Past Events
- Green Retrofit for housing
- The Race for London 2012 & Public Sector Work
- Sink or Swim - Survival is Optional
- Constructing Excellence Awards in London and the SE
Green Retrofit for housing
A one day conference
Tuesday 11 November 2008 atThistle 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
The Race for London 2012 & Public Sector Work
23rd October 2008 - Arora International Hotel, Crawley, RH10 6LW
The construction and delivery of the London 2012 Olympics will offer £9.3 billion worth of contracts. Add this to the £4.5 billion spent annually by South East Local Authorities and you certainly have a race worth competing for.
Attend this conference find out:
- About the challenges of London 2012 and Public Sector procurement
- Where to find the opportunities
- How to access those opportunities via the CompeteFor and South East Business Portals
- What the mandatory requirements are to bid for contracts
- Who to go for support to meet any requirements, and increase your chances of winning work
- About best practice on tendering from actual buyers and suppliers
The conference programme includes presentations from procurement process specialists; successful suppliers; buyers; experts in health & safety, tendering and bid writing and includes a Q & A session.
The afternoon includes workshops to help you improve your chances of winning work. You can attend two of the four workshops.
Are you Fit2Supply into the London 2012 and Public Sector supply chains?
Presentations:
- Ian Parkes
- Paul Toben
- Stuart Nutt
- Jennie Rhodes
- Mark Redhead
- Kemal Ahson
- Vincent Lynch
- Tim Colman
- Neil Jarrett - Partnering & Collaborative Working
- Elvin Box - Robust Management Systems
- Mick Lynn - Simple Performance Measurement
- Clive Young - Respect for People
Sink or Swim - Survival is Optional
Half day workshop on Thursday, 25 September 2008 in Reading
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.
Constructing Excellence Awards in London and the SE
As regional partner for Constructing Excellence in the South East, SECBE is delighted to bring you information about the second year of these prestigious awards.
We are inviting project teams and organisations to showcase excellence in 10 award categories.
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A special awards dinner to celebrate the best of construction on the region will be held on Thursday, 10 July 2008 at the Hotel Russell, Bloomsbury, London.
If you would like your organisation to be recognised as a champion and supporter of best practice in the region, then we invite you to sponsor our awards in London and the South East.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Entry form for 2008
Winners 2007
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For further information contact: Tina McGeachan on 0118 9207 204: Tina@secbe.org.uk; or Jonathan de Souza on 020 7592 1100: jonathan.desouza@constructingexcellence.org.uk |