the chartered institute of building the considerate constructors scheme and construction news . in august 2014 ukcg and citb launched the born to build campaign 9 a careers resource for young people to hear about the opportunities for young people in construction . the same open doors weekend partners were sponsors . key industry standards edit the ukcg was involved in the establishment of industry standards including health and safety charter and a supply chain charter 10 health and safety training standard for directors supervisors and operatives 11 competition law code of conduct 12 anti bribery code of conduct 13 statement on the procurement of materials 14 membership edit the ukcg had three categories of membership contractor full affiliate and associate members . its full members included balfour beatty bam construct bouygues carillion clugston group galliford try interserve kier group lend lease group and skanska . the affiliate members the electrical contractors association the building engineering services association the national access and scaffolding confederation and the national federation of demolition contractors represented specialist contractors . the associate members were b & ce cogitamus deloitte glenigan madano pinsent masons and reynolds porter chamberlain references edit build uk press statement . ukcg . retrieved 28 june 2015 . ukcg website home page accessed 10 august 2010 cbi construction council ukcg pledges to fight against spending cuts making the economic case for construction construction in the uk economy the benefits of investment creating britain s future campaign gets off to flying start open doors weekend born to build health and safety charter health and safety training for directors competition law code of conduct anti bribery code of conduct statement on the procurement of materials external links edit ukcg website born to build website open doors weekend website v t e construction industry of the united kingdom construction economy of the united kingdom companies consultancies and support services amec amey arcadis architecture firms arup atkins faithful gould buro happold capita ch2m cundall davis langdon elliott wood expedition engineering flint & neill gifford hoare lea interserve mace mitie mott macdonald mouchel rps scott wilson sweett group wsp housebuilders current barratt bellway berkeley bloor boot bovis countryside properties crest nicholson keepmoat lend lease mccarthy & stone miller muir persimmon redrow taylor wimpey united house defunct ashtons beazer broseley bryant homes comben homes george wimpey ideal homes mclean homes taylor woodrow westbury william leech wilson bowden integrated construction balfour beatty bam nuttall carillion cleveland bridge & engineering clugston costain galliford try gleeson interserve kier laing o rourke lend lease linford mace morgan sindall shepherd sir robert mcalpine volkerfitzpatrick wates willmott dixon suppliers current aggregate industries artex ashtead brogan cemex uk hanson london brick hss hire jewson kingspan kingspan off site mero schmidlin pilkington rmd kwikform sig speedy hire tarmac tarmac building products tata steel europe travis perkins wolseley defunct blue circle industries redland rmc group tarmac group government and regulatory bodies department for communities and local government department for business innovation and skills health & safety executive local planning authority planning inspectorate 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