Constructing Excellence

ICE Nuclear conference 2015
2015-07-17 | One great george street, 1 Great George St, Westminster, London, SW1P 3AE, United Kingdom
The second ICE Nuclear conference will take place on 17 July 2015 in London, and looks to redefine the role of engineers within the nuclear industry.
By bringing experts from across the industry together with the engineers who actually deliver the infrastructure, the conference aims to:

Demonstrate how engineers are best placed to guide the industry through a changing landscape
Provide national and international perspectives covering the latest research and practice – from planning through to delivery

As the UK faces a substantial loss of generating capacity, energy security continues to be pushed to the forefront of the Government and energy industry’s agenda.
Engineers have the ability to act as a bridge between policy, industry and society. As such the ICE Nuclear 2015 conference provides a forum for discussion between all parties and a hub for knowledge transfer.
The programme will:

Provide comprehensive policy analysis
Outline investment and funding strategies
Offer detailed presentations on current national and international projects
Include dedicated sessions on enhancing skills and guaranteeing health and safety excellence
Cover the legal and commercial issues of decommissioning contracts

Register before 9 May to take advantage of the reduced registration fee.

Book online
Complete the registration form
Call us on +44 (0)20 7665 2226

ICE Events Team
events@ice.org.uk
+44 (0)20 7665 2226

The Future of BIM: Looking beyond 2016
2015-07-10 | Somerset
The Future of BIM: Looking beyond 2016 will provide an invaluable industry update on the BIM Level 2 adoption within the UK construction industry. Delegates will have the opportunity to hear how industry is currently transforming for 2016 and beyond to realise the opportunities and derive value.
From leading BIM experts and case studies delegates will gain a better understand BIM from the UK context, what it means for key industry stakeholders, where the industry is currently in its adoption, and how the industry is deriving value. Delegates will also examine how the UK Government Construction Strategy commitment to BIM will progress beyond BIM Level 2.

What are the benefits of attending?

The conference will outline best practice principles, lessons learnt, and demonstrate deriving value from investing in BIM.

Key issues and topics to be explored on the day:
•Understanding BIM and the UK context
•Defining the key elements of BIM Level 2
•How the industry are adopting BIM Level 2
•What How value is deriving BIM
•Understanding the implications for educating, training and upskilling the industry
•Digital lifecycle asset delivery and management
•Moving beyond BIM Level 2 – Digital Built Britain
• BIM from a global perspective
• Security-minded Digital Built Assets and Environments

For more benefits please visit the conference page
Contact Eleanor Leach if you are interested:
t: +44 (0) 161 295 0115
eleanor@onecpd.co.uk

BIM Theme group
2015-07-01 | Leeds

Awarding Contracts Lawfully and Skilfully within the New Public Procurement Rules
2015-06-25 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, Belgravia, London, SW1X 7DR, United Kingdom
Discounted price for CE members: £139+VAT
Full line up of speakers

Members' Forum
2015-06-10 13:00 - 17:00 | AECOM, Aldgate Tower, 2 Leman Street, , London, E1 8FA, United Kingdom

Sustainable Businesses & Sustainable Cities Event
2015-06-10 09:30 - 15:30 | Grant Thornton, 30 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1AG, United Kingdom
Options: Attend morning, afternoon session or both
Morning session: Business Growth Service (BGS) presentation and workshop
Sustainable Growth for Sustainable Businesses
Identifying barriers to sustainable growth in your company
(B.G.S is the government funded service that helps SMEs to grow through grants for training, expert coaching & mentoring as well as access to finance for business growth.)
Afternoon session: SWIG working lunchtime event
Sustainable Cities – Urban Greening
Breathing easily and taking the sweat out of city summers
Can a city be a healthy place in a hot summer?

How to book your place
Book now by emailing contact details and address together with an indication
of which session(s) you would like to attend (am, pm or both) to info@sustainablewater.org.uk

Agenda09:30Registration
10:00Presentation and workshop from the Business Growth Service.
Identifying barriers to sustainable growthand how you can overcome them.

12:30 Buffet Lunch Kindly provided by Grant Thornton13:15 Introduction: Neal Landsberg Chair of SWIG & Marketing Director, Watermatic Ltd
Speakers’ Presentations:
Gary Grant Expert, independent ecologist, author and consultant

Transformational Urban Greening – ways that you can do this!Armando Raish MD, Treebox Ltd
Air Quality crises – new pathways to breathing easy in our cities
Zac Ribak MD, Watermatic Ltd. Specialist Installers
Practical Urban Greening – making it all work on the ground

15:00 Expert Panel Discussion
15:30 Formal Close – networking until 4:00pm

Funding for Business Growth Service workshop plus Urban Greening SWIG, Moorgate; 10th June, 2015
2015-06-10 | Grant Thornton, 30 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1AG, United Kingdom
Offer to your members – 2 invitations at 1 venue
The Sustainable Water Industry Group, (SWIG), believes that a little more integration and collaboration across sectors will be valuable for all involved. SWIG seeks to promote best practice and sustainable water use wherever possible.
We have decided to open these events to other industry professionals and businesses who want access to genuinely valuable information and opportunities.
Participants have the option of attending morning, afternoon sessions – or both.
There are no charges at all for attending. Refreshments and a light buffet networking lunch will be provided.
2 in 1 EVENT
Date and Venue: Wednesday 10th June, 2015.
At Grant Thornton’s modern, delightful offices at 30 Finsbury Square, London, EC2P 2YU.
(For sat nav map purposes, please use EC2A 1AG.)
Nearest tube station is Moorgate
Venue Sponsor: Grant Thornton, UK leading accountants.
Subject: Morning session:
Presentation and Business Growth Service workshop.
Government matched funding available to encourage businesses to grow and develop, plus ‘mini -business growth workshop’ on your own business
Subject: Afternoon session: SWIG working lunchtime event
Sustainable Cities – Urban Greening – breathing easily and taking the sweat out of urban summers.
Can a city be an urban oasis in a hot summer?
We welcome your collaboration in these forthcoming events.
Please feel free to contact me if you’d like any clarification.
Best wishes
Neal Landsberg
Chair,
SWIG, (Sustainable Water Industry Group).

Collaborative Working Champions Meeting
2015-06-03 10:00 - 15:00 | Somerset

G4C Speed mentoring breakfast event – Thursday 21 May 2015
2015-05-21 08:00 - 10:30 | Charles Russell Speechlys, 5 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RD, United Kingdom
G4C is excited to be hosting its first speed mentoring event in collaboration with the CIC’s 2050 Group and the UK Green Building Council.
The theme is “Sustainability in the construction industry” and G4C members are invited to become a mentee and pick the brains of a select group of industry leaders. You’ll have 15 minutes to ask questions of three mentors about an issue that’s important to you or to perhaps get tips on your career path.
The mentors are currently being confirmed and a list will be circulated very shortly. Mentee places are limited and so if you want to take part, you’ll be asked to prepare a paragraph explaining why. You’ll also be asked to pick which mentors you would like to be paired with and we’ll do our best to accommodate as many as possible.
Programme:
8.00 Networking and registration
8.30 Welcome note and overview of the morning
UKGBC / 2050 Group / G4C introduction
8.40 Speed mentoring (15 – 20 minutes with each mentor)
9.40 Closing remarks & networking
10.30 Close
If you’re interested and want to find out more, please visit Eventbrite. Look out for updates in the coming days.

CENE Construction 2025 Event
2015-05-07 12:30 - 16:30 | Newcastle Marriott Gosforth Park Hotel, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 5HN

CCG Strategy Day
2015-04-30 09:00 - 17:00 | Imperial College London, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ
The CCG Strategy Day is being held on Thursday 30th April at Imperial College London. The morning will be dedicated to those participating in the H&S Group activities and this will be carried forward into the afternoon session where we will engage the full membership and invited guests in developing our strategy, strategic direction and priorities through to 2016. The day will also focus on what was achieved during 2014, how to raise the profile of CCG and CE with clients and how to grow membership and industry representation.

Construction 2025 Industry Strategy – The Liverpool Vision
2015-04-21 14:30 - 18:00 | Council Chambers, LIverpool Town Hall, High Street, Liverpool, L2 3SW

POSTPONED "Creating and Maintaining a Resilient Built Environment" - Sustainability Theme Group meeting
2015-04-16 10:30 - 15:30 | Polypipe, New Hythe Business Park, College Road, Aylesford, ME20 7PJ, United Kingdom
This event has been postponed. To register your interest in the reorganised meeting please contact Colm Quinn.
Some of the key challenges facing the built environment are around climate change adaption and mitigation in the face of increased rainfall, higher wind speeds, extreme cold, overheating, more frequent storms and rising sea and river levels. This meeting of the Constructing Excellence Sustainability Theme Group will focus on how we can create and maintain a built environment that is resilient to the effects climate change, with expert contributions from the Highways Agency, the BRE Centre for Resilience and Polypipe.
Agenda:
10.30am: Arrive for tea and coffee and networking
11.00am: Welcome from hosts Polypipe
11.15am: General group business
11.45am: Tour of the Polypipe Centre of Excellence
12.30pm: lunch & networking
1.15pm: Resilience session:

Dean Kerwick-Chrisp, the Highways Agency – managing climate change risk as a major infrastructure client
Dr Stephen Garvin, the BRE Centre for Resilience – identifying the critical issues that need to be addressed for a resilient built environment
Phil Henry, Polypipe – designing practical solutions with an allowance for climate change built in

3.15pm: Deciding on theme of next meeting
3.30pm: Close
This meeting is open to all members of Constructing Excellence. To attend please email colm.quinn@constructingexcellence.org.uk

This event has been postponed. To register your interest in the reorganised meeting please contact Colm Quinn.

BIM Theme Group Meeting
2015-04-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Squire Patton Boggs Leeds Office, 6 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP, United Kingdom
The theme of the meeting will be the Clients role in the BIM process with a contribution from the Environment Agency as well as an update from the recently formed BIM4Clients group and a look at what the Construction Clients’ Group will be doing in this area.

Procurement Theme Group Meeting
2015-03-30 14:00 - 17:00 | Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co Birmingham Office, Two Snowhill, Birmingham, B4 6WR, United Kingdom

Nuclear Theme Group Meeting
2015-03-11 10:00 - 15:00 | CH2M London Office, 43 Brook Green, London, W6 7EF, United Kingdom

Collaborative Working Champions Meeting
2015-03-05 10:00 - 15:00 | Pick Everard’s London Office, 33 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7PB, United Kingdom

Members' Forum on Procurement
2015-02-11 13:00 - 16:30 | Trowers & Hamlins, 3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ
