Supporters
The Construction Sector Accord and Transformation Plan is supported by a range of people, agencies, organisations and businesses from across government and industry.
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Accord Ministers
The Accord programme is supported by seven government Ministers:
- Minister for Building and Construction
- Minister for Economic and Regional Development
- Minister of Housing
- Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
- Minister for Infrastructure
- Minister of Education
- Minister of Health
Accord Steering Group
The Accord Steering Group (ASG) oversees the Accord and is responsible for the delivery of the Transformation Plan and for leading culture change in the sector. The group is made up of leaders from across industry and government. The government perspective on this group is supported by a sub-group of Accord Agency Chief Executives.
Peter Reidy(external link) (Co-chair) |
Chris Bunny(external link) (Co-chair) |
Graham Burke(external link) |
Judi Keith-Brown(external link) |
Ross Copland(external link) |
Dean Kimpton(external link) |
Andrew Crisp(external link) |
Roger McRae(external link) |
Steve Evans(external link) |
Bill Newson |
Leonie Freeman(external link) |
Nicole Rosie(external link) |
Rick Herd(external link) |
Janine Stewart(external link) |
Doug Johnson(external link) |
Steve Webster(external link) |
Susan Freeman-Greene(external link) |
Mike Craig(external link) |
Accord Transformation Delivery Group
The Transformation Delivery Group (TDG) is responsible for leading the design and delivery of the initiatives in the Construction Sector Transformation Plan. The Group brings together leaders with specific sector expertise in each workstream.
Dean Kimpton(external link) Transformation Delivery Group Chair |
Peter Reidy(external link) Leadership workstream co-lead |
Chris Bunny(external link) Leadership workstream co-lead |
Bill Newson People Development workstream co-lead |
Graham Burke(external link) People Development workstream co-lead |
Roger McRae(external link) Health, Safety and Wellbeing workstream co-lead |
Jurgen Link(external link) Health, Safety and Wellbeing workstream co-lead |
David Kelly(external link) Business Performance workstream co-lead |
Rick Herd(external link) Business Performance workstream co-lead |
Kevin Lavery(external link) Regulatory Environment workstream co-lead |
John Sneyd(external link) Regulatory Environment workstream co-lead |
Duncan Kenderdine(external link) Procurement and Risk workstream co-lead |
Peter Murray(external link) Procurement and Risk workstream co-lead |
Andy Cochrane(external link) Beacon Projects workstream lead |
Chelydra Percy(external link) Environment workstream lead |
Accord Forum
The Accord Forum provides a platform for genuine discussion and consultation with leaders across the wider sector on emerging sector issues, with membership changing as new issues are consulted on. The Forum was first convened to support the sector during and after the COVID-19 lockdown. There is a membership pool of up to 50 senior executives from across industry and government agencies.
In addition to ASG and TDG members, the Forum includes additional representatives from these organisations:
Heb Construction | Fletcher Building |
Ministry of Health | Engineering New Zealand |
RCP | KiwiRail |
Crown Infrastructure Partners | Ministry of Education |
Infrastructure New Zealand | Fulton Hogan |
Mike Greer Commercial | Downer Group |
Kāinga Ora | Aurecon |
Hamilton City Council | Project Unite |
Construction Industry Council | Civil Contractors New Zealand |
Warren and Mahoney | Te Tari Taiwhenua- Department of Internal Affairs |
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Accord agencies
Several government agencies that work with the sector as either regulators, clients and/or educators are partners in the programme and have specific responsibilities in the Accord and Transformation Plan.
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