It was the Building Awards earlier this month at the Grosvenor, the usual glittering black tie affair with David Walliams taking the mickey out of everyone. Three things stand out for me from the excellent edition of Building which covered the event: It was fantastic to see Tony Giddings of Argent honoured as Personality of the … Continue reading “Reflections on the Building Awards 2015”
At Constructing Excellence we think the best people to explain the benefits of membership are the members themselves. With this in mind, here is a video of Ron Edmondson, Managing Director of long standing members Waterloo Air Products, explaining what he and his organisation have gained by being involved with Constructing Excellence. Many thanks to Ron for … Continue reading “Ron Edmondson talks about Constructing Excellence membership”
How can organisations ensure they have productive, cost effective and sustainable buildings that work for them now and in the future? LCMB have been members of Constructing Excellence since our foundation in 2009 and support their aim to improve construction industry performance to produce a better built environment. As part of our commitment to advancing … Continue reading “John O’Brien reflects on lessons from the Constructing Excellence Asset Group”
Everyone wants BIM case studies but coaxing them out of members is proving to be a real challenge. The BIM Theme Group has worked tirelessly to develop a simple proforma which can be used at all stages of a project or programme. The aim is to build a library of relevant and helpful examples. John Lorimer, … Continue reading “BIM4Champagne – a new initiative from John Lorimer”
We had an interesting session at the Nuclear Theme Group meeting on 11 March, with a number of very informative presentations, followed by some lively discussion and debate. Our first speaker was Philip Isgar from Sunbeam Management Solutions on ‘Building Information Modelling & Data Management Nuclear Strategy – An alignment between Client and the Supply … Continue reading “Nuclear Theme Group meeting 11th March”
Competition in procurement can add value. Some may find that strange for a champion of collaboration to say, but that is to misunderstand what we at Constructing Excellence mean by collaboration. It does NOT mean no competition. It should mean intelligent healthy competition on the right measures of value, which is a positive force for … Continue reading “Competitive tendering costs, is it worth it?”
This article sets out our thinking about Constructing Excellence qualifications. As the sector emerges from recession, the CE Vision work building on Construction 2025 recognises the need for major advances in the quality of people capable of leading and managing the delivery of best practice in the sector, from clients and supply side alike. We see … Continue reading “Qualifications in “Constructing Excellence””
We had a CW Champions meeting last Thursday with some very interesting presentations and discussions. We heard about Behaviours4Collaboration a developing initiative to identify, define and present a framework which can be used to monitor and develop collaborative capability in individuals. Then we heard about the successes of BS11000, the standard which certifies the collaborative … Continue reading “CW Champions Chairman’s Blog”
Behaviours4Collaboration At the London offices of multi-disciplinary consultant Pick Everard yesterday, the Collaborative Working Champions held their quarterly meeting, and the agenda stimulated a lot of conversation about collaborative behaviours. I talked to the group about the Behaviours4Collaboration group (see my December 2014 post), updating my presentation a bit to include an example page from … Continue reading “Alliancing, BS11000 and Behaviours4Collaboration”
The Green Construction Board launched their ‘Three Years On’ report yesterday at Ecobuild outlining the progress of the construction industry towards the green construction targets. For those of you that have not come across the Green Construction Board, it is the forum set up in 2011 by government and the UK design, construction, property and infrastructure industry … Continue reading “Green Construction Board – “Three Years On””
Absolutely delighted to have @ASITE on board!
We are excited to re-join @constructingexc as a National Member.
Our shared vision of connecting people and #digitally enabling teams to work more #collaboratively will enable us to solve problems that are disrupting the industry.
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Brilliant range of people here @ArupGroup for our sustainable infrastructure forum on @UN SDGs in collaboration with @CEEQUALnews and @ICE_engineers
