BE Members' Forum meeting held at Prospero House, London SE1 1GB.
Don Ward, Chief Operating Officer of Constructing Excellence, welcomed the members. Steve Agg, the Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport then introduced the subject of Logistics which he defined as the" timely positioning of resourses ".
Adrian Boughtflower, Freight Co-ordinator - Transport for London went on to explain how Transport for London approached logistics, followed by round table discussions on the drivers and barriers to logistics to identify how much maturity exists in logistics planning and what logistics consideration to risks/costs are applied to pricing/specifications.
This was followed by presentations from Gary Sullivan, Managing Director and Ian Lister, General Manager of Wilson James on logistics centres and construction logistics in the urban environment.
Tim Brent, Integrated Logistics Leader of BAA - Logistics within BAA from a tools and people point of view
David Hillis, UK Country Manager, Inform GmbH - Advanced supply chain optimisation
Matt Nicholls, Business Development Director - Wolsely National Distribution Systems and how to save 18% of the cost of materials supply using logistics. Following lunch the members discussed logistics plans for projects and towns with a presenter or logistics expert on each table.
Phil Wilson, Construction Project Manager - WRAP and Adrian Blumenthal, Special Projects Director of Constructing Excellence looked at the uses of logistics in the UK construction industry and waste minimisation.
The members had a final round table discussion on waste minimisation and logistics before Steve Agg gave a summary of the day and closed the meeting.
The results of the members discussions will be prepared as reports and published shortly.