Learning from Automotive – Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Group Visit to Tata Steelpark On 25 January the Constructing Excellence were hosted by Tata Steel at their distribution and processing centre … Continue reading “5 things construction can learn from automotive”
Forty Constructing Excellence members gathered at the London offices of Burges Salmon to take an in-depth look at the relationship between Procurement, Social Value & Responsible Sourcing. Charles Mills, Chair … Continue reading “Procurement, Social Value & Responsible Sourcing: Constructing Excellence Members Forum January 2018”
The collapse of the UK’s second-biggest contractor has sent shockwaves through our industry. It is a scandal which leaves up to 30,000 suppliers and 43,000 people with an uncertain future, … Continue reading “Carillion: A crisis not to be wasted”
Will the Carillion news this week focus enough minds sufficiently to make a difference? Two angles have particularly struck me. One was that a number of sector figures stepped up … Continue reading “Ward’s Words: January 2018”
blu-3 (UK) Limited are a leading, fully integrated construction and utility services company, providing expertise and extensive knowledge to the UK’s largest construction projects. We hope you will all join … Continue reading “We’re delighted to welcome our new member blu-3 (UK) Ltd”
BIM Academy was co-founded by Northumbria University and Ryder Architecture in 2010 as a centre of excellence for digital engineering and transformation. They have developed an international reputation as a … Continue reading “We’re delighted to welcome our new member BIM Academy”
It’s that time of the year when we ask ourselves challenging questions about the past and what we aspire to do in the future. I was recently asked what initially … Continue reading “Is Constructing Excellence Still Relevant?”
The infrastructure and Projects Authority of the Cabinet Office has published its productivity programme for infrastructure, a plan to increase the effectiveness of investment in economic and social infrastructure by … Continue reading “New government report “Transforming Infrastructure Performance””
A sub-group of the Constructing Excellence Higher Education theme group have been exploring the issue of project interdependencies as highlighted at our research brokerage workshop. It was agreed to focus … Continue reading “Dissertation topics on the subject of project interdependencies”
It was good to see so many members at the annual conference on December 12th and I hope you found it a valuable day. Thanks and much appreciation go to … Continue reading “Ward’s Words: December 2017”