In early 1998 the Construction Best Practice Programme (CBPP, and its sister programme, IT Construction Best Practice, ITCBP) was created to provide guidance, advice and support on implementing change to UK construction and client organisations, instituting regional best practice clubs and producing case studies. Following the October 1998 publication of the Egan Report, Rethinking construction,Egan, J. (1998) Rethinking Construction: Report of the Construction Task Force, London: HMSO. Movement for Innovation (M4i) and the Confederation of Construction Clients (superseding the Construction Clients' Forum, formed in 1994) were established, along with focused sector groups: the Housing Forum, a Local Government Task Force (LGTF) and a Central Government Task Force (a Government Construction Clients Panel, GCCP, had been established after the 1996 Levene Report, Efficiency Scrutiny into Construction Procurement by Government). In March 1999, the Office of Government Commerce launched an "Achieving Excellence" programme to improve the performance of government departments, as well as their executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
