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Innovation · Best Practice · Productivity

Enews September 2004

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

MONTHLY FOCUS

Are you interested in PARTNERING, LEAN CONSTRUCTION or WHOLE LIFE VALUE?
The next meeting of the National Construction Benchmarking Forum (NCBF) will focus on how to combine KPIs and Benchmarking with these techniques to enhance the way projects are developed and delivered. Speakers from Mace, Gleeson, Faithfull & Gould and Knowles Management will present their experiences.
The meeting is on Wednesday 27 October 2004 at The DTI Conference Centre, London SW1, starting at 9.30 and ending with a light lunch. If you would like to attend, please email Heidi Harris. Attendance is free - but hurry, as spaces are limited.
Supported by DTI and Constructing Excellence, NCBF is the Forum to get the latest information on measured performance improvement.
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Dennis Lenard Guest Edits Contract Journal
Constructing Excellence Chief Executive Dennis Lenard has guest edited this week's (22nd September) edition of top weekly industry paper Contract Journal. It will include a view of what leading figures think the industry will look like in years to come.
The 28 September peer review event in London
will provide an excellent opportunity to find out more about real construction projects organised by forward thinking companies in the London region. In order to sign up please contact Jonathan de Souza at jonathan.desouza@constructingexcellence.org.uk .
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Benefit from a KPI MASTERCLASS
Follow up the launch of the 2004 Key Performance Indicators by taking a Constructing Excellence Masterclass. It will teach you how to use the KPIs and then harness them to increase the value and productivity of your operation.

Click on the event listings below for more information.

Demonstration companies, Housing Forum and Constructing Excellence Club members are entitled to a discount.

NEWS FROM OTHER SECTORS

Housing Forum Newsletter September 2004

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Best Practice Knowledge Newsletter September 2004

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

KPI MASTERCLASSES

Birmingham - 28th September
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SECTOR EVENTS

Modern methods of Construction: tomorrow's construction solutions today - London 7th October
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CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE REGIONAL EVENTS

Demonstrating Constructing Excellence in the Public Sector - Sheffield (CE in Yorkshire & Humber) 18th October
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Constructing Excellence in the East Midlands Conference - Nottingham 22nd October
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CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE CLUB EVENTS

Cluster Event - London 28th September
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Peer Review Meeting - Brighton 7th October
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Oxford Castle Project update - Oxford Club 28th October
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CPN/CIEF EVENTS

Use of the EFQM Excellence Model in Construction Procurement - Stoke-on-Trent 28th September (CPN)
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Collaborating for competitive advantage: SMEs and the supply chain - St. Asaph, North Wales 29th September (CPN)
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Closing the loop: designing for deconstruction - London 30th September (CIEF)
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Improving Programme Predictability: Last Planner System - Durham 5th October (CPN)
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Managing Health Hazards on Sites - Manchester 7th October (CPN)
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Working with wildlife: knowing your site - Cambridge 12th October (CIEF)
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Partnering Contracts - Bristol 20th October (CPN)
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Design & Construct - Tamworth 21st October (CPN)
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PARTNER EVENTS

Safety through Automated and Robotic Technologies (START) - London 27th September
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Modern methods of construction: lessons from Germany, DTI Global Watch Mission dissemination event (co-ordinated by CIRIA) - London 28th September
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Easy Access Environmental Management - Torbay 5th & 14th October
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Building Performance & PropIT - London 6th-7th October
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Barriers to Innovation in Housing - BedZED Centre, Sutton, Surrey 6th October
Also Bracknell, 19th & 20th October
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OTHER EVENTS

What the Client Wants - adding value for project success - Glasgow 28th September
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First National Construction PR Conference: Improving Corporate Reputation in Construction and Property - Leeds 28th & 29th September
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Compulsary purchase: a new dawn? - Manchester 5th October (BURA & ODPM)
also: Birmingham 29/9, Leeds 7/10, London 14/10, Durham 18/10
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National Construction Week - all regions 7th-13th October
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Building Homes Quality Awards - London 12th October
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Cityscape: The Green Building Conference - London 12th & 13th October
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FM Expo 2004 (Facilities Management) - London 12th-14th October
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Making Construction Contracts Work! - achieving contractual best practice in administering construction contracts -
London 13th October
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Minimising construction waste, recycling more, and saving money: seminar tour to deliver findings of landmark study into recycling construction and demolition waste (UKCEED) -
London 14th October
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Property and the Northern Way - Leeds 19th October
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Developing practical skills: from the Communities Plan to reality - Bedzed, South London 19th October
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Sustainability Works Training Course - Birmingham 21st October
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Getting Your Message Across: public relations for construction consultants - Glasgow 21st October
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Life under CDM - Belfast 27th October
other dates & venues
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WHAT'S NEW

Top Ten Factsheet downloads for August

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ITEMS OF INTEREST

e-skills UK Sector Skills Council have 400 free access "passports" for their IT skills assessment tool -

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Using the internet to support the processes of the NEC/ECC contract
read about it in the ITCF new case study
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He can calculate KPIs and climb Kilimanjaro!
Constructing Excellence's KPI Consultant Martin Print is raising funds for orphans & street kids in Kenya by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in October. If you would like to help by making a donation, click here, call him on tel/fax 01689 828166, mobile 07802 810014 or email martin.print@amazia.co.uk.
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dti - Partners in Innovation
Construction Logistics Consolidation Centres - How can they benefit you?
Don't miss this FREE seminar - 6th October 2004 in London
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The Constructing Excellence in Wales annual conference
... on 7th October will focus on the client's role in improving the industry. With speakers from Welsh Health Estates, Welsh Water, local authorities and housing associations and a keynote address from Sir Michael Latham, the event will leave clients in no doubt of the major part they play in driving industry improvement.
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Innovation · Best Practice · Productivity


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