Constructing Excellence

Constructing Excellence Leaders Breakfast
2019-11-07 08:00 - 11:00 (Europe/London)

Constructing Excellence National Awards
2019-11-08 19:00 - 23:00

Performance Measurement Forum virtual meeting
2019-11-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Skype
This is a virtual meeting of the Constructing Excellence Performance Measurement Forum to update on progress
You will be sent an invitation to the Skype meeting after booking on
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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.
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Collaborative Working Mentors Meeting December
2019-12-13 10:00 - 12:00 | 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

Constructing Excellence Annual Conference
2020-01-15 09:30 - 16:30 | The Brewery, 52 Chiswell St, London, EC1Y 4SD
15 January 2020
The Brewery, London
Online price £195.00 per person , plus VAT.
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2020 Focus – A clear path for sector transformation

Details

This year’s Constructing Excellence Annual Conference will take an in-depth look at the key enablers of sector transformation. It will bring together all elements of the Constructing Excellence movement to drive positive disruption right across the sector.We will analyse the latest thinking and progress against the key elements of our vision including Clients Procuring for Value, Performance and Manufacturing & Technology. We will be considering the significant progress that has been made across these areas through initiatives, gaining insights from other sectors and looking at how this progress can be applied today. We will also be taking a view of how a more productive sector can deliver long term value and sustainability for the society that it serves.

Why attend?

Gain insight and perspective as our industry-leading chairs Phil Wilbraham, David Whysall and Mark Farmer share their views on sector transformation.
Hear about the latest factors impacting and driving performance in the sector as well as insight into how those in other sectors are tackling the issues of performance and productivity.
Share your views and priorities around the Procure for Value tool emerging from from the Construction Innovation Hub and Construction Leadership Council.
Find out how our sponsors Sir Robert McAlpine have utilised BIM and digital technology to drive performance improvements.
Learn about the latest developments and research in platform-based approaches to buildings.
Discover the role that manufacturing and digital can technologies can play in unlocking the zero-carbon agenda.
Hear from the future leaders of our industry as Generation4Change share their perspective on Generation4Tech.
Build your network and collaborate with committed individuals and organisations from right across the construction supply chain and the Constructing Excellence movement.
Find out Constructing Excellence’s plans to drive sector transformation and improvement in 2020.

Lead Sponsor

Partners

Event programme

09.15 Registration and Networking
10.00 Welcome & Review of 2019, Alison Nicholl, Constructing Excellence
10.15 Clients Procuring for Value – Chair Phil Wilbraham, Heathrow

Interactive workshop examining the Procure for Value tool with Ann Bentley, CLC / RLB Keith Waller and Dr Isolda Agusti Construction Innovation Hub

11.20 Coffee and Networking
11.45 Performance – Chair David Whysall, Turner & Townsend

Where are we as a sector? Do we need someone to explain what performance/productivity is? What next for performance? – David Rockhill, McKinsey
How other sectors are delivering performance & productivity – TBC
The role technology has played in the evolution of Sir Robert McAlpine, Vince Lydon and Nick Leach, Sir Robert McAlpine

13.00 Lunch and Networking
14.00 Manufacturing & Technology – Mark Farmer

The Seismic Project, Lorraine McMorrow, McAvoy Group
The role of manufacturing and technology in delivering the Zero Carbon Agenda – Prof Dave Worsley, Active Building Centre
Generation4Tech – Generation4 Change view on Technology Shaping the Industry – Caroline Key and Robin Lapish, Generation4Change

15.25 New Delivery & Funding Structures – Marcus Harling, Burges Salmon

What will sector transformation mean for clients and their funders?

15.45 Our 2020 Focus, Alison Nicholl, Constructing Excellence
16.30 Close

For more information:
Gemma Speck
gemma.speck@bregroup.com
01923 66 4408

Online price £195.00 per person , plus VAT. As ever there are free or discounted place for our national, regional and club members. Please contact helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk for a discount code.

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Sustainable Infrastructure Group - Sustainable Development Goals
2020-01-23 14:00 - 17:00
The inaugural meeting of the Sustainable Infrastructure Forum looked at embedding sustainability in project strategy and looked specifically at the need to work collaboratively with supply chain partners to deliver sustainable outcomes.
On 25 November the group will focus on Sustainable Development Goals. The workshop session will delve into how key partners such as the Environment Agency are evaluating SDGs and consider 2 key questions:
– How do we ensure robust reporting and evaluation against SDGs?
– What principles should we use to evaluate SDGs?
The Constructing Excellence Sustainable Infrastructure Group is run in partnership with CEEQUAL and ICE. The group will delve deep into the issues impacting the delivery of Sustainable Infrastructure and is a forum to share best practice and lessons learnt. It is open to Constructing Excellence Members, CEEQUAL Users and Assessors and ICE Members.

Constructing Excellence Procurement Group Meeting
2020-01-28 13:30 - 16:30 | Trowers & Hamlins, 3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ
Follow on meeting from November Meeting to consider how we convince key procurement stakeholders to change behaviour.

As Constructing Excellence Procurement Group members we have a lot of information and evidence and that we wanted to be targeted. There are 3 levels of activities that can lead to genuine and lasting behavioural change.
– Inspire – Give them the reasoning and context needed to inspire change. This can be done by regular high-level messages. Even though we are targeting a specific audience we can use regular channels and mechanisms such as short videos, infographics tweets etc. However we should language that resonates with the target audience even though this messaging goes to everyone.
– Enable – Provide them with the tools and incentivisation to change and sustain change this could be done through workshops or training sessions etc. and re-enforced through high level messaging and targeted re-enforcement
– Support – support them to sustain and embed change and become champions to inspire others to change – this in turn will amplify the messaging.
This workshop session will look at how we achieve this.

CE Members Forum - Future Skills Requirements
2020-02-18 13:00 - 17:00 | Burges Salmon, 6 New Street Square , London, EC4A 3BF, United Kingdom
To kick off our engagement with the Construction Innovation Hub we will be using our Members Forum on 18 February as an opportunity for our members to provide insight and help shape the future skills agenda that is emerging from the Hub.
What are the future skills needed to unlock better performance? Given what the literature is saying about construction skills, what do YOU need?
In this half-day workshop, we will identify and share skills challenges for the future of construction, specifically around asset and project performance. We will build on existing work in this arena, prioritise and refine skills needs based on your context. We will develop training one-liners, use cases and requirements for your future training needs.
Our national members forum kicks off a programme of activities that will be happening across our regional network. The Construction Innovation Hub, in collaboration with Constructing Excellence will collate the workshop findings and use these to inform the develop of some original free, open-source training content. The aim is that you will be able to use these materials to deliver unique training solutions in your organisations.
Please join us and bring along the right people from your organisations to help ensure the relevance and adoptability of the Construction Innovation Hub outputs.

Collaborative Working Mentors Meeting March
2020-03-06 08:00 - 10:00 | Skype
Contact colm.quinn@constructingexcellence.org.uk for details.

Offsite Manufacturing & Technology - Visit to JLR
2020-03-10 10:00 - 16:00
I would like to invite you to the Constructing Excellence Offsite Manufacturing and Technology Group visit to the Jaguar Land Rover Castle Bromwich Facility. This visit in collaboration with the Construction Innovation Hub and with support from Tata Steel and Pinsent Masons provides an excellent opportunity to get behind the scenes at one of the most advanced automotive plants in Europe. Automotive is widely recognised as one of the industries that construction can learn most from and this visit will provide an opportunity to get under the skin of how automotive is applying advanced manufacturing techniques to improve productivity and quality.
We will also have an opportunity to gain insight into the Construction Innovation Hub’s Quality workstream which draws on experience from the automotive and aerospace sectors. Construction Quality Planning (CQP) applies to new construction products being produced and delivered at scale, using manufacturing-led approaches. It is a quality toolset aimed at ensuring that components, sub-assemblies or assemblies meet the required standards.
We do hope you will be able to join us. As you will appreciate numbers are strictly limited and we anticipate a high level of interest. Please contact helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk for further details.

Construction Innovation Hub Future Skills Workshop
2020-03-12 08:30 - 13:30 | Future Inn Hotel, Bond St, Bristol, BS1 3EN, United Kingdom
Future Skills Requirements Workshop – to enable effective asset and project performance
Your chance to influence the Government’s agenda
We are delighted to report that Constructing Excellence is now the official delivery partner when it comes to Adoption for the exciting Construction Industry Hub Government led campaign to transform the UK Construction sector. A number of key topics are being considered the first of which is future skills. We are delighted to be able to offer CESW members and supporters the opportunity to influence the government agenda by attending this Future Skills Workshop in Bristol on Thursday 12th March 2020. We have been seeking this level of influence within CESW for some time so now we have it please use it. If you have an interest in the future skills needs of our sector please make sure you are represented.
What are the future skills needed to unlock better performance? Given what the literature is saying about construction skills, what do YOU need?
In this half-day workshop, we will identify and share skills challenges for the future of construction, specifically around asset and project performance. We will build on existing work in this arena, prioritise and refine skills needs based on your context. We will develop training one-liners, use cases and requirements for your future training needs.
The skills themes we will focus on are:
• Quality: how can we ensure quality construction products and that projects are executed consistently across the full lifecycle?
• Whole-life Value: how can projects and assets move beyond economics and serve all pillars of sustainability?
• Assurance and Compliance: how will we ensure assurance and compliance of components and assemblies over the full lifecycle?
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What will you get?
Similar workshops are happening across the regions. The Construction Innovation Hub, in collaboration with Constructing Excellence will collate the workshop findings and use these to inform the development of some original free, open-source training content. The aim is that you will be able to use these materials to deliver unique training solutions in your regions.
Who is this workshop for?
Anyone who has an interest in construction and skills: public sector, private companies, colleges and training organisations, and students.
Itinerary
8.30am Reception with Tea/Coffee & pastries
9.00am Workshop First Half
10.45am Tea/Coffee & biscuits
11.15am Workshop Second Half
1.00pm Lunch
1.30pm Depart
Cost
Free of Charge. Kindly sponsored by the Construction Innovation Hub.
Car parking:
Delegates can receive a 50% discount from the standard parking rates in the Cabot Circus shoppers car park, located next to the hotel. Discounted rates: 1hr @ £1.15 / 2hr @ £1.65 / 3hr @ £2.15 / 4hr @ £2.65 / 5hr @ £3.15 / 6hr @ £3.65 / 7+hr @ £9.00 To receive the discount, delegates must validate their parking ticket at the hotel reception on departure and settle the remaining balance at the car park pay station as normal.
About the Hub
The Construction Innovation Hub was launched in November 2018 and brings together world-class expertise from the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), BRE (Building Research Establishment) and the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) to transform the UK construction industry. With £72 million from UK Research and Innovation’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the Hub aims to change the way buildings and infrastructure are designed, manufactured, integrated and connected within our built environment. In November 2019 Constructing Excellence became a delivery partner of the Hub with a specific focus on adoption.
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Performance Measurement Forum
2020-03-24 13:00 - 16:00 | online
The next meeting for the Constructing Excellence Performance Measurement Forum.
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Digital Enablers for Construction Transformation
2020-03-31 14:30 - 16:00 | Online
This workshop will explore the inter-relationships between cutting edge digital technologies and construction business models.

Constructing Excellence is supporting Loughborough University on the DECONT (Digital Enablers for Construction Transformation) research project. DECONT is part of the Transforming Construction Network Plus (N+) led by University College London. DECONT aims to develop future scenarios and technology roadmaps to define industry transformation pathways and stimulate the development of high payback digital enablers. To achieve this aim, the DECONT team has conducted a series of scenario building focus groups, workshops and interviews with experts in construction and suppliers of digital technology solutions.
To disseminate and test our findings, we are organising a workshop on 31 March 2020 (from 14.30 to 16.00) Online. You are invited to join this workshop to discuss DECONT future scenarios and technology roadmap, and develop business models for construction.
Your input will be invaluable to determine the project output that can be highly relevant to the problems you are facing, and can potentially influence future policies.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-enablers-for-construction-transformation-tickets-97086814275

Sustainable Infrastructure Forum
2020-04-20 13:30 - 17:00
The Sustainable Infrastructure Group brings together the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Constructing Excellence members, CEEQUAL assessors and those involved in CEEQUAL projects to share best practice, share challenges and key learning outcomes. This cross-supply chain, multidisciplinary approach to problem solving will enable us to delve deep into the factors impacting the delivery of sustainable infrastructure.
Theme for this meeting: behaviours and procurement as a key enabler for driving sustainability through project delivery.

Procurement Group
2020-04-22 12:00 | online
More details to follow

Modern Collaborative Working; The top 10 of what to do and how to do it
2020-04-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Over the course of 2019 the Constructing Excellence Collaborative Working Mentors blogged about the 10 most important themes for achieving collaborative working in the modern environment. As we publish a summary of the 10 blogs we are offering you the chance to ask the chair of the group Kevin Thomas of IPInitiatives all the questions you ever had about successful collaboration but were afraid to ask in a special webinar. Download the report, read the original blogs and sign up to the webinar.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-collaborative-working-the-top-10-of-what-to-do-and-how-to-do-it-tickets-101623103438

How will COVID 19 impact Offsite Manufacturing & Technology?
2020-04-30 10:00 - 11:30 | online
The world has been turned on its head in just 3 short weeks, forcing us all to live and work differently. As we come to terms with our new reality it provides an opportunity to focus on what we want and need to change within our own organisations and the wider sector.
The Constructing Excellence Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Group proposes to hold an online forum to discuss how this time can be used to consider the opportunities to shape a better industry coming out of this crisis. Key issues for discussion include:
• How could the current crisis transform offsite approaches?
• How will it impact on the way in which companies approach construction?
• How will it transform employees working patterns and the uptake of technologies?
We will be inviting members to share their insights around some of the key areas that this crisis has highlighted including, numbers of operatives on sites, safe working practices and remote working.

Major Projects - Driving long term value through collaborative procurement
2020-05-06 10:00 - 13:00 | Online
An online meeting organised jointly with Constructing Excellence and ECI to explore the impact of collaborative procurement approaches.

About this Event

“…Collaborative construction procurement comprises a set of processes and relationships through which teams can develop, share and apply information in ways that improve the design, construction and operation of their projects. It supports team selection and team integration, and it offers a fresh approach to legal and cultural issues that can otherwise reduce efficiency and waste valuable resources…” (Collaborative Construction Procurement and Improved Value, by David Mosey, 2019, Wiley Blackwell).
Collaborative and alliancing procurement approaches have been widely demonstrated to deliver better project outcomes in the built environment, yet their widespread uptake remains slow. Approaches such as Insurance Backed Alliancing, Framework Alliancing Contracts, 2 stage open book etc. have been show to deliver better outcomes for owners and their supply chain partners. This virtual roundtable hosted jointly with the European Construction Institute and Constructing Excellence aims to bring together owners, supply chain partners and experts in collaborative procurement to understand how these approaches can be successfully applied in the engineering construction sector.
Outline agenda:

New models of procurement and alliancing approaches – Prof David Mosey, Kings College
Owner perspective – Paul McGregor, Shell
Procuring for Productivity – Adam Newbould, CE Nuclear
ECITB Collaboration Toolkit – ECITB

This will be followed by an interactive session where participants can share examples, ask questions and hold interactive discussions.
Full joining instructions will be sent in advance of the meeting.

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Re-building a digitally enabled industry
2020-05-28 14:00 - 15:00
The current crisis has changed attitudes to digital technologies overnight. How can we capitalise on this new-found digital trust? This will be the first in a series of sessions that point a digital lens at the core Constructing Excellence themes and opportunities for transformation.
We are joining up with the UK BIM Alliance as part of their communities virtual conference and members are able to join the full day, covering aspects such as the UK BIM Framework, Interoperability, digital and sustainability and the impact of new guidance on the Golden Thread of Information.
Join us along with ThinkBIM and the UK BIM Alliance to share your experience and views on how the current situation can accelerate a digitally-enabled industry.

Collaborative Working Mentors virtual meeting
2020-06-05 10:00 - 12:00
Contact colm.quinn@bregroup.com for more detail.

Members Forum - Productivity under COVID19
2020-06-25 14:00 - 16:00 | online
The current COVID situation is forcing everyone to live and work differently. We are embracing new technologies and ways of working. This applies across all areas and levels of construction from design teams through to delivery on site, we are all embracing change. But what impact is this having on productivity? Are we more productive? Are there positives that will be taken forward into the ‘new normal’? Could this accelerate our much needed transformation towards being a more productive sector?
These are some of the issues we will be exploring with John McGovern, chair of our Performance Measurement Forum and Head of Asset Investment at Northumbria Water Group. We are pulling together a panel of members with examples of how COVID19 is impacting on productivity in the sector.

Advanced Work Packaging - What is it and how can it improve productivity?
2020-07-01 14:00 - 15:30 | online
Advanced Work Packaging is all about improving project productivity. As well as better productivity it also brings greater predictability, increased safety and lower project costs. This webinar from ECI led by Stuart Block at Fluor will provide insight into how AWP can be used to support better project delivery.

Constructing Excellence Sustainable Infrastructure Forum
2020-07-09 14:00 - 15:30 | online
The Sustainable Infrastructure Group brings together the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Constructing Excellence members, CEEQUAL assessors and those involved in CEEQUAL projects to share best practice, share challenges and key learning outcomes. This cross-supply chain, multidisciplinary approach to problem solving will enable us to delve deep into the factors impacting the delivery of sustainable infrastructure.
We will shortly be announcing the theme for this meeting.

Procurement Group Meeting
2020-07-15 10:00 - 12:00 | online
Further details to follow

Event: Digital Drop In - July - Product Data
2020-07-17 10:00 - 11:00 | online
Join our digital drop-in on the 3rd Friday of every month!
The pace and uptake of digital technologies in the sector is developing apace. The Constructing Excellence Digital Group will be holding informal ‘Digital Drop-Ins’ on the third Friday of every month to provide members with an opportunity to share ideas, best practice and seek advice around the key issues impacting our digital journey.

Circular economy, whole life approaches and MMC
2020-08-13 09:30 - 11:00 | online
The Constructing Excellence Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Group is holding an online meeting to consider the role of circular economy and whole life approaches and the role MMC has to play in this important area. As we move to a more sustainable and net zero carbon society we need to consider the whole life implications of our buildings and assets. As MMC makes it easier to design and construct buildings and assets we take a look at the whole life aspects of this and how MMC can contribute to a circular economy. We will be joined by a panel of experts with in-depth knowledge of MMC and whole-life approaches:

Dr Flavie Lowres from BRE will share ongoing research around Buildings as Materials Banks
Joanna Clarke from SPECIFIC will draw on their experience, views of and challenges based on the life cycle cost comparison exercise undertaken for the Active Office Project

Digital Drop In - August
2020-08-21 10:00 - 11:00 | online

ECI - A contractor's perspective on implementing AWP
2020-09-09 13:00 - 14:30 | online
Building on our successful introductory webinar on AWP led by Stuart Block, Fluor, we will now take a deeper look at what the implementation of AWP means from a contractor’s perspective. Led by Luigi Anselmi from Tecnimont will look in detail at AWP from a contractors perspective. Why should contractors embrace it? What are the specific advantages that it brings? What do contractors need to be aware of when implementing AWP? What are the critical success factors.
Join us on 9 September to find out more, learn from leading practitioners and share your experiences.

Digital Drop In - September
2020-09-18 10:00 - 11:00 | online
