Nuclear Steering Group Meeting
2017-12-13 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | CH2M London Office, 43 Brook Green, London, W6 7EF, United Kingdom

Members Forum
2018-01-24 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Burges Salmon, 6 New Street Square , London, EC4A 3BF, United Kingdom
Procurement has a key role to play in ensuring that we deliver social value and source products and services responsibly and ethically. Following the successful APRES Conference, the Action Programme for Responsible & Ethical Sourcing has now become part of the Constructing Excellence movement.
This Constructing Excellence Members Forum will look at the relationship between these three core elements and how we can work together to deliver real impact in this important area. Confirmed speakers include Charles Mills from CPC who chairs the Procurement Theme Group, Rob Wolfe of CYH who chairs our Social Value Sub-Group and Prof Jacqui Glass from Loughborough University who chairs APRES.
Join us to discuss how we can work together to drive some real impact and action. Register here

Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Theme Group
2018-01-25 10:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Wednesfield, Steelpark Way, Willenhall, Wolverhampton WV11 3SQ, Wednesfield, Steelpark Way, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, WV11 3SQ, United Kingdom
The Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Theme Group will be hosted at Tata Steel’s Steel Park facility on 25 January 2018. The visit will be an opportunity to see how advanced manufacturing technologies are being applied in other sectors including automotive.
Please contact helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk for further information.

Constructing Excellence Offsite Group - VIP visit to Ecobuild 6 March 2018
2018-03-06 | ExCeL London
The Offsite Theme Group will have the chance to attend a VIP visit to Ecobuild organised by Darren Richards. You can find the schedule here.
There will also be an Offsite Buyers Forum which clients, contractors and specifiers are very much encouraged to sign up for – www.offsitebuyersforum.co.uk – you can register online and can attend as many/few meetings as you wish.
Our group will also be represented in the seminar programme, when John Lorimer and Alex Small will be taking part in the Building Performance stream on Innovation – Manufacturing as construction: a digital enabled world. Join them at 12.00 to support them and take part in the debate. https://www.ecobuild.co.uk/ecobuild-knowledge-programme-2018
We really hope as many of you as possible will be able to join us for this opportunity. Please could you let helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk know if you plan to attend.

Constructing Excellence Offsite Theme Group visit
2018-03-23 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Factory 2050 AMRC, Factory 2050, Sheffield Business Park, Europa Avenue, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 1ZA, United Kingdom
Details TBC

Constructing Excellence Offsite Theme Group visit
2018-05-10 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Factory 2050 AMRC, Factory 2050, Sheffield Business Park, Europa Avenue, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 1ZA, United Kingdom
Agenda
9.30 Coffee & Arrivals
10.00 Welcome, John Lorrimer, Chair CE Offsite Group
10.05 Overview of AMRC, Allan Griffin
10.45 Q&A
11.00 Tour
12.30 Lunch
1.30 CE Offsite Group Discussion
Norwegian Hospital Example
Key Learning Points
Future Activities
AOB
3.00 Close

Members Forum - Organisational Resilience - Are we built on a house of cards?
2018-05-16 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Trowers & Hamlins, 3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ
March saw the launch of two significant outputs for Constructing Excellence: The Prospectus on Insurance Backed Alliancing and Organisational Resilience – Are we built on a house of cards? We will be examining these in detail at our members forum on 16 May.
We will look in detail at Organisational Resilience in the UK Construction Industry, authored by Project 5. A particularly significant given some of the current issues affecting the industry. The report’s purpose – to provide an overview of how resilient the industry is in relation to a range of internal and external factors – explores the role of organisational resilience in enabling construction companies to adapt to changing conditions. It addresses the evidence of failure, posits why they fail, considers the issues, areas of risk, and proposes how to build resilience and the benefits therein of doing so for the individual companies and the sector as a whole. We will take time to consider what Constructing Excellence and its members can do to address these issues and deliver a stronger, more resilient industry.
Outline agenda
1.00 Welcome & Introductions
1.30 Organisational Resilience – Overview, Tim Whitehill, Project 5
2.20 Roundtable discussions – how can Constructing Excellence help improve organisational resilience
3.30 Coffee
3.45 What can Constructing Excellence do to support resilience in the UK construction industry?
4.45 Next steps and close?
Register here

CE Digital meeting
2018-06-13 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
For more info email helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk

Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Group
2018-07-18 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Visit to GSK Immersive Lab in Stevenage
Further details to follow.

Members Forum – Research & Innovation Needs to Deliver our Vision
2018-09-12 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Burges Salmon, 6 New Street Square , London, EC4A 3BF, United Kingdom
We are asking Constructing Excellence members to join us on 12 September we will hear an update from some of our core Theme Groups that are fundamental to delivering our vision, including digital, offsite and collaborative working. We will then have an interactive session to identify the core research, innovation and skills required to effectively implement the Constructing Excellence Vision.
Our Constructing Excellence Higher Education Group, now known as the Research, Innovation & Skills Theme Group, has developed strong links with the research and academic communities and is looking at how the research and academic communities can interact with industry to advance the research, innovation and skills required to deliver the Constructing Excellence Vision of ‘transforming disrupting the industry delivery processes to transform performance.’ They will be running a series of workshops and seminars bringing together industry with core innovation and research partners around specific area of industry transformation.
Join us on 12 September to help us scope the Research, Innovation & Skills that are fundamental to achieving our vision.
Agenda

Lunch
Introductions & Welcome
How Constructing Excellence Theme Groups are tackling the core issues of industry transformation
Digital
Offsite Manufacturing & Technology
KPIs
Coffee
Interactive Session on Research, Innovation & Skills required to deliver industry transformation
Action Planning & Next Steps

Book your place here

Digital Theme Group
2018-09-19 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | National College For High Speed Rail, Carolina Way, Doncaster, DN4 5PQ

Inside Offsite Factory Tours
2018-09-20 - 2018-09-26
Inside Offsite is a series of factory tours focusing on opening up the manufacturing facilities of some of the UK’s leading suppliers of offsite technologies including LGSF, timber frame, SIPS, precast concrete, pods and volumetric modular solutions.
These factory tours are completely FREE to attend and are designed for architects, contractors, developers and clients to learn about the manufacturing process, how a manufacturing business functions and to appreciate the requirements of design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA).
Inside Offsite factory tours are delivered on a monthly basis, with a different technology and host each time. The tours are half-day sessions which include technology presentations as well as the physical tours themselves. There is plenty of time for Q&A and networking during the session. All sessions account for 5 hours CPD time and a certificate of attendance will be provided post-event.
Hosts and dates for the 2018 programme are detailed below along with booking links. Acknowledgment of your request will be sent by email and a member of the organising team will contact you with joining instructions. Please note priority will be given to architects, contractors, developers and clients.
> EOS Facades – LGSF – 20 September 2018 – BOOK >>
> FP McCann – Precast Concrete – 26 September 2018 – BOOK >>

Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Group - Visit to Explore Industrial Park
2018-09-27 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Explore Industrial Park, Explore Way, Steetley, S80 3FD
Explore Manufacturing offers a unique self-delivery capability that leads the construction industry in driving greater levels of design standardisation and construction quality.
Explore Industrial Park (EIP) is Europe’s largest and most advanced preassembly manufacturing facility. EIP underpins our drive towards zero-carbon construction. Our DfMA philosophy allows us to challenge and change traditional techniques by driving out waste, making the construction process safer, more cost and time effective, and ultimately more sustainable.
Our extensive organisational infrastructure and in-house manufacturing capabilities allow an often complex set of building system components to be safely and responsibly manufactured and assembled in a controlled factory
environment, for onsite installation.
To book your place please email helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk.

Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Group – Visit to SMTS Witney factory
2018-11-28 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Stewart Milne, Curbridge Business Park, Down Road, Witney, OX29 0SY, United Kingdom
The next Offsite visit will be to the Stewart Milne Witney Factory.
If you would to attend please email helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk

Digital Theme Group
2018-12-05 11:00 (Europe/London) | Squire Patton Boggs Leeds Office, 6 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP, United Kingdom
The next meeting of the Constructing Excellence Digital Construction Theme Group takes places on 5th December, 11am-12.30pm at the offices of Squire Patton Boggs, 6 Wellington Pl, Leeds LS1 4AP. The agenda will include:

Anne Kemp, Chair of UK BIM Alliance to talk about how Constructing Excellence and the UKBIMA can collaborate.
Tom Oulton will an update on our Digital Challenge to the other Constructing Excellence theme groups
Planning the group’s 2019 programme of events and activity

As always those attending the meeting can also attend the excellent thinkBIM half day conference in the afternoon which takes place in collaboration with the BIM4Housing group
If you intendto come please contact colm.quinn@constructingexcellence.org.uk, also stating whether you will be staying on for thinkBIM.

Members Forum - Performance Measurement Forum: Delivering value through performance measurement
2019-01-30 12:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Burges Salmon, 6 New Street Square , London, EC4A 3BF, United Kingdom
For 20 years Constructing Excellence has been the go-to place for what and how to benchmark since the construction industry KPIs were launched, wallcharts and an annual industry performance report were published, and masterclasses were run.
Around 2004 we worked with Salford University to make available an online portal for collecting, analysing and reporting KPIs to enable people to measure and compare their own performance on the basis of ‘apples with apples’, as a basis for prioritising improvements.
We have now launched a major upgrade to that portal, our new SmartSite KPIs tool. This has been developed in collaboration with BRE under the strategic direction of our cross-industry membership. It is a critical tool for comparing any project or portfolio with a) others in peer group, b) CE members c) national performance, d) other sectors, e) international performance.
Our national members have privileged access to the tool, as well as the ability to influence the future direction of this critical stream of our work through our new Performance Measurement Forum. The Performance Measurement Forum will review the current core set of KPIs in the context of right measures for the Construction Sector Deal, productivity, social value, and demonstrating the benefits and business case from transformational approaches such as offsite, BIM.
View the agenda and book your place here

Procuring for Value - Procurement Theme Group
2019-03-19 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Trowers & Hamlins, 3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ
This workshop will re-launch the Constructing Excellence Procurement Theme Group under the leadership of our new chair, Ann Bentley. The workshop and indeed the Constructing Excellence Theme Group is focussed on driving implementation.
The workshop will be an interactive session looking session looking at the barriers and blockers and how we get rid of them. It will feature input from Engineering Construction sector with a view on how they are approaching procuring for value.
Please email helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk to find out more.

Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Theme Group
2019-03-26 10:00 - 2019-04-06 13:00 (Europe/London)
Following our recent workshop looking at the platform approach to buildings, it became clear that we develop a clearer understanding of the needs of manufacturers. This workshop hosted by Tata Steel will consider the needs of manufacturers in the move towards offsite manufacturing and technology and how the industry can maximise the value of the manufacturing base.
The workshop will feature input from some of our core manufacturing members including Tata Steel, Polypipe and Baxi.
Please let us know if you wish to attend.

Moving on from the productivity challenge to disruptive technologies
2019-05-02 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
The #CEnuclear theme group has drafted companion volumes to the Factory Thinking report published in 2018, these are on the themes of Processes and Tools; Digitalisation; and Procurement for productivity. A workshop is planned on the latter topic for January 30th, and the plan is to publish these volumes at its next conference on May 2nd, which will both launch these documents and then move on to consider the role of disruptive technologies in the sector. Guest speakers on the latter topics will cover topics such as Robotics in nuclear; AI developments; Blockchain; Industry 4.0 in oil and gas; Core Innovation Hub or Cambridge Centre for Digital Built Britain.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and Construction
2019-05-20 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
The agenda for the next Constructing Excellence Digital meeting on Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning is as follows:
12.00 arrival/networking lunch
13.00 Welcome from Chair
13.15 George Mokhtar, Director, Technology, Turner & Townsend “What can we do to make AI work for our industry”
13.45 Paul Russell, Strategic Sales Leader, Watson IoT Europe – “Impact of being digital in the construction industry
14.15 Duncan Reed, Digital Construction Process Manager at Trimble Solutions (UK) Ltd – “Tekla (Rhino and Grasshopper)”
14.45 Grant Kinchin – Artificial Intelligence Product Lead FUJITSU F|AIR
15.15 Roundtables with questions set by speakers
16.00 Feedback/wrap up
16.30 close
This event is open to national members of Constructing Excellence and invited guests.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artificial-intelligence-and-construction-a-constructing-excellence-digital-event-tickets-60519079195

Generation for Tech - Better, Faster, Stronger
2019-06-18 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Leeds
Technology is changing the built environment forever. Modernising the way we design, make decisions and interact with one another will lead to a smarter, more efficient and collaborative construction industry. Or will it?
The Generation for Change (G4C) has the potential to fast-track the way we interact with tech. Join us to explore how the younger generation is using it to make our industry better, faster, stronger. Learn about the pitfalls and the potential and provide your perspective.
More details to follow.

Procuring for Value – Stakeholder Mapping
2019-06-21 10:30 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
At the Constructing Excellence Procurement Group Meeting on 19 March there was considerable debate on the blockers and potential solutions to procuring for value. The following 3 areas were identified as the key enablers:

Value based procurement (behaviours) – removing cost as a main driver
Giving industry momentum, voice and backing
Robust metrics in a standardised framework

To move this forward there is a need to understand the ‘who’. Who are the key leaders? Who is empowered to change this? Who are the influencers? Who are the funders? Who are the blockers?
This will be the focus for the workshop on 21 June, to help understand who is working in this area, who we need to collaborate with and how we can engage key stakeholders.

Procurement Theme Group
2019-09-11 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Burges Salmon, 6 New Street Square , London, EC4A 3BF, United Kingdom
This meeting is open to Constructing Excellence National members and invited guests:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/constructing-excellence-procurement-theme-group-tickets-62141811832

Collaborative Working Mentors Virtual meeting
2019-09-13 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Skype
This meeting takes place over Skype and is open to Constructing Excellence National members and invited guests. For more information contact colm.quinn@constructingexcellence.org.uk

Constructing Excellence Members Forum September 2019
2019-09-16 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Mott MacDonald, 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB, United Kingdom
This event will have an Performance Measurement focus and is open to Constructing Excellence National members and invited guests.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/constructing-excellence-members-forum-performance-measurement-tickets-62204124210

#CEDigital presents: A small conference on big data!
2019-09-25
The next meeting of the #CEDigital group will look at the applications for big data in construction.

Paul Wilkinson will give an over view of Big Data and the built environment. Paul is a Constructing Excellence collaborative working mentor and member of digital group, and chair of the technology group of the UK BIM Alliance.
Mark Taylor, Group Digital Construction Manager for Royal BAM Group will talk about how they have leveraged the masses of big data around their past and current projects into actionable insight.
Tom Oulton will feed back on the outputs of the two workshops we ran on artificial intelligence and construction at the last session and the G4C National Conference.

Attendees will be welcome to stay on for the UK BIM Alliance Q3 Forum which is happening at the same venue in the afternoon.
This event is open to Constructing Excellence members and invited guests.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cedigital-meeting-on-data-and-construction-tickets-64788644580

Constructing Excellence Offsite Theme Group
2019-10-02 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Timings and location to be confirmed.
This meeting is open to Constructing Excellence National members and invited guests:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/constructing-excellence-offsite-meeting-tickets-64790792003

Eliminate Waste - Maximise Productivity - Become Successful
2019-10-23 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
This meeting is open to ECI and Constructing Excellence National members and invited guests:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eci-event-on-driving-productivity-tickets-64791914360

CE Digital - thinkBIM
2019-12-04
This meeting will review the last year of #CEDigital and plan activity for the next year.
This meeting will take place before the thinkBIM conference that afternoon at the same venue.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cedigital-meeting-tickets-74674911671

Collaborative Working Mentors Meeting December
2019-12-13 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Skype
This is a virtual meeting of the Collaborative Working Mentors.
You will be emailed an invitation to join the Skype call after registering.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collaborative-working-mentors-virtual-meeting-tickets-74676235631
