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"

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 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"