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The London Construction Consolidation Centre
The London Construction Consolidation Centre (LCCC) in South Bermondsey has been funded by Transport for London (£1.85m), Stanhope and Bovis Lend Lease (£1.35m) and managed by Wilson James. A winner of the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2006, the LCCC is making significant improvements to the construction industry's material delivery effectiveness, reducing CO2 emissions by 75%, increasing productivity by 47%, and for right materials, right place, right time there is a 70% improvement on industry norms. Gary Sullivan, Managing Director at Wilson James, said: "The concept builds on the idea developed for delivering materials to BAA's London Heathrow Airport. It is run on the principle that the materials are delivered to the centre ahead of the time needed on site. By acting as a 'production buffer' they can be delivered to the site on a 'just in time' basis, increasing efficiency, providing programme certainty, freeing up valuable space and reducing labour on site". Paul Sims, Bovis Lend Lease Operations Director, added: "Space is usually a problem on any city centre construction site with little room to store materials and restrictions on delivery times. The consolidation centre is close to our London projects and large enough to store materials in bulk. Delivery times are predictable because the lorries don't have far to travel and wastage is kept to a minimum because we don't have valuable building materials lying round on site for weeks before we need them."
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