Respect reveals Key Performance details

by Tim Wood



The Respect for People working group, set up to tackle sustainable construction and improve conditions for workers, will confirm full details of its key performance indicators (KPIs) on 22 May.

However, Contract Journal understands that seven KPIs will be used to enable projects and firms to measure their performance and monitor improvements. They are:

l Annual spending per head on training.

l Days of training per employee.

l Sickness absence rates.

l Turnover of employees per year.

l Turnover rate on project team (on both client and supply side).

l Frequency of review and monitoring of equal opportunity/diversity policies and their application and site welfare.

The working group, one of two focus groups set up by the Movement for Innovation, revealed that companies will be able to set their own targets for improvement. Firms could also introduce their own performance indicators to run alongside those chosen by the working group.

"It is anticipated that individual clients will decide for themselves what emphasis to place on performance against these Respect for People indicators when deciding on the award of work," said M4I executive director Ian Huntington. He added that the real benefits of measurement are likely to be achieved by those companies that undertake performance measurement as a course, identify problems or scope for improvements, and take appropriate action.