Constructing Excellence

Procurement Theme Group meeting
2017-03-07 13:00 - 2017-03-08 16:00 UTC | Dudley TBC
Day TBC

Offsite Outlooks
2017-02-15 | BRE, Bucknalls Lane, Watford , WD25 9NH, United Kingdom
This conference aimed at investors, developers and architects will explore the build-to-rent sector, the challenges affecting the delivery of quality new homes, and the role of offsite construction in delivering build-to-rent homes. It will examine issues such as the skills shortage and quality, with case studies showing why developers are investing in offsite construction techniques. http://www.offsiteoutlooks.com
Free places are available for Constructing Excellence Members, please email helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk to secure your place.

Constructing Excellence February Members' Forum
2017-02-14 13:00 - 17:30 | Pinsent Mason, 30 Crown Place, Earl Street, London, EC2A 4ES , United Kingdom
This Members’ Forum will focus on offsite construction, pre-manufactured solutions, and industrialisation. It is open to all national members of Constructing Excellence and by invitation to members of their supply chain who wish to influence the future work of Constructing Excellence at a national level in this arena.
In his review of the UK construction labour model entitled Modernise or Die published in October (#FarmerReview), Mark Farmer identified industrialisation and delivery through pre-manufactured methods as key in many sectors to addressing our ailments of low productivity, low predictability, low margins, adversarial pricing, lack of collaboration & improvement culture, lack of R&D and investment in innovation, and poor image.
In this forum we wish to develop a programme to support the implementation of Mark Farmer’s report, and in particular to inform members’ strategies for high-productivity pre-manufactured propositions.
Speakers will include:

Mark Farmer, CEO at Cast Consultancy and author of the Farmer Review:
Darren Richards of Built Environment Hub on the current state of the offsite market
Richard Crosby, Partner, Blacc Consulting LLP on the challenges of pre-manufactured solutions
Simon Reid, Managing Director and Richard Daw of Scape’s Lungfish business on their model in the education sector

Members are invited to nominate key players from their demand or supply chain who would value from participation in the event – and subsequently from joining Constructing Excellence to be part of our movement for change.
Book at EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/constructing-excellence-february-members-forum-tickets-30514128580

Members' Steering Group
2017-02-14 10:00 - 12:30

Social Value Task Group
2017-02-13 13:00 - 15:00 | ThinkLab, University of Salford, Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT

City Infrastructure
2017-02-02 | BRE, Bucknalls Lane, Watford , WD25 9NH, United Kingdom
New ways of working, underpinned by technology are needed to deliver projects more efficiently, and cost effectively, and with less disruption. This conference will assess the key challenges facing urban infrastructure and explore how collaboration can better deliver projects. It will also showcase some of the digital technologies that are helping to transform infrastructure projects. www.citiesconvention.com/infrastructure
Free places are available for Constructing Excellence members. Please email helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk to secure your place.

Healthy Buildings and Wellness - Sustainability Theme Group
2017-01-31 10:30 - 14:30 | AECOM, Aldgate Tower, 2 Leman Street, , London, E1 8FA, United Kingdom
Sustainability considers the social, economic and environmental impact of the built environment. How buildings and the wider built environment support the physical and mental wellbeing of their users and occupants is increasingly considered as a key part of sustainability.
This interactive session will explore the linkage between buildings and health and what factors that determine it. It will include input from:

Isabella Myers, a consultant on Health, Policy and the Environment with over 20 years experience on the health effects associated with environmental hazards in the indoor and outdoor environment.
Anita Mitchell, Head of Sustainability – Europe for Lendlease will look at the developers perspective on healthy buildings and the leading work that Lendlease has been doing in this space.
Martin Brown, who’s latest book FUTURESTORATIVE considers the emergence of a net positive and restorative sustainability, exploring the shift from an often blinkered focus on sustainability as simply energy performance to a more rounded social, wellness, health and healthy buildings debate.
Alan Yates, Director of BREEAM who will discuss how wellness relates to BREEAM and the recent announcement of an alignment between the WELL Building Standard and BREEAM.

10:30 Registration
11.00 Welcome & Introduction – Paul Toyne, Chair
11.10 Round table – Key features of healthy buildings
11.30 Working Well – A multi-disciplinary perspective, Dave Cheshire, Aecom
11.55 Healthy Buildings – A Public Health Perspective, Isabella Myers
12.20 The developer perspective, Anita Mitchell, Lendlease
12.45 Lunch
1:30 FUTURESTORATIVE, Martin Brown, Fairsnape
2.00 BREEAM & WELL Buildings Standard, Alan Yates, BREEAM
2.30 Round table – key learning outcomes
2.50 Topic of next meeting
2.55 Chairman’s closing remarks
3.00 Close

Connected Cities
2017-01-26 | Berwin Leighton Paisner, London
Local authorities are critical for commissioning and delivering these solutions but despite significant success stories, there remains a widespread lack of knowledge, leadership and funding. Supported by real-world case studies and drawing upon the insights of experts, the conference will examine key concepts around a more data-driven built environment, public-private partnerships and cyber security. www.citiesconvention.com/connected
A number of free places are available for Constructing Excellence Member please email helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk to secure your place.

How can process improve built asset operational performance?
2017-01-25 13:30 - 17:00 | Bouygues UK Ltd, Becket House, 1 Lambeth Palace Road , London, SE1 7EU
A meeting of the Constructing Excellence Asset Management Theme Group
The next meeting of the Constructing Excellence Asset Management Theme Group will exam the use of BIM, soft landings and other processes to improve the operational performance of built assets, including speakers covering the following topics:

Dr Andy Lewry, Principal Consultant, Sustainable Energy Team BRE “Addressing the built asset performance gap – not just energy”
Bouygues UK BIM team “The use of BIM to improve project performance”
TBC major client presentation “The use of preconstruction process to improve construction outcomes”
Whole Life Performance Plus (WLP+) Innovate UK project update, www.wlpplus.com

This meeting is open to all Constructing Excellence members. Please forward this to anyone in your organisation with an interest in asset management and operational performance of built assets who you think might be interested.
Book your place on EventBrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-can-process-improve-built-asset-operational-performance-tickets-30246372715

Board of Management meeting
2017-01-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Turner and Townsend Office, One New Change, London, EC4M 9AF, United Kingdom

National Platform - Driving Research in a Changing Climate
2017-01-24 09:30 - 13:00 | Trowers & Hamlins, 3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ
The National Platform aims to work with industry to identify and define priority areas for research and development and influence UK and international funders. The need to accurately reflect a broad range of industry opinion in order to provide a strong voice for industry makes Constructing Excellence the ideal body to take forward the National Platform.
For more information on the National Platform please see www.nationalplatform.org.uk
We will be holding a workshop entitled ‘Driving Research in a Changing Climate’ on the morning of 24th January. The workshop aims to:

introduce the National Platform’s new relationship with Constructing Excellence
understand how the research funding landscape is changing and how the industry can influence that
set the 2 year strategic agenda for National Platform activities

Please email alison.nicholl@constructingexcellence.org.uk if you are interested in being involved in the National Platform.

Procurement Theme Group
2016-12-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Scape, 5 St Johns Lane, London , EC1M 4BH

House of Commons Reception
2016-12-14 12:15 - 15:00 | The House of Commons, The House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom

Collaborative Working Champions
2016-12-09 10:00 - 15:00

Digital Construction Theme Group
2016-12-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Squire Patton Boggs Leeds Office, 6 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP, United Kingdom

Nuclear Theme Group
2016-12-02 10:00 - 15:00, 2016-09-08 10:00 - 15:00

6th APRES Annual Conference
2016-11-29 | 11 Cavendish Square, London
Aimed primarily at clients, developers, architects, construction, sustainability and procurement professionals, contractors, suppliers and manufacturers, the 6th APRES conference will provide a strategic overview of responsible and ethical resourcing, details of the latest tools and guidelines as well as insights into the latest research. This highly interactive conference will seek to gain practical insights from delegates into the opportunities and barriers for increased responsible and ethical sourcing.
There are a limited number of free places for Constructing Excellence members – contact helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk to secure your free place.

Constructing Excellence 2016 Annual Conference - ‘On your marks, set, build’
2016-11-23 10:00 - 16:00 | Lord’s Cricket Ground, Lord's Cricket Ground Saint John's Wood Road, London, NW8 8QN, United Kingdom
Details :
The 2016 Constructing Excellence Annual Conference is organised by G4C with Burges Salmon confirmed as headline sponsor. This year’s conference, dubbed ‘On your marks, set, build’, will explore the synergies that construction has with sport, the surprising parallels our industries share, and the importance of construction within sport.
Data, leadership, diversity, outcomes and productivity are crucial drivers in both industries. So what can we learn from one another, how can we challenge ourselves to think outside the box, and how do we best grasp these opportunities?
Join us for what is sure to be an engaging and energising event, as we aim to showcase the best sporting ingenuity and innovative thinking, as well as how it could be applied within your organisation.
Together we can take another step closer to excellence within the built environment and another step closer to becoming the industry of choice.
Click here for further information on sponsorship opportunities
Event programme

Registration & Networking

Introduction, Julia Lydall and Robin Lapish, co-Chairs, G4C

Welcome, Murray Rowden, Chair, Constructing Excellence

Leadership & Resilience
Dr David Fletcher & Prof Jacqueline Glass, Loughborough University

The importance of culture in implementing change
Shaun McCarthy, OBE

Q&A

Networking Break

Embracing data for a competitive edge
Chris Gage, Digital Lead – Industrial Products, Global Business Services IBM

Q&A

Networking Lunch

Teamwork
Marcus Harling, Burges Salmon

Q&A

Networking Break

Keynote
Dr Peter Bonfield OBE, BRE Group

Closing remarks, Julia Lydall and Robin Lapish, co-Chairs, G4C

Close

Speaker Information:
Leadership & Resilience
Dr. David Fletcher – a Senior Lecturer in Performance Psychology and Management at Loughborough University
Professor Jacqueline Glass MCIOB is Associate Dean for Enterprise in the School of Civil and Building Engineering
Sports performance expert Dr David Fletcher from Loughborough University believes that sport offers a powerful metaphor for us to learn more about our leadership and resilience, and will offer some fascinating insights from his outstanding research experience. David will be joined by his colleague Prof Jacqui Glass, who will reflect on what this might mean for our industry today and in the future
The importance of culture in implementing change
Shaun McCarthy OBE – Chair supply chain sustainability school, previouslythe Chair for the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 and was awarded an OBE for services to sustainability and the London Olympics
Shaun McCarthy will share his experience from London 2012 and work with organisations such as FIFA, the IOC and Adidas will discuss the cultural change required to embed a different way of thinking and a different way of doing things, and how sporting organisations are embracing sustainability
Embracing data for a competitive edge
Chris Gage – IBM – Digital Lead – Industrial Products, Global Business Services
At IBM Watson IoT, data analytics are helping sporting organisations better understand their performance, understand their weaknesses, and build not only marginal gains but creating a competitive edge driving excellence in what they do.
Chris will show us the benefits sport is finding through understanding their data, and utilising their data challenging our industry to do more with ours.
Teamwork
Marcus Harling – Partner Burges Salmon + sporting individual
Marcus will discuss what we can learn from mentalities in sporting teams and how this can be adopted in construction alliances
Keynote speaker
Dr Peter Bonfield, OBE FREng, Chief Executive of the BRE Group.
Dr Peter Bonfield joined BRE as a research scientist in 1992. He progressed through the organisation to become Chief Executive Officer of the BRE Group of companies in January 2012.
Peter is passionate about the role that building science can play in finding solutions to the challenges that the built environment faces in delivering buildings, homes and communities that work for people, the environment and the economy.
From 2006 until 2012 he was on part-time secondment to the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), where he co-created the sustainable development strategy and took the lead on the sustainable procurement of construction products.
In 2013 former Environment Secretary Owen Paterson asked him to chair Grown in Britain, an initiative aimed at creating a sustainable future for UK woodlands and forests. In 2014 Paterson appointed him to lead a government-wide drive to improve public procurement of food. Bonfield’s recommendations to Government were published in July 2014.
In August 2015, the Secretaries of State for the Department of Energy & Climate Change (now BEIS) and Department for Communities and Local Government appointed Peter to lead a Review of Consumer Protection, Advice, Standards and Enforcement for UK Housing Energy Efficiency. The report will be published soon.
Peter was appointed as a Non-Executive member of the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs board in December 2015.
Sponsorship
This year we are offering an opportunity to position your brand alongside that of Constructing Excellence through sponsorship of the annual conference. There are a variety of sponsorship packages available here. For further details on these opportunities please contact conferences@bre.co.uk.
Social Media
To engage with the event on social media both during the build-up and on the day itself, please use the hashtag #CE2016.
Book now
Places at this event will be limited – to ensure you are notified when bookings open for the conference, please:
Full Details/Book Now!
The following free or discounted places are available (subject to availability). For your discount code please email conferences@bre.co.uk

Full price – £195
Constructing Excellence National members – 2 free places then 50% off further tickets
Constructing Excellence Regions – 1 free place then 50% off further tickets
Constructing Excellence Clubs – 1 free place then 50% off further tickets
G4C committee members – free places
G4C members – 50% off

New Business Models in Asset Management
2016-11-16 13:30 - 17:00 | King’s College London, Waterloo Campus, Room 1.14, Franklin Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NN
The next meeting of the Constructing Excellence Asset Management Theme Group will be on the subject of New Business Models in Asset Management including speakers from:

Synaps LLP on “Innovative financing models for built assets”
BRE on “Delivering product as a service”
Paul Burnett Asset-Plus on “Why you should pay for the energy you don’t use – new disruptive energy models”
Whole Life Performance Plus (WLP+) Innovate UK project update

This meeting is open to all Constructing Excellence members.

Constructing Excellence National 2016 Awards
2016-11-04 19:00 - 23:30 | London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, Grosvenor Square, London, W1K 6JP, United Kingdom
Date: Friday 4th November 2016
Time: 7.00pm drinks reception, 7.30pm Start, 12.00am Carriages
Venue: Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, London
Cost: £185+VAT individual / £1110.00+VAT Table of 6 (tables of 12 can be requested)
Constructing Excellence in the North East are delighted to be supporting our National office for a fifth consecutive year preparing the Constructing Excellence National Awards. Now in their tenth year, these prestigious Awards seen as one of the highlights of the industry’s calendar will be attended by over 450 built environment professionals from across the UK.
These awards are part of a national programme of nine regional awards covering England and Wales. The 2016 winners at regional level go forward to the National final to be recognised as the CE champions of excellence for the year from categories such as Integration & Collaborative working, Sustainability, Young Achiever (G4C) and Health & Safety.
Following the Awards, those winners are invited to a special reception in the Houses of Parliament to showcase their achievement and to represent the best of our sector to MPs, members of the House of Lords, and movers and shakers in our industry.
This event is a great opportunity for companies that wish to be seen as proactively supporting and leading innovation within the Built Environment and information on sponsorship can be requested from Constructing Excellence North East (CENE) or on the National website.
To book your tickets please contact Leanne McAngus on 0191 5007880 or leanne@cene.org.uk. (This year tickets will be sent electronically to ensure you/yours guests receive those prior to the Awards dinner.)
The shortlist will be available to view shortly.
There are also discounted rates available within hotels surrounding the London Marriott Grosvenor Square and including the Marriott, which can be found on the CENE/National website. The document includes information on how to book.

Resilience16
2016-11-01 08:00 - 17:00 | BRE, Bucknalls Lane, Watford , WD25 9NH, United Kingdom
This interactive conference will explore the themes and topics, covered in the forthcoming Property Flood Resilience Roundtable report, commissioned by Defra and provide delegates with the chance to discuss the recommendations in a workshop facilitated by C4R. The programme will be divided into 3 sessions based on the report Task Groups:

Funding & Insurance
Standards & skills
Knowledge and behaviour change

10 free places are available for Constructing Excellence Members with a 20% discount for subsequent places. Email helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk to secure your member place.
More information is available from www.resilience16.com

LCI- UK Training Day & Summit 2016
2016-10-26 08:00 - 2016-10-27 17:00
The Lean Construction Institute’s Training Day and Summit takes place on 26-27th October at Birmingham Metropolitan College. For more detail please visit their website.

Constructing Excellence Members' Forum and BRE Uncovered
2016-10-12 10:30 - 16:30
We are very excited to invite you to our new home at BRE for our first Members’ Forum since the merger. The morning session will give us an opportunity to update you on all the exciting developments as well as giving you the chance to give your input into shaping the phase of our movement, creating a stronger and more influential organisation which leads the drive to improve our industry.
In the afternoon we are particularly pleased that BRE has scheduled its annual VIP showcase event, BRE Uncovered 2016, to coincide with the member forum giving you a unique opportunity to experience the world class facilities in our new home first hand.
Through its 90+ year history, BRE’s science-based research has led to the development of the products, tools and standards used internationally to deliver a better built environment. Our unique full scale test facilities, where this research is carried out, are places that few have the chance to experience.
We invite you to join us and other leaders from some of the UK’s foremost built environment organisations for BRE Uncovered, a special behind the scenes event that will demonstrate the diverse ways in which BRE works to ‘Build a better world together’ as well as meeting some of their people and experts.
The tour of BRE’s facilities, led by some of their senior Directors, scientists and experts will allow you to:

feel the heat from a demonstration fire in our Burn Hall, part of Europe’s largest fire test labs
look down into the imposing BRE structures laboratory, the facility which houses our full scale engineering tests
experience our wind tunnel, key to developing a future resilient to climate change
savour the total silence in our vast anechoic test chamber, possibly the UK’s quietest place
hear about our expanding innovation parks

and connect with friends, peers and BRE experts over lunch and refreshments.
Booking
To book your place please email colm.quinn@constructingexcellence.org.uk stating whether you will be staying on for BRE Uncovered

Sustainability and Digital Construction Theme Groups Joint meeting
2016-10-04 12:00 - 17:00 | Turner and Townsend Office, One New Change, London, EC4M 9AF, United Kingdom
The merger between BRE and CE offers us an opportunity to further strengthen the support we give to our members on sustainability and digital construction. This will provide opportunities to increase the diversity of participating companies and provide wider networking and collaborations. With this in mind, this meeting on BIM and sustainability will be a combined meeting between the sustainability and digital construction theme groups.
This meeting will include:

an introduction to BIM from Kim van Rooyen of our hosts Turner & Townsend
Judit Kimpian at AHR on the CarbonBuzz project and BIM energy modelling
a look at integrating sustainability data in BIM software with Meike Borchers from WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
Chris Broadbent and Guy Hammersley with an overview of the many ways BRE delivers sustainability and BIM, and how they relate to each other
an update from Antonio Pisano on Constructing Excellence’s Data workstream, and the implication for sustainability
a discussion of the role of digital in delivering sustainability

National members of Constructing Excellence can attend by emailing colm.quinn@constructingexcellence.org.uk

Build4Quality
2016-09-28 09:30 - 16:30 | BRE, Bucknalls Lane, Watford , WD25 9NH, United Kingdom
Can quality, sustainable homes deliver returns on investment in a way that meets consumer desires?
This conference will seek to define quality, beyond what a recent Parliamentary committee called ‘zero-defects construction’, and how that relates to sustainability. It will examine the market for quality homes, revealing why major developers are investing in sustainability. It will explore how architects, developers and contractors should design, specify and deliver homes that meet customer expectations.
10 free places are available for Constructing Excellence Members with a 20% discount for subsequent places. Email helpdesk@constructingexcellence.org.uk to secure your member place.
More information is available from www.build4quality.com

Midlands Construction Summit and Expo
2016-09-27 | Ricoh Arena, Phoenix Way, Coventry, CV6 6GE
Returning for 2016, the Midlands Construction Summit is to be held on the 27 September 2016 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry and for the first time the Summit will be held alongside the Midlands Construction Expo.
This year the Summit is to be based around three interlinked key themes: Image, Skills and Productivity.
The skills shortage in the construction sector has become a major issue which looks set to continue for some time to come. Industry leaders have begun to consider and debate the reasons behind this ongoing crisis. Three major and recurring themes are emerging – a negative industry perception which impedes on the recruitment of a skilled labour force and in turn, reduces in productivity.
A lack of training in the industry has been viewed as a major barrier in tackling productivity, with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) claiming that one of the solutions to resolving the skills shortage is a long-term training programme designed to engage with students from an early age and highlight the breath of opportunities within the construction sector.
Attracting more women into the industry is another area for focused engagement but a clear strategy needs to be developed to resolve issues that have been highlighted. UCATT reports that women make up only 11% of the construction workforce, with just 1% of women onsite. Statistics also show that more than half (51%) of women in construction commented on a lack of promotion prospects; lower pay and feeling isolated in the workplace.
Gender is not the only image issue facing the industry, as following mass redundancies in the recession; figures indicate that many are simply not willing to return to construction.
These three themes are all interlinked and have a domino effect.
A poor image of the industry creates a skills shortage as the young and upcoming generation are seeking more appealing career prospects. This results in poor productivity as the industry lacks the workers and resources to keep up with demand.
The Midlands Construction Summit will explore how we can approach and potentially resolve these issues.
Tickets cost just £95 plus vat and include; entry into the Midlands Construction Summit, entry into the Midlands Construction Expo, parking, lunch and refreshments throughout.
For more information, or to book your place, visit: www.midlandsconstructionsummit.co.uk

Construction Industry Summit
2016-09-20 09:00 - 2016-09-21 15:45
The Construction Industry Summit is being put together by the industry for the industry, working with government, to ensure that it is fit for the future.
Find out more on their website: http://www.constructionindustrysummit.com/

Collaborative Working Champions meeting
2016-09-15 10:00 - 15:00

Procurement Theme Group meeting
2016-09-13 11:00 - 13:00
