Your speaker: David Rudlin, URBED For the first time in years housing has been an election issue - we need to be building around 250,000 new homes every year and are falling short by around 100,000. For some towns this is a huge problem as they struggle to find additional land for housing in the … Continue reading "Big Cities & Sustainability"
On 6 April 2015, the long awaited Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 came into force, bringing into effect changes in the crucial area of health and safety in construction projects. Ensuring that you are ready for these new regulations is therefore fundamental. This informative discussion will examine the increased scope of the new regulations and … Continue reading "New construction health & safety regulations: are you ready?"
Join Constructing Excellence and Innovate UK at this FREE event in Manchester on 23 September at the Manchester School of Architecture. The event, with the Zero Carbon Hub and in collaboration with a number of leading industry partners, promises to demystify the Performance Gap; and highlight latest learning from local domestic and non-domestic Building Performance … Continue reading "Building Better Buildings"
A presentation by Dr Robert Hairstans of Edinburgh Napier University lead author of Building Offsite: An Introduction Construction 2025 sets challenging targets for reductions in cost, carbon and construction timescales – offsite manufacturing can make an important contribution to achieving those targets and is likely to see increasing adoption over forthcoming years, raising performance standards … Continue reading "The important role of offsite manufacturing"
A presentation by Liverpool John Moores University, Bernadette Lord of DSG and Dr Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi of BCM Construction 2025 sets challenging targets for reductions in cost, carbon and construction timescales. Cost targets include reducing Whole Life Costs by 33%, with energy costs and M&E maintenance making up a large part of this on many buildings. … Continue reading "The Role of Whole Life Cycle Costing"
A presentation by Alison Watson, Class of Your Own If we are to build a world leading industry we must attract the best entrants and this implies engaging with schools to raise awareness of the opportunities in construction. Alison has hosted numerous workshops for secondary schools which introduce professional construction skills to young people and … Continue reading "Delivering Social Value – The Next generation"
With Jane Simpson, an Architect and NRAC registered Access Consultant, a leader in the field of inclusion There are many factors that determine the way in which a building, premises or environment is built, commissioned, altered and operated. If you are in the property sector, a service provider, educator or an employer, you will want … Continue reading "The Equality Act – Delivering Effective Solutions"
Presentation by Dr Julian Packer, Low Carbon Investment Director, Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester has set a challenging target of a reduction in CO2 of 48% by 2020 compared with 1990 levels. To achieve this aim will require action in both the public and private sectors. This presentation will describe the current programme of … Continue reading "Transforming Greater Manchester’s Energy Landscape"
This seminar is an opportunity to learn how your business can benefit from the adoption of the new FAC-1 Framework Alliance documents and how they enable construction procurement to meet the broadest public sector requirements for value and social benefits. The new forms of contract will be set in the context of the Government’s Construction … Continue reading "Improving Value through new models of Construction Procurement"
Our speaker will be Professor Jacqui Glass who leads Loughborough University’s 'Action Programme for Responsible Sourcing' (APRES) and is lead author of the new guide "Where do your construction products come from, how are they produced, what are the working conditions in manufacture, and what impact do they have on the environment?" Construction materials should … Continue reading "Ethical Sourcing: What is good and where do I start?"
