Events
Sink or Swim - Survival is Optional
Half day workshop on Thursday, 4 December 2008 in Kent
Working twice as hard and earning less could be an option - but to survive and thrive we need to get savvy and find ways to reduce our price without compromising profit by investigating our internal processes, and fine tuning them.
This event gives delegates an understanding of what lean "doing" is about. It will also prove the business case through case studies (tools & techniques) demonstrating practical implementation and pounds & pence savings. The time for action is NOW...unless your option is not to survive.As a result of the day, attendees will be able to:
- Understand the benefits of lean thinking AND doing
- Identify "quick wins" through recognising waste in their processes
- Identify opportunities to apply lean tools & techniques in their own organisation
- Identify ways of cutting costs sustainably, short and long term
Who should attend and why?
This workshop is aimed at those who wish to be more competitive in the current "credit crunch" environment - key decision makers who can appreciate the tools and techniques, which are process focused, and assimilate their application with very positive business outcomes. Directors to site managers, with appetite for change, will take away very usable strategies to ensure their company thrives.
Environmental Credentials
Environmental Management System to ISO 14001
Our collaborative learning programmes are designed for no more than 12 companies, and are usually only available at this price to closed supply chains. Our successful approach helps companies to implement an EMS in 6 months for a fraction of the cost of doing it by themselves. More and more PQQs require an EMS to be in place now - our course will enable you to gain a competitive edge and to win more work.
It is also important to recognise that the investment you make into implementing an EMS will rapidly effect a positive return on investment as reducing costs improve your bottom line.
Benefits include:
- Rapid implementation of EMS
- Cost effective method of implementing, typically saving 75% of costs
- Collaborative working environment
- Simple, stepped process over 6 month period to implementing EMS
- Online tools available and document library
- Environmental issues, not bureaucracy
- Expert leadership
- Monthly surgeries in addition to workshops
- The cost of this programme is £2400+VAT - a ‘one off' opportunity to access the course at this price.
Green for housing, make the most of what you've got
A one day conference
Tuesday 11 November 2008
Thistle Hotel, Brighton
Organised by RIBA South East and Low Carbon Trust,
supported by SEEDA and SECBE
The Code for Sustainable Homes sets eco standards for domestic new build, but how do we deal with existing housing stock? Can we make houses constructed in the 1970s, the 1930s, or even earlier, come up to modern sustainable requirements? Most of our homes come into this category, so making even a small difference to each will have a huge impact on the carbon footprint of the UK. How do we design with this objective in mind?
Workshop choice 1st choice 2nd choice (delegates will attend one workshop only)
- Balfron Tower case study
- Sustainability brainstorm
- Retrofitting water efficiency in Ashford
- Energy-efficient refurbishment of older buildings
- Ecohomes XB for eXisting Buildings
- Retrofit and replicate - Hyde Housing Association
- The Future of Retrofit - achieving the targets
- Barriers to, and opportunities for, building within climate limits
- Appraising packages for cost-effective and technically-possible carbon reductions
- Bringing the supply chain up to speed
- Appropriate technologies for the mass market
- Money, heritage or carbon - what is the priority?
- A retrofit action plan for the South East
Booking form
www.architecture.com/Files/RIBAProfessionalServices/Regions/SouthEast/General/Retrofitconf.pdf
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