Constructing Excellence

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

Performance Measurement Forum virtual meeting
2019-11-22 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | 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
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performance-measurement-forum-virtual-meeting-tickets-74673477381

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

Constructing Excellence Leaders Breakfast
2019-11-07 08:00 - 11:00, 2019-09-25 08:00 - 11:00, 2019-02-26 08:00 - 11:00

Eliminate Waste - Maximise Productivity - Become Successful
2019-10-23 10:00 - 16:00
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

Constructing Excellence members' steering group
2019-10-21 14:00 - 16:30 | Trowers & Hamlins, 3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ
The Constructing Excellence members’ steering group is open to lead/senior contacts from national members.

Constructing Excellence Offsite Theme Group
2019-10-02 10:00 - 16:00
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

Sustainable Infrastructure: Embedding Sustainability into Project Strategy
2019-09-26
This is a placeholder for the first meeting of the Sustainable Infrastructure Group being 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.
Our first workshop will take place on 26 September in Birmingham and will consider Embedding Sustainability into Project Strategy. The workshop will consider barriers and ways around those barriers, enablers to the project off on the right foot and examples of best practice.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/embedding-sustainability-into-project-strategy-tickets-65113277566

#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 Members Forum September 2019
2019-09-16 12:00 - 17:00 | 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

Collaborative Working Mentors Virtual meeting
2019-09-13 10:00 - 12:00 | 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

Procurement Theme Group
2019-09-11 13:00 - 17:00 | 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

Constructing Excellence / ECI Board of Management
2019-07-23 08:00 - 17:00, 2019-06-11 08:00 - 17:00, 2019-05-21 14:00 - 17:00, 2019-03-26 14:00 - 17:00

Procuring for Value – Stakeholder Mapping
2019-06-21 10:30 - 14:30
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.

Generation for Tech - Better, Faster, Stronger
2019-06-18 12:00 - 17:00 | 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.

Constructing Excellence Members Forum: Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Showcase
2019-06-04 13:00 - 17:00 | Burges Salmon, 6 New Street Square , London, EC4A 3BF, United Kingdom
For our June Members Forum the Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Group will be inviting the wider Constructing Excellence membership to provide their input and views on some of the exceptional challenges and opportunities that sit behind the effective implementation of manufacturing principles in the construction sector.
This lively and interactive session will enable participants to provide input into the key areas that are impacting and driving better implementation. Experts will chair specific tables in the form of mini workshops to identify ways in which we can solve specific challenges in the sector. Participants will have the opportunity to explore 4 of the topics in detail.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and Construction
2019-05-20 12:00 - 17:00
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

Constructing Excellence Leaders Breakfast
2019-05-09 08:00 - 11:00
Breakfast hosted by KPMG – exact date TBC – Invitation only

Moving on from the productivity challenge to disruptive technologies
2019-05-02 08:00 - 17:00
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.

Performance Measurement Forum
2019-04-10 13:00 - 17:00 | Turner and Townsend Office, One New Change, London, EC4M 9AF, United Kingdom
The follow up meeting to the February Members’ Forum in performance measurement. This meeting will define the parameters of the Constructing Excellence Performance Measurement Forum.
The agenda will include:

Guy Beaumont, Turner & Townsend – The Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy – Lessons from the Proof of Concept Benchmarking Framework
Feedback from testing SmartSite KPIs
Review of other measurement initiatives (CLC etc)
Confirm project information fields/drop downs (e.g. location, contract type etc)
Confirm 4/5 KPIs for members to submit data for benchmarking exercise among members

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ECI Members Forum Spring 2019
2019-04-03 13:00 - 17:00 | Turner and Townsend Office, One New Change, London, EC4M 9AF, United Kingdom
Our Spring Members Forum is in London on 3rd April 2019, and we are grateful to Turner & Townsend for offering to host us. Our purpose will be to update members with progress on our change agenda since the autumn series of events in Amsterdam and to review with you what members want ECI to deliver in support of this agenda in 2019-20.
It is important to us that ECI members are actively engaged in our work, to ensure that what we do adds maximum value for your businesses. Please therefore help us by ensuring good active attendance and participation from your organisation, both in this event and in the follow-up programme of work which will follow.
We also welcome any guests whom you may wish to invite to attend with you, this is a great opportunity to spend some quality ‘off-line’ time with a client or supply chain member discussing strategic development of the sector and your businesses together.

Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Theme Group
2019-03-26 10:00 - 2019-04-06 13:00
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.

Constructing Excellence Annual Parliamentary Reception
2019-03-19 16:00 - 18:00 | The House of Commons, The House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom

Procuring for Value - Procurement Theme Group
2019-03-19 10:00 - 15:00 | 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.

Digital Collaboration with IBM Simpler
2019-03-04 08:00 - 2019-03-07 17:00
