The engines that power our work to develop and promote excellence in the built environment supply chain are our members’ theme groups. At any time we have 7-8 theme groups, … Continue reading “CE Members’ Forum 08 October 2014”
Annual Convention On Friday 14th November, ahead of the Constructing Excellence National Awards 2014, G4C curated this year’s Constructing Excellence Annual Convention focussing on the image of the industry and … Continue reading “Constructing Excellence Annual Convention and National Awards 2014”
Last week was the annual gathering of the 50+ national, regional, local and younger generation organisations that make up the UK Constructing Excellence movement. Peter Hansford, the government’s chief construction … Continue reading “Perfect storm or burning platform? Better together – excellence in 2014 and beyond”
In its 2011 Government Construction Strategy setting out how the public sector clients need to improve, the Cabinet Office proposed three new procurement models to be trialled in support of … Continue reading “Government trials, not tribulations”
Much has been written about the government’s new sector strategy Construction 2025 published in July. The summary document is a good clear read and well worth a few minutes to … Continue reading “Reach out to your local university”
Lord Deighton is always refreshing, and opened the summit by promising “it is not about new initiatives but getting stuff done”. Ironically he was followed onto stage by Michael Fallon … Continue reading “How did the Government Construction Summit move us forwards?”
So consider this a farewell message. Having been at Constructing Excellence for nearly nine years I’ve seen tremendous change in our sector. The industry, and how clients approach it, has … Continue reading “So consider this a farewell message…”
All members of our Japan study tour are safely back in the UK. The last three days of the Japan study tour were extraordinary, and of course the full horror … Continue reading “The March 2011 Constructing Excellence study tour to Japan”
The authors of this guidance document on Collaborative Procurement have identified the key forms of collaboration that are currently taking place within the industry, which are delivering real efficiencies and … Continue reading “Collaborative Procurement”
This is the first part of a two-parter on ethics in the built environment sector. This first part will look at where I believe the debate on ethics in the … Continue reading “Ethics and the Built Environment”
