“Hastily arranged one-off subcontract arrangements bought on lowest tender price are not supply chains…”. Read Don Ward’s latest blog here, first published by Construction Manager on March 3rd.
The room was buzzing last week as the industry got together with their academic counterparts to look at ways that the two sectors can work together to meet the CEHE … Continue reading “Cracking the link between higher education and industry”
The Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE) is a two-year part-time Master’s course for built environment professionals, offered by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and supported by the … Continue reading “IDBE Scholarship Competition 2017”
Report of the Constructing Excellence members’ forum on 14 February 2017 Introduction Sixty members and guests attended the CE Members Forum on February 14th to hear from Mark Farmer … Continue reading “Driving forward the Farmer Review and proposals for an offsite transformation”
On 31st January 2017 the Constructing Excellence Sustainability Theme Group explored healthy buildings and wellness. Chaired by Paul Toyne and hosted by Aecom – at their Aldgate Tower offices which … Continue reading “Things we learnt about healthy buildings and wellness”
The construction industry is keen to ensure that education and training is as relevant as possible to industry needs and based the latest industry practice, whilst academia need support basing … Continue reading “12 ways you can engage with higher education”
A big thank you to everyone from across the Constructing Excellence movement who joined us for our annual Christmas Reception at the House of Commons on 14 December. It was … Continue reading “Constructing Excellence Christmas Reception”
The outlook according to key players across the construction sector and the insurance industry. Key players in the construction sector recently met with leading construction insurers to discuss current trends … Continue reading “The insurance market has failed to keep pace with the construction sector – it’s time to improve collaboration”
When it comes to putting innovation to work, you have to go a long way to match the construction industry. Every project comes with its own, unique set of problems … Continue reading “Unlocking R&D tax relief”
(first published 18th October 2016, updated 5th January 2017) We welcome the publication of the Farmer report (#FarmerReview) – and congratulate the team on excellent coverage in the Guardian and … Continue reading “Constructing Excellence welcomes Farmer Review”