About Constructing Excellence

Constructing Excellence is a membership organisation that drives a better construction sector. Our thought leading members from the entire supply chain – clients, industry and users – share a vision to deliver a better built environment through innovation and collaboration.

 

Constructing Excellence aims to bring about a better construction industry that delivers better outcomes through:
  • Using procurement as an enabler for outcomes and value
  • Unlocking the benefits of technology and innovation through long-term programmes and continuous improvement
  • Delivery models that support collaboration, an inclusive culture and better delivery

We provide members with insight into how emerging technologies
or legislation can impact their future businesses.

We work with our members to demonstrate the art of the possible,
showcasing where are members are pushing boundaries
on better delivery.

We look at how others are practically implementing best
practice in their own organisations and projects.

Our Focus

A Thriving Culture

Upscaling Technology & Innovation

Commercially Thriving Industry

Membership

Our members set our agenda and are the driving force behind our movement.

Members use our groups and forums to explore key issues impacting the industry right now and to drive change across construction. We provide regular opportunities for members to to share, learn from and network with each other and encourage engagement with the varied events we host.

View our Membership Document to find out more, or visit our Membership page.

Who we are

Constructing Excellence is a national movement, supported by Regional Partners across the UK. We work collaboratively towards a common purpose and ensure inclusivity with support from the CE Behavioural Framework.

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Alison Nicholl

Position: Head of Constructing Excellence
Categories: The National Team

Alison Nicholl

Head of Constructing Excellence

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Jack Cook

Position: Construction Estimator, F. Parkinson, & G4C National Co-chair
Categories: Board of Management

Jack Cook

Construction Estimator, F. Parkinson, & G4C National Co-chair

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Antoinette Campbell

Position: Membership Coordinator, Constructing Excellence
Categories: The National Team

Antoinette Campbell

Membership Coordinator, Constructing Excellence

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Brendan Morahan

Position: Invennt (& Constructing Excellence Board Member)
Categories: Board of Management

Brendan Morahan

Invennt (& Constructing Excellence Board Member)

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Cat Griffith-Williams

Position: Constructing Excellence Wales
Categories: Board of Management

Cat Griffith-Williams

Constructing Excellence Wales

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Catriona Lingwood

Position: (Chair, CE Regional Network)
Categories: Board of Management

Catriona Lingwood

(Chair, CE Regional Network)

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Chris Pearce

Position: Head of Procurement Portfolio and Supplier Management, Heathrow (& Constructing Excellence Board Member)
Categories: Board of Management

Chris Pearce

Head of Procurement Portfolio and Supplier Management, Heathrow (& Constructing Excellence Board Member)

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David Whysall

Position: Turner & Townsend (Co-Chair of Constructing Excellence)
Categories: Annual Conference 2017, Annual Conference 2018, Board of Management

David is the UK Infrastructure Managing Director within Turner & Townsend. David has spent 14 years with the business since joining as a graduate in 2004. During that time he has designed and implemented commercial strategies, assurance functions and managed major programme delivery teams for some of the most high profile capital investment programmes in the UK, including at Heathrow Airport, Anglian Water, High Speed 2 and Crossrail. David was previously Head of Cost & Commercial Services across the UK. He is also a member of the firms UK Board and Global Infrastructure Board.

David is passionate about industry performance improvement and has led research into effective commercial performance and assurance on major projects and programmes. Throughout his time with Turner & Townsend, David has actively contributed to industry improvement initiatives, including helping author the UK industry report, Never Waste a Good Crisis. David has sat on UK Government task groups forming a 2050 carbon strategy, chaired the industry collaboration group, Generation for Change and is now Co-Chair of the industry improvement movement, Constructing Excellence.

David Whysall

Turner & Townsend (Co-Chair of Constructing Excellence)

David is the UK Infrastructure Managing Director within Turner &...

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Eloise Francis

Position: BRE (Director of Innovation)
Categories: Board of Management

Eloise Francis

BRE (Director of Innovation)

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Lydia McGuinness

Position: Wates Construction (Section manager), G4C National Co-Chair
Categories: Board of Management

Lydia McGuinness

Wates Construction (Section manager), G4C National Co-Chair

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Mark Farmer

Position: CEO Cast Consultancy (Co-Chair of Constructing Excellence)
Categories: Annual Conference 2017, Annual Conference 2018, Board of Management

Mark has 28 years of experience in the construction and real estate sectors, 15 of those served as a partner of EC Harris / Arcadis. In 2016, he established Cast, a specialist real estate and construction consultancy. He is a member of the RICS, and is a Vice Chairman of the Urban Land Institute UK Residential Council and a member of the BPF Build to Rent committee.

Mark is the author of the October 2016 independent review of the UK Construction Labour Market Model entitled ‘Modernise or Die’ jointly sponsored by BEIS and CLG and published via the Construction Leadership Council. On the back of this report, Mark is championing a gradual move in the UK towards more pre-manufacture led construction delivery to improve productivity and predictability for clients. In this regard, his work includes supporting the evolution of central and regional government policy as well as direct involvement with clients deploying market leading innovation in the UK.

Mark Farmer

CEO Cast Consultancy (Co-Chair of Constructing Excellence)

Mark has 28 years of experience in the construction and...

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Phil Henry

Position: Built Environment Development Director- Genuit Group (& Constructing Excellence Board Member)
Categories: Board of Management

Phil Henry

Built Environment Development Director- Genuit Group (& Constructing Excellence Board Member)

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Phil Wilbraham

Position: BRE Trust Chair
Categories: Annual Conference 2017, Annual Conference 2018, Board of Management

Phil became BRE Trust’s Chairman in 2021. Prior to that he joined Heathrow in 2003 and became Expansion Programme Director in 2017 accountable for delivering Heathrow’s third runway along with the infrastructure to support it. Previously as Development Director, Phil was accountable for all the Capital works at Heathrow. As Eastern Campus Programme Director, Phil, was accountable for the delivery of the airport’s new Terminal 2. This £2.5bn programme has provided passengers with a new, ‘state of the art’, terminal.

Before Terminal 2, Phil led the completion of the £4.3bn construction of Terminal 5 and prior to that he led the £350 million Terminal 5 Landside Development Project which included the successful completion of the Twin Rivers Diversion and M25 Spur ahead of programme and under budget.

Phil was previously Director of Civil Engineering with TPS Consult, where he was involved in private and public sector schemes from feasibility stage through to design, construction and completion. This included working for BAA on Terminal 5 and many other projects at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, as well as with many other clients. Phil has also worked both overseas and in the UK as a civil engineer for DHV and Mott MacDonald.

Phil Wilbraham

BRE Trust Chair

Phil became BRE Trust’s Chairman in 2021. Prior to that...

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Professor Peter McDermott

Position: University of Salford (CE in the North West)
Categories: Board of Management

Professor Peter McDermott

University of Salford (CE in the North West)

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Sophie Bloye

Position: Insight and Engagement Coordinator
Categories: The National Team

Sophie Bloye

Insight and Engagement Coordinator

Our History:

We have a strong heritage dating back to the 1990s Latham and Egan reports and our more recent publications Never Waste a Good Crisis and Infrastructure in the New Era,  We have been delivering best-practice and knowledge transfer for more than 20 years.* In August 2016 we became part of the BRE group of companies.

*Constructing Excellence was formed in 2003 when the following bodies merged: Reading Construction Forum, Design Build Foundation, Construction Best Practice Programme, Movement for Innovation, Local Government Task Force, Rethinking Construction, BE, Construction Clients Group.