The Building and Housing Members Forum with presentations from g4c at the Madejski Conference Centre, Reading.
Don Ward updated members on the progress of the merger of Be with Constructing Excellence including an outline of the benefits and early wins.
g4c chairman, Katherine Bailey spoke about g4c 2005 and beyond and was followed by Gareth Whisson with a presentation entitled "We do not have enough talented people in our industry!". This was followed by two workshops to discuss such issues as how to retain talented individuals.Simon Austin of Loughborough University and Andrew Bowles of Sheppard Robson presented VALid - Value in Design.