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Constructing Excellence

Innovation · Best Practice · Productivity

Enews May 2004

To deliver individual, corporate and industry excellence in construction. Innovation - Aspiring Excellence
Best Practice Knowledge - Demonstrating Excellence
Productivity - Measuring Excellence

MONTHLY FOCUS

National Club Day
Committee and Club members got together at their National Club Day on 27 April to celebrate past achievements and a fresh start. This first Club Day under the Constructing Excellence brand took place at Interbuild at the NEC Birmingham. It provided the ideal opportunity to shape Constructing Excellence plans for the regionalised support structures and for new Club committee members to meet existing ones.
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Housing Forum at the CHI Exhibition
The Housing Forum, part of Constructing Exellence, will be exhibiting at the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Exhibition & Conference in Harrogate from the 15-18 June 2004 - come and visit us on Stand No. 435 in Hall Q and take part in the special sessions.
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Lean Construction - Last Chance
Don't miss the two Lean Construction Workshops still to come in June. See them listed under "CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE LEARNING BY DOING EVENTS" below.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Constructing Excellence Learning by Doing Events

Lean Construction: Profit from Process Improvement - Leeds 3rd June
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Making Partnering Work - Birmingham 8th June
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Lean Construction: Profit from Process Improvement - London 17th June
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Workshop: An Introduction to Key Performance Indicators - Bristol 24th June
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Workshop: An Introduction to Key Performance Indicators - Leeds 30th June
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Sector Events

Rethinking Construction in local government - London 22nd June (LGTF)
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Constructing Excellence Club Events

West & East Surrey & Berkshire Clubs joint event - Regional Launch of Strategic Forum Toolkit - Guildford 2nd June.
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NE Wales Club Launch - Wrexham 3rd June
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Annual General Meeting of Oxford Club - Oxford 10th June
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London Club - Learn from Success 10th June
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North Manchester Club: Offsite Manufacturing Seminar - Rochdale Town Hall 15th June
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Berkshire Club: Knowledge Management - Reading 16th June
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Hampshire Club - Who's Afraid of the Buzz Words? - Southampton 21st June
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Berkshire Club - Improving Performance for SMEs; peer review event - Ascot 24th June
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Cambridge Club - OJEC - How to win tenders and influence people - 29th June
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Cluster Events

South West Cluster meeting - Bristol 10th June
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North West Cluster Meeting - Centre for Construction Innovation - Manchester 24th June
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Partner Events

Easy access environmental training course: Phase 3 - Birmingham 6th June (CIEF)
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Strategic Forum for Construction: Integration Toolkit final launch event - Wakefield 8th June
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An Introduction to Lean Construction - London 8th June
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Alternatives to dig and dump - London 9th June (CIEF)
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Whole life costing in practice - Bristol 10th June (CPN)
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Development and flood risk: guidance for the construction industry - Peterborough 10th June (CIEF)
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Barlows - Sheffield 16th June (IUKE company visit)
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An Introduction to Lean Construction - Edinburgh 17th June
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People and Profit: Delivering Value Through Socially Beneficial Housing - Glasgow 21st June (CIEF)
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Developments in off-site production - London 23rd June (CPN)
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Caterpillar (UK) Ltd - Leicester 24th June (IUKE company visit)
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Invitation to Success - London 30th June
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Designing for health & safety - Manchester 30th June (CPN)
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Other Events

Resource '04 - 7-10 June BRE Watford
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3rd Annual COMPASS Conference - Royal Leamington Spa 10th June
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BioRegional One Planet Living CPD - BedZED Surrey 17th June
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BioRegional One Planet Living Masterclass - BedZED Surrey 18th June
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Industry Workshop and CIRIA Review: Does the Industry Consider Users' Needs? - London 23rd June
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NePP Workshops: E-Procurement in Construction and Housing Services - Thistle Hotel, Manchester 17th June & Inst. of Electrical Engineers London 30th June
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WHAT'S NEW

Top Ten Factsheet Downloads for April 2004

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LGTF response to the Government's Efficiency review
This report, which is downloadable from the Constructing Excellence website, sets out the Local Government Task Force's response to the Government's Efficiency Review in relation to Construction Procurement.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST

New Industry KPIs out soon
The newly compiled KPIs for 2004 will be launched on 17th June, when more details will be released. WATCH THIS SPACE ...
ITCBP Survey - with prize
Your chance to win an iPAQ Pocket PC worth over £175 - IT Construction Best Practice, shortly to be integrated with Constructing Excellence, would like to know how you use IT in your business so they can match their services to your current and future needs. In return for completing a simple questionnaire, they will enter your details into a prize draw, to take place before the end of June, for a slimline iPAQ Pocket PC H1940 with integrated Bluetooth. You need to return the survey by 14th June in order to be entered into the draw.
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Innovation · Best Practice · Productivity


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