Oyedele joins panel of experts including Lord Kerslake to advise on year-long project for change
Lara Oyedele has joined the Building the Future commission, a 12-month project to find solutions to the construction industry’s underlying problems.
The new president of the Chartered Institute of Housing, who is also chief executive of training organisation Black on Board, signed up as a commissioner this week and will have a particular focus on workplace, culture and inclusivity.
The Building the Future Commission will be launched in January by Housing Today’s sister publication Building. It aims to find solutions to the construction industry’s underlying problems such as poor productivity levels, an ageing workforce and the need to spend more on research and development.
Read more about the commission here
The commission will produce a report to be published at the end of 2023. This will be drawn up with the help of a panel of commissioners who are leading figures in the worlds of business, policy, research and education.
Oyedele joins other big names already confirmed including Lord Bob Kerslake, former head of the civil service and chair of Peabody, and leading figures from other sectors and disciplines such as transport, infrastructure, hospitals, architecture, building safety, cost management and contracting.
COMMISSIONERS SIGNED UP SO FAR
- Katy Dowding, executive vice-president, Skanska
- Emma-Jane Houghton, commercial director, New Hospital Programme
- Kay Hughes, design director, HS2
- Lord Kerslake, Peabody chair and former head of civil service
- Andrew Mellor, partner, PRP
- Lara Oyedele, president of the Chartered Institute of Housing
- Rebecca Rees, partner, Trowers & Hamlins
- Neal Shasore, head of school and chief executive, London School of Architecture
- Richard Steer, chair, Gleeds
- Mark Wild, chief executive of SGN
- Simon Wyatt, sustainability partner, Cundall
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