Digital by Default Series – Logisitics
2023-05-24 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Online
The Constructing Excellence Digital Group has moved from being about BIM to Digital Construction to now looking at the implementation of digital in all its forms into construction and the built environment. This group aims to provide a safe space to exchange ideas and challenges, share best practice and explore emerging technologies and their practical application in the construction context. Whatever your level of digital maturity, the CE digital group provides a trusted, safe space to gain insight, ask questions and consider how you can better implement digital approaches in your projects and organisation.

On 24th May, the Digital by Default group will be joined by Karine Bartle, Wincanton, to explore logistics within the construction industry…

What can Construction learn from logistics?
Who’s doing it well within the industry?
How will good logistics planning in construction help reduce waste and carbon emissions?

Collaborative Working Mentors Online- June
2023-06-14 08:30 - 10:00 | Online
The Collaborative Working Mentors will be meeting on 14th June to continue providing insight and inspiration on how to work collaboratively within the construction industry.
Their recent work around Collaborative Alliancing and modernising the traditional build model will feed into this meeting and create a basis for discussion around the importance of collaboration and how to effectively achieve it.
Further details will follow shortly.

Effective Project Concept and Definition
2023-06-21 14:00 - 16:00 | online
Energy Transition Revolution: Powering the New Age of Project Delivery
Effective Project Concept and Definition

Energy Transition is here – reports indicate political will, technological evolution, government investment support, investor interest and commitment, and project development and delivery have taken a significant leap forward. But little is said about how projects are delivered and the corresponding contracting arrangements.
Constructing Excellence and ECI will be hosting a year long series of events to address the Energy Transition revolution and we welcome your participation!
https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Energy-Transition-final.mp4
To view as pdf, click here.

During the first of this series, we will explore Effective Project Concept and Definition. For this event, our speakers will be Dario Rigaud, Senior Construction Support Engineer of Fluor, and Stuart Block, AWP Manager of Fluor, who will address the purpose and rationale with reference to the ACTIVE Principles, asking “are these principles relevant today and, if so, why hasn’t industry adopted them as mainstream practice?”. We will also hear about a case study of a project where Effective Project Concept and Definition has taken place. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the focus of the meeting and share their thoughts, ideas and experience of the matter.

Digital by Default – Pathways to Digital Construction
2023-06-28 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The Constructing Excellence Digital Group aims to provide a safe space to exchange ideas and challenges, share best practice and explore emerging technologies and their practical application in the construction context. Whatever your level of digital maturity from just about able to join a zoom call to a digital ninja, the CE digital group provides a trusted, safe-space to gain insight, ask questions and consider how you can better implement digital approaches in your projects and organisation.
On Wednesday 28th June, where we will be exploring ‘Pathways to Digital Construction’. We will be joined by…

James Franklin, Digital Construction Lead at Kier Strategic Projects
Andy Adams, MD of T3 Training & Development Ltd; Kier’s training partner for the Digital Construction Apprenticeship
Sam Almond, Senior Digital Construction Coordinator for Kier’s Strategic Projects business, who started off as an apprentice himself.

Our speakers will share examples of the different routes that are available to begin a career in digital construction.

CE Performance Measurement – July
2023-07-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The Performance Measurement group will be meeting to continue exploring working groups in the performance measurement field, different measures and tools available and how they can be used/ what they’re good for. This meeting will be Chaired by Simon Cross, Director at Mott MacDonald.

Join us on Friday 7th July, for a productive online discussion, bring your vision and suggestions on the subject. More exciting details on this event to follow….

Workshop: AI in Construction
2023-07-19 09:30 - 11:00 | Online
Constructing Excellence is supporting colleagues at BRE and technology developer Glideology on an Innovate UK Feasibility Study to help improve on-site productivity through the use of real-time data feeds from cameras, scanners, sensors and other sources. TRAMS-Construct collates and pre-processes camera, sensor and meta data feeds from on-site construction into a platform, enabling 3rd party Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) companies to develop solutions that are targeted at the needs of construction contractors managing large sites (e.g. productivity improvement, smart contracts and dispute resolution).
During the workshop we will consider user needs and use cases to help shape the solutions to align with specific needs and challenges of on-site construction.

Energy Transition– Effective Project Team Management
2023-08-02 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
Energy Transition is here – reports indicate political will, technological evolution, government investment support, investor interest and commitment, and project development and delivery have taken a significant leap forward. But little is said about how projects are delivered and the corresponding contracting arrangements.
Constructing Excellence and ECI will be hosting a year long series of events to address the Energy Transition revolution and we welcome your participation! This session will be the second of the series with a focus on Effective Project Team Management.
https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Energy-Transition-final.mp4
For our next event on Effective Project Team Managament, we will be joined by Tony Maplesden, BSc CEng FIMechE FAPM FInstLM.
Tony is a chartered engineer with over 40 years’ experience in the delivery of engineering construction projects. His experience in the process industries has encompassed project assignments ranging from minor ‘works based’ project programmes to multi-million GB pound capital investment projects. Tony is a fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM), the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Leadership & Management, he has a qualification in management psychology and is a qualified management coach/mentor. In the final stage of his career, he worked in the UK Oil & Gas industry based in Aberdeen, during which time he held the positions of Offshore Regional Chair and Chairman of the Project Management Steering Group with the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB).

Agenda

Introductions
ACTIVE Principle 2 – Effective Project Team Management

Key features of the principle
What can it achieve?
ACTIVE – Pilot Project No1 outcomes

ECITB Project Collaboration Toolkit

Background to its creation
Learning from pilot and other projects

Comparing ACTIVE Principle 2 and the PCT – Similarities
Team Working and Collaboration – Importance to the Net Zero / Energy Transition programme.
Meeting Discussion; Q & A

Pre-Manufactured Value– Are We Asking the Right Question?
2023-09-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
Pre-Manufactured Value (PMV) measures the proportion of a project value that is delivered offsite or nearsite in a drive to increase productivity and the uptake of MMC. Its use a project KPI, particularly in government funded projects, is increasing the uptake of offsite solutions.
Is this always the right answer? Is it driving the wrong behaviours? We are joined by a brilliant panel:

Helen Sturdy, Head of Procure23
Scott Tacchi, Head of MMC at Sir Robert McAlpine
Phil Henry, Market Director, Genuit Group
Chaired by Alex Small, Digital Platforms Lead, Tata Steel

Join us for what promises to be a lively and interactive discussion.

Collaborative Working Mentors Online- September
2023-09-13 08:30 - 10:00 | Online
The Collaborative Working Mentors will be meeting on 13th September to continue providing insight and inspiration on how to work collaboratively within the construction industry.
Their recent work around Collaborative Alliancing and modernising the traditional build model will feed into this meeting and create a basis for discussion around the importance of collaboration and how to effectively achieve it.
Agenda:

Welcome and introductions
Feedback from launch of the Collaborative Alliancing Report.
Collaborative Alliancing Conference planning; what, who and when?
Who is doing what? A chance for the mentors to bring each other up to speed.
Questions arising from who is doing what.
Topics for next meeting (15th November).
AOB

CE Procurement Group meeting – September Online
2023-09-28 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
The Constructing Excellence Procurement Group brings together a highly knowledgeable group of our members who are committed to delivering better procurement.
Rebecca Rees, Chair of the group, is a partner and Head of Public Procurement at the international law firm, Trowers & Hamlins, and is a leading national expert in public procurement law, consistently ranked as among the world’s leading government contracts lawyers.
Join us for our next session on price evaluation, using Rebecca’s Building Magazine article as the basis for discussion.
We would like attendees to come to the meeting having read the article and ready to discuss:

do you agree with the position set out in the article – if not/why not/contributing factors to poor outcomes etc.
what are your views on price evaluation practice and any behaviours it encourages/discourages?
do you have any examples of good/bad practice
what role do you have in improving/changing the status of price and race to the bottom practices in the sector?

Energy Transition– Effective Supply Chain Relationships
2023-09-29 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
Energy Transition is here – reports indicate political will, technological evolution, government investment support, investor interest and commitment, and project development and delivery have taken a significant leap forward. But little is said about how projects are delivered and the corresponding contracting arrangements.
Constructing Excellence and ECI will be hosting a year long series of events to address the Energy Transition revolution and we welcome your participation! This session will be the second of the series with a focus on Effective Project Team Management.
https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Energy-Transition-final.mp4
Join us for the next session in this series, which will focus on Effective Supply Chain Relationships.
We will explore the following questions so please bring your thoughts and suggestions, ready to discuss:

In the context of energy transition, what does the EC industry need and expect from the supply chain in the short and medium term?
Has the EC industry, typically, fully utilised the expertise, experience and competencies available from the supply chain and if not, why not?
In terms of expertise, experience and competencies, what is the “gap” between what the EC industry typically obtains from the supply chain and what is needed and expected for energy transition (and conventional) projects?
What needs to happen (change) in order for the EC industry to obtain what it needs and expects from the supply chain, and can those expectations be expanded to maximise use of the expertise, experience and competencies available in the supply chain?

CE Performance Measurement – October
2023-10-11 09:30 - 11:00 | Online
The Performance Measurement group will be meeting to continue exploring working groups in the performance measurement field, different measures and tools available and how they can be used/ what they’re good for. This meeting will be Chaired by Simon Cross, Director at Mott MacDonald.
Join us on Wednesday 11th October, for an opportunity to hear some case studies of effective performance measurement. This will be a productive online discussion so bring your vision and suggestions on the subject.

Digital by Default – Building Safety Act
2023-10-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The Constructing Excellence Digital Group has moved from being about BIM to Digital Construction to now looking at the implementation of digital in all its forms into construction and the built environment.
The CE Digital Group aims to provide a safe space to exchange ideas and challenges, share best practice and explore emerging technologies and their practical application in the construction context. Whatever your level of digital maturity from just about able to join a zoom call to a digital ninja, the CE digital group provides a trusted, safe-space to gain insight, ask questions and consider how you can better implement digital approaches in your projects and organisation.
Join us online on Friday 20th October, where we will be exploring Building Safety Act. More details to follow soon….

Innovation Exchange Group
2023-11-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
Innovation Exchange
The built environment and construction industry face constant external and internal challenges that require a systemic approach to innovation to turn these challenges into opportunity. Innovation is vital to driving continuous improvement and to achieve our net zero ambitions, although it often suffers from hype with a lot of noise and a lack of implementation.
Consultation with our members has identified a space for Constructing Excellence members to come together with innovators and researchers to explore innovation and its wider context. To give opportunity for innovators and researchers to share and explore ideas, learn from each other and consider how the innovation can move to implementation. Led by Ben Pritchard, Head of Innovation Management at Invennt, the Innovation Exhange group will meet regularly, either online or through visits to inspiring innovative places and organisations, to jointly explore how to move from innovation to mainstream.
On Wednesday 8th November, we’re kicking off with an online session led by the chair, Ben Pritchard, talking about the Innovation Management Process, which provides a framework for organisations to give their innovation purpose and direction. Invennt’s innovation management system provides this and has allowed them to create new services, new products and roll out a number of productivity improvements. This culminated in Invennt becoming the first SME in the construction industry to achieve the BSI kitemark for Innovation management.

Collaborative Working Mentors Online- November
2023-11-15 08:30 - 10:00 | Online
The Collaborative Working Mentors will be meeting on 15th November to continue providing insight and inspiration on how to work collaboratively within the construction industry.
Their recent work around Collaborative Alliancing and modernising the traditional build model will feed into this meeting and create a basis for discussion around the importance of collaboration and how to effectively achieve it.
Further details will follow shortly.

CE Procurement Group meeting – November Online
2023-11-27 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
The Constructing Excellence Procurement Group brings together a highly knowledgeable group of our members who are committed to delivering better procurement.
Rebecca is a partner and Head of Public Procurement at the international law firm, Trowers & Hamlins, and is a leading national expert in public procurement law, consistently ranked as among the world’s leading government contracts lawyers.
More details on the session to follow…

Energy Transition – Effective Information Management and Communication
2023-12-11 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
Energy Transition is here – reports indicate political will, technological evolution, government investment support, investor interest and commitment, and project development and delivery have taken a significant leap forward. But little is said about how projects are delivered and the corresponding contracting arrangements. Constructing Excellence and ECI will be hosting a year long series of events to address the Energy Transition revolution and we welcome your participation!

Join us for the next session in this series, which will focus on Effective Information Management and Communication.
More information about this session will follow shortly.

Platforms and Circularity Roundtable
2023-12-12 09:30 - 11:30 | Online
Constructing Excellence is partnering with colleagues UKGBC and IOM3 for an exploratory roundtable on the role that platforms can play in enabling the circular economy. Platforms and standardised approaches have a huge role to play in delivering quality and productivity and will play a huge role in enabling manufacturers to innovate products that deliver genuine value for end-users.

Circularity is one of the eight core principles set out in the Construction Innovation Hub’s Platform Rulebook*. ‘To ensure that products have been designed for disassembly, repair, or reuse at the end of use and that the manufacturer has provided detailed information on maintenance, reuse, disassembly and recovery options.’

This roundtable will explore the role that platforms can play in unlocking circularity and the circularity considerations that those developing platforms need to incorporate.
Join us for what promises to be a lively and informative discussion.

**** The Construction Innovation Hub’s Platform Rulebook defines platforms as:
• The kit of parts, associated production processes, knowledge, people and relationships required to deliver all or part of construction projects using a platform approach:
• A product platform provides a stable core which is configured and combined with complementary components (via defined interfaces) to suit a particular project.
• A product platform also includes the processes, tools and equipment required for assembly

CE Performance Measurement – December
2023-12-13 09:30 - 11:00 | Online
The Performance Measurement group will be meeting to continue exploring different measures and tools available and how they can be used/ what they’re good for. We will be joined by Group Chair Simon Cross, Director at Mott MacDonald.
Join us on Wednesday 13th December for a productive online discussion. Further details to be confirmed.

Collaborative Working Mentors – January
2024-01-17 08:30 - 10:00 | Online
The Collaborative Working Mentors will be meeting on 17th January to continue providing insight and inspiration on how to work collaboratively within the construction industry.
The Agenda for the meeting is as below:

Introductions
Update on ISO 44001 (Paul Greenwood)
Frameworks – Ascertaining organisational (Bidder) maturity – base line assessment methodology (Andrew Thomas)
Preparation for Collaborative Alliancing roundtable 13/3/24 (Alison Nicholl)
Agenda for next meeting 20/3/24
Schedule of meetings
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Digital by Default- January
2024-01-18 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
Digital is ubiquitous. It is no longer a special, intangible thing reserved for people with digital or BIM in their job title. We are all to a greater or lesser extent digitally-enabled. The Constructing Excellence Digital Group has moved from being about BIM to Digital Construction to now looking at the implementation of digital in all its forms into construction and the built environment.
The CE Digital Group aims to provide a safe space to exchange ideas and challenges, share best practice and explore emerging technologies and their practical application in the construction context. Whatever your level of digital maturity from just about able to join a zoom call to a digital ninja, the CE digital group provides a trusted, safe space to gain insight, ask questions and consider how you can better implement digital approaches in your projects and organisation.
Join us on Thursday 18th January to hear from our Digital Award winner 2023 – Bouygues UK.
Ian Massey (Regional BIM & Information Manager) has kindly offered to join us on the day to share some insight on their successful project, BIM Builders Work & Passive Fire Stopping Golden Thread Solution – Constructing Excellence

CE Procurement Group meeting – January
2024-01-22 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
The Constructing Excellence Procurement Group brings together a highly knowledgeable group of our members who are committed to delivering better procurement.
Rebecca is a partner and Head of Public Procurement at the international law firm, Trowers & Hamlins, and is a leading national expert in public procurement law, consistently ranked as among the world’s leading government contracts lawyers.
During the call, we’ll be joined by our Value Award winners for 2023 – Galliford Try and Speller Metcalfe. Our guests Mathew Prior (Project Manager, Galliford Try) and Kim Davies (Communications and Engagement Manager, Speller Metcalfe) have kindly offered to join us, to share some insight on their successful projects. Please feel free to have a quick introductory read below.

Galliford Try – HMP High Down – Training Facility – HMP High Down– Training Facility – Constructing Excellence
Speller Metcalfe – The Skylon project – Skylon Campus – Constructing Excellence

CE Performance Measurement – February
2024-02-07 09:30 - 11:00 | Online
The Performance Measurement group will be meeting to continue exploring different measures and tools available and how they can be used/ what they’re good for. We will be joined by Group Chair Simon Cross, Director at Mott MacDonald.
Join us on Wednesday 7th February for a productive online discussion. Further details to be confirmed.

Constructing Excellence Major Projects Group
2024-02-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
*Invite only event*

The Constructing Excellence Major Projects group will be meeting to feed back on the key points from the Constructing Excellence Annual Conference and how we, as a major projects group, can build on this key learning to address the challenge of delivering a better future for the industry.
If you are interested in joining us for this session, please get in touch.

Innovation Exchange Group
2024-02-28 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The built environment and construction industry face constant external and internal challenges that require a systemic approach to innovation to turn these challenges into opportunity. Innovation is vital to driving continuous improvement and to achieve our net zero ambitions, although it often suffers from hype with a lot of noise and a lack of implementation.
Consultation with our members has identified a space for Constructing Excellence members to come together with innovators and researchers to explore innovation and its wider context. To give opportunity for innovators and researchers to share and explore ideas, learn from each other and consider how the innovation can move to implementation. Led by Ben Pritchard, Head of Innovation Management at Invennt, the Innovation Exchange group will meet regularly, either online or through visits to inspiring innovative places and organisations, to jointly explore how to move from innovation to mainstream.
Join us for the next meeting on 28th February, at 10:00am, where we will be discussing ‘Creating a culture that allows innovation to thrive’. More information to follow shortly…

CE Procurement Group meeting – March
2024-03-18 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
The Constructing Excellence Procurement Group brings together a highly knowledgeable group of our members who are committed to delivering better procurement.
Rebecca is a partner and Head of Public Procurement at the international law firm, Trowers & Hamlins, and is a leading national expert in public procurement law, consistently ranked as among the world’s leading government contracts lawyers.
More details on this session will follow shortly…

Collaborative Working Mentors – March
2024-03-20 08:30 - 10:00 | Online
The Collaborative Working Mentors will be meeting on 20th March to continue providing insight and inspiration on how to work collaboratively within the construction industry.
Their recent work around Collaborative Alliancing and modernising the traditional build model will feed into this meeting and create a basis for discussion around the importance of collaboration and how to effectively achieve it.
Further details will follow shortly.

Digital Construction – A Creative Challenge?
2024-03-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Unit 9, 12 Swan Yard, London, N1 1SD, United Kingdom
What role can the Creative Industries play in digital construction? How can construction benefit from the advanced techniques and tools developed for gaming and film?

That is exactly what the CE Digital Group will be finding out in this workshop hosted by Unit9, a global innovation partner built from a team of skilled strategists, innovation architects, product designers, software engineers, gaming experts, art directors, producers and film directors. They’ve worked with some big name brands from Samsung to Channel4 to Disney – this is an excellent opportunity to explore how their unique perspective can be translated to construction. UNIT9 | Learn more about what we do as a production studio.
During this event there will be 3 sessions followed by a Q&A session and networking:

Session 1: Innovation from the creative sector applied to the construction industry.
Presentation of Immersive Spatial Design Capabilities by the Spatial design team at Unit9
Session 2: Immersive Construction with Unit9’s VICTOR
Demonstrating VICTOR’s use cases in an Immersive Construction Environment by Unit 9
Session 3: Advancements in Construction Technology
Exploring Camera Technologies and AI capabilities on Construction Sites by Evercam
Q&A Session
Networking

VICTOR
BRE and Constructing Excellence are currently partnering with UNIT9 on VICTOR, an InnovateUK supported R&D project. VICTOR focuses on leveraging spatiotemporal data and technology to create a virtual site representation that enables remote experts to address on-site issues without needing physical access. It enables:

Integration of Data Sources
Navigation and Annotation Tools
Remote Collaboration
AI/Language Model (LLM) Integration

Join us on 21st March to explore the project and find out how these unique skills can be applied in construction – there might even be some whizzy tech to play with!

CE Performance Measurement – April
2024-04-03 09:30 - 11:00 | Online
The Performance Measurement group will be meeting to continue exploring different measures and tools available and how they can be used/ what they’re good for. We will be joined by Group Chair Simon Cross, Director at Mott MacDonald.
Join us on Wednesday 3rd April for a productive online discussion. Further details to be confirmed.

Nima Virtual Conference- CE Digital By Default Session
2024-04-18 | Online
Nima will be hosting their second Virtual Conference on Thursday 18th April, exploring whole-life information management. This is not just another conference, it is a unique opportunity to listen, reflect and discuss how to go about winning with data!
The Spring Conference will be held in an immersive environment, where the audience, speakers and exhibitors interact through a series of virtual spaces for presentations, demonstrations and networking. Supported by four keynote presentations and four practical discussion panels.
Within the virtual environment, there will also be six networking rooms, each with their own topic area for insight, predictions and real-world projects that will demonstrate the digital progression of the built environment.
Within the virtual environment, there will also be six networking rooms, each with their own topic area for discussion, insight and real-world experience. They will demonstrate Information Management learning and progression within the built and managed environment.
Constructing Excellence will be running a Digital by Default session in the Let’s Talk About BIM Networking Room.
When you land in the Let’s Talk About BIM Networking Room, whether you’re a BIM-beginner or a digital genius, we have something and someone for you. We’ll cover the fundamentals of Information Management, including how BIM can be applied to each stage of the design and built process. As well as an international perspective and an understanding of the ISO 19650 standard.
Join us to explore Digital by Default from 10:00-12:00.
Registration for the conference is free, sign up via the website.
