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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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. … 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 … Continue reading “Green Construction Board – “Three Years On””
As you may have already noticed our new website went live over the weekend. While there is still plenty of work to do, even in its current “beta” state it is … Continue reading “The new Constructing Excellence website is now live”
The theme of the first Constructing Excellence Members’ Forum of the year was “Procurement” to tie in with the launch of our new Procurement Theme Group. Don Ward kicked off … Continue reading “CE Members’ Forum on Procurement 11th February 2015”
