2012 Events Planner
Please find attached the 2012 Events Planner to update your diary for forthcoming events.
Recent Bristol Club events have included:
8th February 2012
Extremely careful and precise, concerned with details
Non-green buildings cost more to operate and their value is declining, putting investments at risk, says Mike Putnam, president and chief executive of Skanska UK. The owners and operators of buildings increasingly have to factor in rising energy costs and carbon taxes when establishing the market value of their buildings and future-proofing their investments. The region’s construction supply systems need to be prepared to meet these challenges by further developing its capabilities to design, manufacture, construct and operate low-energy buildings. A benchmark of the capabilities needed is provided by the PassivHaus standard. Working to this exacting standard requires meticulous attention to detail during design, manufacture, construction and operation.This workshop, led by Colin Powell, Certified PassivHaus Designer and architect at gcp Chartered Architects, examined the effectiveness of PassivHaus as an approach for delivering low-energy, future-proofed buildings and the implications it has for the meticulousness of suppliers of construction products and services here in the region.
30th September 2011
Back due to popular demand, Constructing Excellence held its very own construction industry 5-a-side football tournament at Goals Soccer Centre, WISE Campus, Bristol.
17th March 2011
Having been decimated by two years of private sector recession we now face a public sector cull. How should we respond?
More than a decade ago, Constructing Excellence set out to improve the quality of UK construction and yet Britain is currently the most expensive place to build in Europe. Is construction itself at fault? Are we damaging the competitiveness of UK plc? Should we just hibernate until the big freeze passes or could the industry metamorphose and emerge leaner and fitter, better adapted? Speakers from the big spenders – education, local government, health – will set out the magnitude of the spending review, throwing down the gauntlet that our destiny is in our hands.
South West events can be found at the CESW website.
National events can be found at the Central CE website.