Our set-piece World Green Building Week event will tackle the topic of sustainable housing. With the quality of new building stock high on the agenda of policy-makers, nationally and locally, the evening will feature a lively discussion around what can be done to affect change at scale.
Constructing Excellence Manchester will once again be exhibiting at Healthcare Estates 2018, the unrivaled platform for Estate Managers, Directors, Facilities Managers etc to network with industry colleagues while sourcing and specifying the latest healthcare products and services.
This seminar, with Tony Woodford of BRE, will consider the whole life issues and choices which need to be informed by these considerations and look at the latest guidance to help us to understand the process of responsible sourcing and specification of products used in the construction industry, considering a framework for the organisational governance, supply chain management and environmental and social aspects that must be addressed in order to ensure their effective delivery.
Our first event of 2019 will look at the recently launched digital tool "The Quality Tracker" by the RIBA, CIOB and RICS.
Over the next 25 years it is expected that around 650,000 houses will be built in the North of England with £75bn investment planned. This presents challenges as well as opportunities – increased carbon emissions, flood risk and pollution as well as loss of habitats and green spaces where people can unwind.
Constructing Excellence Manchester will be co-hosting an event with BIM Regions NW focussing on Standards, following the release of ISO 19650 (superseding BS1192-1 & PAS1192-2), and Product Data following the release of the UK BIM Alliance report ‘Product data, state of the nation’. We will have speakers from CoBuilder, the BSI and the UK BIM Alliance so don’t miss this important update.
As well as looking good and being well constructed, a project team should ensure the built asset does what the client and end-users want. The Procuring for Value report, commissioned by the Construction Leadership Council as part of the sector deal to modernise construction, comes when change is in the air and begins a dialogue … Continue reading "Procuring for Value – A change in approach to secure a better future for the construction industry."
The summit, which is in its sixth year, will be focusing on key topics with keynote speakers followed by a panel debate, short round table discussion and audience questions & answers.
Almost two years on from the Grenfell tragedy and following the Hackitt Review, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have released proposals for the reform of the regulatory environment. How will these proposals be applied to the design and construction process?
Education Estates is a truly unique marketplace where manufacturers, distributors and service providers can meet decision-makers, clients and specifiers, make new contacts, generate leads and new product ideas, and identify current and emerging opportunities in the education sector.
