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Unlocking real value in hotels through practical asset improvement with BREEAM In-Use webinar

When: Tuesday 27th February, 2024 Discover the pathway to sustainability and operational excellence in the hotel sector with our upcoming webinar. This insightful session is your opportunity to understand how BREEAM In-Use not only certifies but also adds real value to your hotel assets. Why attend? Join us to explore the benefits of BREEAM In-Use, the premier building certification for operational real estate. This insightful session is your opportunity to understand the value that Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations, powered by BREEAM, can bring to your properties. You’ll receive actionable insights and......

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Innovation Exchange

Innovation Exchange The built environment and construction industry face constant external and internal challenges that require a systemic approach to innovation to turn these challenges into opportunity. Innovation is vital to driving continuous improvement and to achieve our net zero ambitions, although it often suffers from hype with a lot of noise and a lack of implementation. Consultation with our members has identified a space for Constructing Excellence members to come together with innovators and researchers to explore innovation and its wider context. To give opportunity for innovators and researchers to share and......

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Digital Construction - A Creative Challenge?

21st of March 2024 from 3pm to 5pm.   What role can the Creative Industries play in digital construction?  How can construction benefit from the advanced techniques and tools developed for gaming and film?   That is exactly what the CE Digital Group will be finding out in this workshop hosted by Unit9, a global innovation partner built from a team of skilled strategists, innovation architects, product designers, software engineers, gaming experts, art directors, producers and film directors.  They’ve worked with some big name brands from Samsung to Channel4 to Disney – this......

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Constructing Excellence Climate Action Group- February

Join the Constructing Excellence Climate Action theme group for their next meeting on Thursday 1st February, Chaired by Annette Boren. As a group we will explore the actions we can take to make a positive impact on current climate challenges. During the call, we’ll be joined by our Net Zero Award winners for 2023, Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Our guests Chris Jones (Building and Property Services Manager, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council) and David Evans (Senior Design Manager, Morgan Sindall) have kindly offered to join us,......

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Sustainable and Decarbonised Construction 2023/24

Event Summary This online focus group is the first in a series of roundtable and webinar events on the theme of Sustainable and Decarbonised Construction produced in partnership between the Institution of Mechanical Engineers – Construction & Building Services Division, Constructing Excellence, and COMIT. The purpose of these events is to bring together engineers and project professionals to network and go-see, share knowledge, discuss ideas, and set joint actions around the Sustainable and Decarbonised Construction programme focus areas, themes, and the construction value chain. During this session we will be specifically seeking to......

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Platforms and Circularity Online

Constructing Excellence is partnering with colleagues UKGBC and IOM3 for an exploratory roundtable on the role that platforms can play in enabling the circular economy.  Platforms and standardised approaches have a huge role to play in delivering quality and productivity and will play a huge role in enabling manufacturers to innovate products that deliver genuine value for end-users.   Circularity is one of the eight core principles set out in the Construction Innovation Hub’s Platform Rulebook*. ‘To ensure that products have been designed for disassembly, repair, or reuse at the end of use......

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Collaborative Working Mentors - November

The Collaborative Working Mentors will be meeting on 27th November to continue providing insight and inspiration on how to work collaboratively within the construction industry. Their recent work around Collaborative Alliancing and modernising the traditional build model will feed into this meeting and create a basis for discussion around the importance of collaboration and how to effectively achieve it. Further details will follow shortly.    ...

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