Helpful guide on avoiding payment issues in construction launched in Scotland

Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV) is comprised of leading construction trade and professional organisations in Scotland. All represent their individual members and the FMB plays a leading role within the CICV.

We collaborate to lobby the Scottish Government, share advice and produce guides and best practice to help small and medium sized construction firms.

Tell me more about this Best Practice Guide

The guide follows the results of a recent CICV payment survey which some FMB members completed. It is aimed at helping contractors and sub-contractors improve cashflow and prevent costly and damaging disputes.

The CICV looked at the most common reasons for payments being delayed and changed, and has prepared this guide to help companies and individuals understand how to avoid them.

Putting many of the helpful practical tips in the guide into practice, will help construction companies improve the way they organise the commercial management of projects from tender stage to completion.

Who wrote the Guide?

A group of experts and consultants from a range of industry bodies and the National Hub Programme Director of Scottish Futures Trust were the main authors. 

Where can I read it?

The CICV Best Practice Guide can be downloaded here. You can register for the webinar taking place on Friday 3 March where a panel of CICV experts will discuss the Best Practice Guide and offer further advice.

This will be recorded so the FMB can share it with FMB members after Friday 3 March.

Authors

Gordon Nelson

FMB Scotland Hub Director, Federation of Master Builders

Director, Federation of Master Builders Scotland

Gordon has nearly twenty years’ experience of working in membership organisations in Scotland and joined the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in 2014. Prior to this, he worked at the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and for Unilever in business development, membership management and business-to-business marketing roles. Amongst his responsibilities in his role as the Director for FMB Scotland are public affairs, media relations, governance and representing member’s interests to Scottish policy makers and stakeholders within the Scottish construction industry. Gordon is the Secretary of the Cross-Party Group on Construction in the Scottish Parliament, and he is a member of the Scottish Building Standards Futures Board. Gordon represents the FMB on Scotland’s Construction Industry Collective Voice: which is comprised of the leading construction trade and professional bodies. In spring 2023 Gordon was appointed as an industry co-chair of the Construction Leaderships Forum’s (CLF) Transformation Board.

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