During a period whilst working in the USA, an Architect became involved with the design of skyscrapers on fast track programmes. Through that experience, it became apparent to him that if all the parties worked together collaboratively, the construction process could be planned in advance and then carried out to an agreed schedule. When he returned from the USA, he could see the weaknesses in the UK construction industry. He saw an adversarial and wasteful industry in which construction took too long, was too expensive and was not satisfactory for its clients; and, because of that, he became an advocate for change.