Events

Speaker:  Leonie Thomas, associate, Marketing Works The event will help contractors and consultants consider whether there are opportunities to improve their own companies’ behaviours, approaches and activities in developing efficiencies around their winning-work process and in particular PQQ and ITT responses. Following a presentation of findings from MarketingWorks’ 2014 bid cost survey, the audience will … Continue reading "Improving efficiencies in winning work – PQQs & ITTs"

Speaker:  Rob Charlton CEO _Space Spacehus is a housing solution with a capital cost of £80,000 for the three bedroom version which has net zero running bills and is zero carbon. Using manufacturing principals the house is designed using a full BIM workflow and is delivered in around 20 days. Rob will discuss the process … Continue reading "Spacehus"

The BIM4SME (Small, Medium Enterprises) BIM Clinic returns in June and this time we are in Manchester. This is a 2 hour session, where you can come and go as you please and ask as many questions as you like. We are multi-disciplinery NFP organisation, so we should be able to cover most of your BIM … Continue reading "BIM4SME BIM Clinic"

Your speaker:  Alex Luck, A Luck Associates With the increasing use of digital technologies in the management of assets, it is necessary for organisations to identify and implement appropriate and proportionate measures to reduce the risk of loss or disclosure of information which could impact on the safety and security of: personnel and other occupants … Continue reading "Mindful Security in the Delivery & Management of Assets in the Built Environment"

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"