Our Chief Executive, Don Ward, has put together a list of ways in which Higher Education can work better with industry. Do you agree? Do you have any additions to … Continue reading “Top 10 tips for Higher Education to engage better with industry”
Constructing Excellence convened sixty people from across UK nuclear construction in late April to address the construction productivity challenge in the sector. The event was organised and led by our … Continue reading “Industrial Strategy and the productivity challenge in nuclear”
For the last six months Constructing Excellence has been the fortunate beneficiary of a Simon Industrial Fellowship from the University of Manchester, to enable me to work with Professor Graham … Continue reading “Ward’s Words: Supporting the Northern Powerhouse”
Collaboration was the order of the day at the Sustainability Theme Group Meeting on Specifying Innovative and Sustainable Systems. The workshop, delivered in partnership with the Innovation Gateway and hosted … Continue reading “Specifying Innovative & Sustainable Systems”
G4C asked the Head of Regeneration in the government’s IPA, Phillip Williams how we will meet the housing requirements of the future. Watch Phillip’s response where he outlines the recommendations … Continue reading “G4C interview with Phillip Williams, Head of Regeneration at the IPA”
By John O’Brien – Constructing Excellence Asset Management Theme Group Chair On Wednesday last week Constructing Excellences asset management group met with UCL Centre for Data Science at UCL to discuss … Continue reading “Where’s that big opportunity for big data use?”
The Constructing Excellence Sustainability Theme Group is teaming up with Innovation Gateway to bring you a session on innovative and sustainable solutions and how these are specified. The workshop taking … Continue reading “Three fantastic innovations we’ll be exploring on 4 May”
Constructing Excellence has consulted with our client members who have recommended that we should no longer maintain a discrete Construction Clients Group with separate governance and structures. Our client members … Continue reading “Constructing Excellence embrace clients into the body of the movement”
Please don’t use the C word when you don’t mean it. The CIOB’s Construction Manager and the RICS’ Construction Journal recently published articles from me on modern procurement. As the government’s new … Continue reading “Ward’s Words: Don’t use the C word unless you mean it!”
On 16 March G4C held our semi-annual national meeting. We arranged an audience with Richard Postance; an Oxford Engineer with 20 years’ experience of shaping and delivering projects in the … Continue reading “G4C’s Industry Solutions – Introduction”