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22 July 2008

2012 Construction Commitments Roadshow - Final Report June 2008

Author: Don Ward / Michele Kane

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22 July 2008

Corporate Responsibility Guide Published for Constructing Excellence Members

Author: Zoe Le Grand

The Constructing Excellence Members Sustainability Group identified the need for more information on the Corporate Responsibility agenda. A guide has been produced which examines the main issues and implications for the built environment industry and is now available to members only.

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22 July 2008

Report of BE members workshop on July 12

Author: null

Following the restructure of Constructing Excellence announced in May, around 40 members attended a 2-3 hour workshop on June 12 to hear the detail behind the restructure and to provide feedback on the issues that should drive the future work programme. At its meeting on July 15 the BE steering group received the attached report and agreed that its conclusions will be the framework for improving the value delivered to members in 2008-9. It has also been agreed to adopt the Strategic Forum's ...

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16 July 2008

"Construction matters"

Author: Amanda McHutchison

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16 July 2008

Industry Agrees International Costing Standard

Author: Amanda McHutchsion

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15 July 2008

2008 KPI Launch

Author: Michele Kane

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24 June 2008

Build London Live: your chance to collaborate!

Author: Constructing Excellence

Collaboration is now far from being just a buzz-word in the UK construction industry - it has, and continues to become the way of doing business for many within the supply chain.

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19 June 2008

Strategic Forum launched the new generic Construction Commitments

Author: Constructing Excellence

Following the completion of our regional 2012 Construction Commitments roadshows, the Strategic Forum has launched the new generic Construction Commitments.

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17 June 2008

Construction Industry Forecasts: Summer 2008

Author: Construction Products Association (CPA)

The economic landscape has changed significantly since the Association completed its winter forecasts at the end of last year

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16 June 2008

Constructing Excellence - Organisational Re-Structure Workshop - Presentations available

Author: Amanda McHutchison

On the 12th June, Constructing Excellence hosted a workshop outlining the organisational re-structure. Presentations and supporting documentation from the day are now availble. Please note you will need to be a member of Constructing Excellence, and have your log-in details on hand to access these files.

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16 June 2008

Targets Set for a More Sustainable Built Environment

Author: Zoe Le Grand

The joint industry and government Strategy for Sustainable Construction was launched on 11th June 2008. The strategy lays out key targets and deliverables on a number of sustainability issues including procurement, people, waste and climate change.

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13 June 2008

The Housing Forum Boards Topical Debate

Author: Colm Quinn

"Are the Government's Housing Targets achievable, affordable and deliverable?"

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09 June 2008

2012 Construction Commitments Conference - London - Presentations now available

Author: Amanda McHutchison

The finale of the 2012 Construction Commitments Roadshows was held in London on 5 June 2008. Presentations are now available.

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27 May 2008

Egan 10th Anniversary - Drinks Reception - House of Commons - 20th May 08

Author: Amanda McHutchison

Sir John Egan transcript available here.

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23 May 2008

Housing Forum Member Exclusive Event - 16th May 2008

Author: Colm Quinn

Presentations from The Housing Forum's Member Exclusive Event at the Building Centre on 16th May

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23 May 2008

The Housing Forum's 2008-2009 Regional Conferences

Author: Colm Quinn

The Housing Forum has begun its 2008/09 series of Regional Conferences

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21 May 2008

Construction Marketing Awards Call for Entries

Author: Constructing Excellence

Entries are now being accepted for the 2008 Construction Marketing Awards

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12 May 2008

Demonstration Project on BBC2 - 12 and 13 May 2008

Author: Jon de Souza

Details of TV appearance for Liverpool Habitat for Humanity

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02 May 2008

Ian Reeves CBE appointed as Chairman of the Infrastructure Forum

Author: Infrastructure Forum

The Infrastructure Forum has announced that Ian Reeves CBE is to become the new chairman of the organisation and Director of Constructing Excellence. Andrew McNaughton, the previous chairman, is stepping down having successfully overseen the Infrastructure Forum since its launch in November 2006.

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01 May 2008

The CCG in the news: Clients warned on OFT class action proposals

Author: Jo O'Neill

Construction News article:
The head of the Construction Clients' Group has said that attempts by a major US law firm to whip up a class action suit against firms found guilty in the Office of Fair Trading investigation would be "a step backward". To view the full article please follow the link below.

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30 April 2008

Heritage Lottery Fund Publishes the "Planning Greener Heritage Projects" Guide

Author: Catherine Smith

The Heritage Lottery Fund has published the "Planning Greener Heritage Projects" guidance, developed by the Constructing Excellence Sustainability Team.

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25 April 2008

The Demonstration Programme - a review of the last 12 months

Author: Jon de Souza

Information on the performance of the Demonstratiom Programme, April 2007 to March 2008

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24 April 2008

Building visits Grove Village

Author: Jon de Souza

Video of Grove Village, a Housing Forum Demonstration.

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24 April 2008

Recycling Scheme for Small Builders

Author: Catherine Smith

CoRE Project & Wolseley helping small builders to recycle

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24 April 2008

SECBE Waste Portal

Author: Catherine Smith

SECBE has produced an online waste portal for the construction industry.

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24 April 2008

Your Home in a Changing Climate

Author: Catherine Smith

Report on how climate change will affect the housing stock in the South East, London and East of England.

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22 April 2008

Presentations and Press Coverage from The Housing Forum's 2008 National Conference

Author: Colm Quinn

Presentations from The Housing Forum's 2008 National Conference held on 16th April are now available.

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18 April 2008

Japanese construction: The hidden fortress

Author: Constructing Excellence

The report from Constructing Excellence's recent visit to Japan is examined in Building.

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18 April 2008

New Infrastructure Forum Demonstration Project

Author: Deborah Hynes

Following a review of their application, the following project was awarded Demonstration status by the Infrastructure Forum Demonstration Project Working Group:

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17 April 2008

CCG events

Author: Jo O'Neill

Further dates for CCG regional meetings have now been confirmed. Please follow the link below for further details:

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17 April 2008

Statement from the Local Government Task Force in response to the Office of Fair Trading's Investigation into Bid Rigging in the Construction Industry

Author: Constructing Excellence

The Local Government Task Force has issued a statement in response to today's announcement by the OFT in relation to the preliminary findings of their investigations into bid rigging in the construction industry.

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16 April 2008

New Reports Launched Today at Housing Forum National Conference

Author: Colm Quinn

New reports from The Housing Forum strategic working groups and Construction Legacy projects were launched today at The Housing Forum National Conference

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09 April 2008

2008 Building Awards - The Winners

Author: Constructing Excellence

2008 was the 14th annual Building Awards, the biggest construction industry event of the year. The extremely sought after Building Awards are all about rewarding best practice, innovation and excellence.

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08 April 2008

QIC Awards 2008 - Congratulations to the winners

Author: Constructing Excellence

The Quality in Construction Awards took place on Monday 31st March during a glittering gala ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel.

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05 March 2008

2012 Construction Commitments Conference - Y & H

Author: Amanda Cooney

This one day conference at the Leeds Civic Hall on 29 February gave delegates the opportunity to learn more about the 2012 Construction Commitments, CMS and CDM Regulations. Presentations from the day are now available.

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03 March 2008

West Suffolk Partnership Led By Constructing Excellence Produces Green Leaflet For Businesses And Householders In The Region

Author: Zoe Le Grand

Climate Challenge Now! project produces leaflets to raise awareness of climate change

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22 February 2008

Avanti has BS Status

Author: Avanti

The basis of the BS is the Constructing Excellence Avanti Standard Method and Procedure (SMP) that outlines the management methodology for data in a Common Data Environment (CDE).

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21 January 2008

Constructing Excellence Awards

Author: Constructing Excellence

Information for all Constructing Excellence regional and national awards can now be found by on the Awards Website here: www.ceawards.org.uk

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16 January 2008

Amey and Bedfordshire Council Implements Innovative NEC Contract Management System CCM on Highway Projects Near Bedford

Author: The IT Construction Forum

Management Process Systems Limited (MPS) announced that their innovative Contract Change Management (CCM) system has been selected to manage the NEC contract processes on two major projects for Bedfordshire County Council.

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02 January 2008

NEC Contract Administration CCM wins Construction Computing Award

Author: The IT Construction Forum

The Construction Computing Awards 2007 saw the innovative Contract Change Management (CCM) system win the top prize in the Project Planning software category. This industry wide recognition by the readership of Construction Computing Magazine confirms CCM's position as the leading, long established, collaborative, solution for NEC Contract Administration.

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13 December 2007

2012 Construction Commitments Conference - West Midlands

Author: Amanda Cooney

This one day conference at the Botanical Gardens Birmingham held on 6 December gave delegates the opportunity to learn more about the 2012 Construction Commitments, CMS and 2007 CDM Regulations. Presentations from the day are now available.

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30 November 2007

2012 Construction Commitments Conference - South East

Author: Amanda Cooney

This one day conference at the Arora International Hotel, Crawley held on 22 November gave delegates the opportunity to learn more about the 2012 Construction Commitments, CMS and 2007 CDM Regulations.

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20 November 2007

Leadership in Construction Conference 2007

Author: Amanda Cooney

Presentations from the recent Leadership in Construction Conference held 13 November at the HAC are now available.

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19 November 2007

2012 Construction Commitments Conference - East Midlands

Author: Amanda Cooney

This one day conference at the Pera Innovation Centre held on 7th November gave delegates the opportunity to learn more about the 2012 Construction Commitments, CMS and 2007 CDM Regulations.

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25 October 2007

2012 Construction Commitments Conference 2007 In the North East

Author: Carolyn Baxter

This one day conference at the Newcastle Marriott Hotel, Newcastle Upon Tyne gave the opportunity to learn more about the 2012 Construction Commitments, CMS and 2007 CDM Regulations.

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22 October 2007

Constructing Excellence Learning Limited

Author: CELL

CELL's goal is to improve both individual and corporate performance through the sharing of best practices and the creation of worldwide knowledge about our industry...
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28 September 2007

Taking Advantage: how SMEs can become successful framework contractors

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A new report from the Local Government Task Force reveals that smaller contractors can benefit considerably from construction frameworks which are often seen as working to the advantage of larger contractors.

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Report on Membership Convention 19 September 2007

26 September 2007

Report on Membership Convention 19 September 2007

Author: Carolyn Baxter

The Membership Convention review and presentations are available below.

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25 September 2007

2012 Construction Commitments Conference 2007

Author: Carolyn Baxter

Change and Transformation - Rising to the challenge in the East of England - Held at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Hinxton Cambridge

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13 September 2007

3 Pillars Residential Workshop

Author: Anna Russell

The first 3 Pillars Residential Project Workshop event presentation.

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03 September 2007

Infrastructure Forum Conference

Author: Anna Russell

The presentation from the conference is available below.

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02 August 2007

Guide to Best 'Fair Payment' Practices

Author: LGTF

A Fair Payments Guide for the public sector is to be launched by the Office for Government Commerce (OGC) next month.

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10 July 2007

Constructing Excellence Responses to Sustainability Related Consultations

Author: Zoe Le Grand

Constructing Excellence has submitted a number of responses to consultations on behalf of its staff and membership.

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06 July 2007

Groundbreaking agreement on olympic construction: launch of the Strategic Forum 2012 construction commitments

Author: Strategic Forum for Construction

The '2012 Construction Commitments' covers six key areas of the construction process and is designed to promote collaborative working and best practice, ensuring the successful delivery of the Games infrastructure, buildings and subsequent legacy.

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10 March 2007

Communicating Excellence

Author: Red Studios

Audio presentation - Learning from the Olympics

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07 March 2007

JCT Launch at House of Commons

Author: Michael Hardware, Chelgate PR

Press release from JCT about the Launch of their new contract on the 1st March 2007 at the House of Commons

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28 February 2007 | NEW

How Green is Constructing Excellence?

Author: Gareth Rowe

Sustainability is one of Constructing Excellence's key themes and in June 2005 an internal group was established to improve the sustainability of our offices and business practices. The group's initial remit was to take forward the seven key actions identified at a staff "Carbon Workshop":

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29 January 2007

Transforming Government Procurement

Author: John Healey

John Healey, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, made a written statement to Parliament on the 23 January 2007 setting out the Government's plans to transform government procurement and the future role that a re-focused Office of Government Commerce will play in achieving this transformation. More detail is set out in the web link to the publication 'Transforming Government Procurement'.

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28 November 2006

Evidence Based Symposium

Author: Carolyn Baxter

A one-day symposium was held at CABE, 1 Kemble Street WC2B 4AN to look at evidence-based design in the built environment.

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28 November 2006

Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change

Author: Sue Innes and Zoe Le Grand

A briefing note on the Stern Review is available for Constructing Excellence members via the link below.

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22 November 2006

Barking and Dagenham Council launched their new Manufacturing Sustainable Communities programme at the Thames Gateway Forum

Author: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

The programme aims to provide an innovative way to meet the challenge of providing new solutions to housing construction by using modern factory methods. It differs from other off-site manufacturing in that it is promoting a wide variety of materials and structures.

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21 November 2006

Logistics Conference - 21 November 2006

Author: Carolyn Baxter

This Constructing Excellence and Be members' meeting was held at Prospero House, London. It was an enjoyable and informative day with presentations about logistics and round table discussion by the members on drivers and barriers in Logistics in Construction.

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10 November 2006

HR Focus Group

Author: Donna Burton

Constructing Excellence has put together a HR focus group who are due to meet in December.

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23 May 2006

Housing Forum Conference Publications Now Online

Author: The Housing Forum

The publications which were launched at the Housing Forum Conference on 10th May are now available to download.

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