Join the Constructing Excellence Offsite Manufacturing & Technology Group on 8th July for a session about BSI’s newly published PAS 8700:2025 Modern methods of construction for new build residential properties – Specification. The group will hear more about this PAS from Dan Rossiter, BSI, and Gaynor Tenant, Offsite Alliance, who led the committee. PAS 8700:2025 has been developed to set out the process for the effective deployment of modern methods of construction (MMC) in residential development to improve stakeholder understanding and realize the benefits of MMC. The aim is to support the procurement,......
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There is a significant body of evidence that demonstrates that collaborative delivery mechanisms deliver better outcomes. A range of tried and tested processes, tools and delivery mechanisms are in place to enable collaborative working. However conventional contracting acts as a barrier to achieving the positive benefits. Collaborative Working & Contracting MEANS Effective And Efficient Use Of Money For ALL Delivery Stakeholders = positive ROI. The scale of the challenge facing energy transition is significant. The industry needs to do a great deal more with very much less: people & money – efficiency is......
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BRE is attending Digital Construction Week 2025 | Innovation in the built environment Date: 4-5 June 2025 Location: ExCeL London Stand: D575 Enhance your expertise with BRE Academy Explore BRE Academy’s professional training portfolio across BIM, BREEAM, fire, safety and sustainability. Learn about our new course: “The Digitalisation of Building Safety and the Golden Thread”. Academy training offers exclusive to the event. Book a meeting with one of our experts Explore BREEAM’s evolution Home Quality Mark (HQM) has been rebranded as BREEAM UK New Construction: Residential. Speak to us to find out what......
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Join the Offsite Manufacturing & Technology group for a visit to Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust’s Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre (CASIC) at Royal Surrey County Hospital. This project is being delivered by MTX, using modern methods of construction, and aims to increase surgical capacity, improve patient care, reduce workflow inefficiencies and help reduce waiting lists, while enabling the use of emerging technological innovations in both robotic and non-robotic surgery. Find out more. On Wednesday 25th June, the Offsite Manufacturing & Technology group will be hosting a site visit to explore the modern......
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When: Tuesday 13 May, 2025 11:00am BST Join us for an engaging webinar hosted by BREEAM, focussing on protecting buildings against climate risks. This discussion will provide valuable insights into resiliency and what this means to your organisation, with a focus on the latest thinking and developments in the commercial real estate industry. The panel will explore how BREEAM addresses the challenges of sustainability within the commercial real estate market, and the benefits of the new BREEAM Version 7 in relation to asset resilience. What will attendees gain? An understanding of asset-level resilience......
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Join the CE Digital By Default group on Thursday 10th July for a session on the BuildAudIt Platform. The group will explore how this Innovate UK funded project can make the building audit process smarter. BuildAudIt was a 12 month Innovate UK funded project (under their BridgeAI funding scheme), involving a consortium including BRE, Enable My Team, UNIT9 Apps, Reusefully and Imperial College. The consortium brought together knowledge and expertise in Pre-retrofit & Pre-demolition audits (PRA / PDA), building data collation/analysis and the use of AI including Large Language Models, natural language processing &......
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BRE is attending UK Construction Week 2025 | Setting the standard for sustainable building. Date: 7-9 May 2025 Location: ExCeL London Stand: D719 Enhance your expertise with BRE Academy Explore BRE Academy’s professional training portfolio across BIM, BREEAM, fire, safety and sustainability. Learn about our new course: “The Digitalisation of Building Safety and the Golden Thread”. Academy training offers exclusive to the event. Book a meeting with one of our experts Explore BREEAM’s evolution Home Quality Mark (HQM) has been rebranded as BREEAM UK New Construction: Residential. Speak to us to find out......
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When: Tuesday 8 April, 2025 11am BST Join us for an engaging webinar hosted by BREEAM that will demystify the language of carbon emissions. In this discussion you will discover what all the jargon around carbon really means to your organisation, with a focus on the latest thinking and developments in the real estate industry. The panel will explore how BREEAM addresses the challenges of sustainability in the commercial real estate market, touching on the key updates on BREEAM version 7, in relation to carbon emissions. What will attendees gain? An insight into......
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When: Tuesday 29 April, 2025 Join us for the BREEAM Assessor Quarterly Update to stay up to date with the latest BREEAM news and developments. The webinar will address questions from our assessor network and feature presentations from our science, product, operations, and marketing teams. The BREEAM Assessor Quarterly Update will allow you to gain insight into our continual efforts to improve our BREEAM services as well as receiving additional assessment guidance where needed. The next session is on Tuesday 29 April at 11:00 – 12:15. BST Who should attend this webinar?......
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Join the CE Digital By Default group on Thursday 8th May for a session on Digitalisation of Reinforcing Steel (Rebar). The group will hear from Ladin Camci BSc MSc, Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer (CTSO) & Executive Board Member of CARES, and Andrew Woolnough CEO of CARES’ digital partner Digital Construction Solutions. We will also hear from Simon Gibbs, Regional Manager at Giatec and Rachel Heaton, Construction Engagement Manager at GS1 UK. Session Overview The existing rebar steel supply chain workflows were still inherently labour intensive, paper-based and not capable of connecting the full......
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