A Feast of Festive Pies!
Constructing Excellence Manchester members invited for a Feast of Festive Pies on Nov 29th.
Constructing Excellence Manchester members invited for a Feast of Festive Pies on Nov 29th.
The 2017 Grenfell Tower fire has shaken up the construction industry. The matter affects designers, specifiers, suppliers, contractors as well as clients, inspectors, regulatory bodies and facility managers. Understanding regulations and ensuring that they are fully and correctly applied is a must.
Retrofit of existing housing – the key to Manchester’s Carbon Challenge
This three-hour UKGBC Masterclass on increasing the resilience of our cities through green infrastructure solutions. You will be able to explore the challenges of integrating Green Infrastructure into built environment projects and will learn from industry experts how they have successfully implemented innovative Green Infrastructure solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to share experiences alongside your peers and will obtain practical guidance on how you can start to integrate these solutions into your project designs.
The Farmer Review highlighted the issue of workforce and skill shortages, recently echoed by the Federation of Master Builders who expressed particular concerns about Brexit.
If we are to deliver the housing target of 300,000 pa with the same or reduced workforce and skills we need to make radical changes in what and how we deliver. The adoption of Lean Construction is going to be essential.
Our speakers will explain the challenges and opportunities this represents, discussing both the supporting evidence and the practical solutions to achieving this on a large scale.
CL:AIRE, in association with the North West Brownfield Regeneration Forum, is pleased to be holding an informal networking event on 20 March 2018 and members of Constructing Excellence Manchester are welcome to attend.
Cash flow is the lifeblood of your business. So, how can you make the most of it?
Manchester's ambition is to become one of the leading green cities in Europe. Following a series of consultation events, those ambitions will be debated at the Mayor's Green Summit this week, more details here. Housing is responsible for 27% of our carbon emissions and by 2050 Manchester wishes to see all our new and existing stock with very low or zero output and running on clean energy.
Roger Burton, chair of Constructing Excellence, explains how only a modernised and efficient construction sector can deliver the public estate of the future.
Technologies are changing the traditional approaches to building projects. But Business systems and processes are ripe for change, especially in the pre-construction sector. A recent survey discovered that construction businesses expect to gain over 3% per annum in cost reductions over the next three years by implementing a digital strategy. The investment of time and money into digitisation is essential.