*Invite only event* Demand Led Innovation Scoping Study – Construction Products and Industry workshop Constructing Excellence and colleagues from BRE Group have been commissioned to carry out a scoping study and stakeholder engagement to accelerate carbon reduction. We are keen to get, through a focused industry workshop, the input of construction industry customers for products and services that impact the carbon agenda of the foundation industries (cement, concrete, steel etc). This workshop will bring together a group of built environment stakeholders to explore the actions and innovation needed to decarbonise foundation industry......
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Construction Robotics User Day Join Constructing Excellence for a visit to Trimble offices in Leeds, to explore robotics and related technologies within construction. A hands-on opportunity to touch, feel and play with robotics! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity! ...
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Performance Measurement 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 Simon Cross, Director at Mott MacDonald. Join us for a productive online discussion, bring your vision and suggestions on the subject. More exciting details on this event to follow…. ...
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Offsite – HMP Full Sutton *This is an invite only event* Constructing Excellence will be offering an opportunity to visit HMP Full Sutton, more info to follow. ...
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Collaborative Working Mentors Roundtable Discussion Collaborative Working Mentors are hosting a roundtable discussion about collaboration in the construction industry and where in the build process this can be implemented. We will continue to discuss the group’s work with Collaborative Alliancing, explore the pitfalls of existing build models and investigate how a maturity matrix/ 360 assessment could support the implementation of a more modern build model. We are looking for a wide range of insights and opinions from across the industry and would love to see as many of you there as......
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Developing an Energy Transition Community of Practice – Unlocking productivity to deliver the infrastructure that will underpin our net zero future Constructing Excellence and ECI have long been champions of collaborative working and contracting. We propose to establish a community of practice involving the broadest spectrum of Net Zero participating organisations focussing on driving continual productivity improvement in the delivery of energy transition projects. The community will bring together existing approaches, signpost the great work being done by groups focussed on skills, technology and innovation and consider how these can be harnessed......
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Procurement Group meeting The Constructing Excellence Procurement Group brings together a highly knowledgeable group of our members who are committed to delivering better procurement. During our Procurement group meeting in December, we will be building on the concept of Procurement as an enabler with Rebecca Rees. Our latest Procurement Group meeting took place in September this year, the outputs from our meeting, can be found here: R-Rees-Constructing-Excellence-Procurement-Group.pdf (constructingexcellence.org.uk) Rebecca is a partner and Head of Public Procurement at the international law firm, Trowers & Hamlins, and is a leading national expert in public......
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Performance Measurement At the Performance Measurement Forum in January 2023, we will be following on from our previous meetings, where we will look at the outputs from our workshops. We will be joined by Simon Cross, Director at Mott MacDonald. Join us for a productive online discussion, bring your vision and suggestions on the subject. More exciting details on this event to follow…. “Simon Cross is a Director at Mott MacDonald focusing on accelerating construction transformation with clients by deploying digital, MMC, DfMA and delivery models to improve productive and sustainable outcomes. Formerly,......
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*This is an invite only event* Major Projects The challenges of attracting and retaining talent is a major issue impacting the delivery of major projects. Approaches around Equality, Diversity & Inclusion have a huge impact on appealing to a wider cohort of talent and retaining that talent within the industry. At this session we will be joined by some of the finalists of the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Category at this year’s Constructing Excellence Awards (By December we will know who the winner is!) We also have Kier confirmed who will be......
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Collaborative Working Mentors: Improving the ‘Traditional Process’ Last month, the Collaborative Working Mentors group met to discuss the ‘traditional process’ of a build project (see image below). The aim was to examine how this process can be adapted to bring about improvements to the way a project is developed, from it’s conception to completion. Please see the link below to revisit the output from our last Collaborative Working Mentors meeting. Collaborative Working Mentors: Improving the ‘Traditional Process’ – Constructing Excellence The purpose of the next meeting is to further develop/conclude the proposed......
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