If you cannot view the format of this newsletter, please go to CBP newsletters

Why not forward this email to a colleague?
(New users please register on our website to receive your free monthly copy of E-news)

Issue 17

August 2003

CBP E-News
Welcome to CBP E-News.
Monthly Focus

Last Chance to Win the Palm Tungsten C Handheld
Our prize draw closes in just a few days. Give us your thoughts on the new website before 31st August and you could still win this great prize. More Information

Book now to attend an Autumn "Learning by Doing" Workshop
Are you a senior decision-maker in construction, or a client? Then the new series of Learning by Doing workshops is bound to have something for you. They are designed to help you identify at least one specific step to take back and implement in the workplace. More Details

New Tools and Resources from ITCBP
Visit the NEW relaunched IT Construction Best Practice website and find out what new tools, resources and technology are on offer to you and your construction business. More Information

What's new
1 Top Ten Directors' Briefings Downloads for July 2003
2 Factsheet - Logistics (CBP)
3 Factsheet - Business Process Improvement (CBP)
4 Factsheet - Working with the Community (CBP)
5 Case Study - Benchmarking For Competitive Edge (CB205)
6 Case Study - Sharing Knowledge for Sustainable Growth (BS219)
7 Case Study - The Use of 3D Modelling on a Building Project (IT040)
8 Case Study - Using a Project Extranet to Support Partnering in a Prime Contract (IT041)
9 Case Study - Benchmarks Boost the Bottom Line (CB204)
Selection of Forthcoming Events
Learning by Doing Workshops
1 Key Performance Indicators (Housing) - Manchester 17th September (CBP & CITB)
2 Personal, Project and Business Strategy - Bedford 25th September (CBP & CITB)
3 Managing Diversity - London 30th September (CBP & CITB)
4 Changing Behaviour to Improve Health & Safety - Belfast 30th September (CBP & CITB)
Construction Best Practice Club Events
1 Networking Meeting: Partnering - The Future for Construction? - Essex Construction Best Practice Club 9th September
2 Site Visit: Prefabrication / Modular Construction - West Yorkshire Construction Best Practice Club 16th September
3 New Horizons: The Drivers of Change - West Midlands Construction Best Practice Club - Birmingham 18th September
4 Lean Construction: North Manchester Construction Best Practice Club - 23rd September
5 South Bank Redevelopment: Greater Peterborough Construction Best Practice Club - 25th September
Partner Events
1 Company Visit: Caterpillar, Leicester - 11th September (IUKE)
2 Biomimicry: How to benefit from 3.8 Million Years of Research and Development - London 16th September (CIEF)
3 Improving Programme Predictability - Last Planner System - London 17th September (CPN)
4 Company Visit: Styles & Wood, Manchester - 25th September (IUKE)
Other Events
1 Key Performance Indicators for M&E Contractors 2003 - Birmingham - 9th September (BSRIA)
2 Advances in Waste Management Recycling - Scotland - 9th September (University of Dundee)
3 Partnering for the Terrified - Wales: Swansea - 16th September (RC Wales)
4 Motivating People:Targeting Profit - Bristol 18th, 23rd, 24th, 29th September (Colander)
5 Reducing the Cost of Building - London - 24th September (EMAP Construct)
6 Living Diversity: From Policy to Practice - Birmingham 30th September (The Garnet Foundation)
More Events
Items of Interest
1 Info Matrix On-line Toolkit - (Info Matrix Ltd)
2 Managing for Success - A Self Assessment Workbook (DTI)
3 Building Sustainable Communities: Developing the Skills We Need (CABE)
4 Standardisation and Pre-assembly Project CD-Rom Toolkit (CIRIA )
5 360 Degree Feedback (CIPD)
When you registered with Construction Best Practice you selected to receive the E-News. However, you may now prefer not to subscribe to it. If this is the case please send an e-mail by clicking on the link below and press "return" after "signoff CBPP" in the text of the message.
Unsubscribe (If you are unable to click on the link, send an email to listserv@lists.cbpp.org.uk, type signoff CBPP in the text of the message and press return)

If you would like to receive our Newsletter in the future, you need take no further action, and it will be sent to you automatically .

Let us know if there is something you'd like us to include and we'll do our best to help. Please e-mail feedback to:wheelerl@cbpp.org.uk. Thank you for your interest in Construction Best Practice.