Forum: thou shalt respect thy people

The Strategic Forum wants to speed up the implementation |of Respect for People by condensing its principles into 10 commandments.

The commandments, or "communication matrix" as Forum chairman Peter Rogers describes it, will clearly list the aims and objectives of all those involved in a project to avoid disputes and underhand tactics.

"We will get all site stakeholders to sign up to the one-page document so there can be no disagreements," said Rogers. "This will give a clear focus to the team and hopefully reduce the amount of litigation we are seeing in construction."

Consultants will be appointed to spend the next three months condensing documents such as Respect for People into bullet points.

"We need quick and sharp points," said Rogers. "Respect for People is a great document but people don't have time to read it all. To make radical and quick changes we need to move fast and disseminate piles of information in a matter of weeks."

The commandments are expected to be posted on construction sites in June.