In an article in Management Today, Morrell said: “Before the 2010 election, I received 19 manifestos from different quarters of this sector, setting out their wish list for a new government.
“To the best of my knowledge, not one of them was read by ministers, either in power or in waiting.”
The former Davis Langdon partner spent three years as the government’s construction czar before handing over the reigns to Peter Hansford last month.
Morrell said the construction industry has a “particular weakness” when it comes to lobbying government and he was “amazed at how badly those seeking action from government go about it”.
