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ANNUAL REVIEW 2020 ConstructingSharing Networking Excellence South Influencing West A Contents Reports Chairman’s Report 2 Chief Executive’s Report 4 CESW Board 6 LeadersMeets 8 Marcoms 10 Club Reports Bath Club 13 Bristol Club 13 Cornwall Hub 14 Devon & Exeter Club 15 Dorset Club 16 Gloucestershire Club 17 Plymouth Club 18 Somerset Club 19 Swindon & Wiltshire Club 19 Theme Group Reports BIM4Housing 21 Construction Clients Group 24 Health & Wellbeing 25 Innovation & Sustainability 26 Procurement & Productivity 27 Rook Lane Chapel, Bath Street Quality & Compliance 28 Frome, Somerset BA11 1DN Tel: 01373 468039 Smart Construction 28 [email protected] www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk SW Built Environment Awards 2020 @cesouthwest 2020 Awards Report 31 Constructing Excellence South West CESW Awards Shortlist 2020 32 Members National Members 34 Regional Members and Industry Partners 36 Club Members 38 Annual Review kindly supported by Michelmores What is Constructing Excellence? Front cover images courtesy of the copyright owners Design: Walker/Jansseune brand communications Creating an Industry of Opportunity 40 Constructing Excellence South West 1 Chairman’s Report CESW has seamlessly become a digital Unfortunately, the pandemic has impacted My thanks must go out to everyone who entity with our online webinars hosted by our industry with an economic slowdown has supported us in an extremely difficult LeadersMeets covering many topics and and redundancies. There are, however, year. I hope that we have lived up to your engaging with more than 2,500 people. positives that must be recognised. The expectations given the difficulties faced Little did I know when taking the Chair in November Our Board and Theme Group meetings are government’s ‘Build Build Build’ message and rapid change agenda. The Board, now digital with greater engagement than along with ‘Build Back Better, Build Back and all of the Theme Group and Club ever before. We have transformed the way Faster, Build Back Greener’ are all positive Chairs have been instrumental in the way 2019 what would lay ahead of us. The onset of the CESW works and have even managed to endorsements and stimulants for our we have performed – I thank you all for find time for some satirical light-hearted industry and signpost the part that we your dedication and hard work. A final Covid pandemic from March onwards will certainly fun, including guest appearances online can all play going forward. thank you must go to the management from ‘Donald Trump’ and ‘Boris Johnson’. team of CESW led by Andrew Carpenter. There are some exciting changes in the Our AGM, Annual Conference and Awards The diligent management of finances be remembered for many years to come. The impact CESW pipeline. Our new website and in 2020 will all be digital. I do however still and change has been excellent, whilst engagement of specialist PR support will look forward to the day when we can all selflessly protecting our organisation and provide us with the right platforms to of the pandemic whilst disruptive, has however, meet up in person for such special events. decreasing their salaries, truly leading by connect with members, stakeholders, and example. In March and April whilst the rest of the UK influencers alike and help position CE as driven change in a way that must be recognised and were heeding the Government’s advice the go-to construction related organisation As Chair I hope 2021 will be a far kinder of ‘stay at home and protect the NHS’ our in the South West. We are playing a pivotal year than 2020. Winston Churchill once indeed celebrated. The agility of both CESW and the industry, having been recognised as a part in delivering the Value Toolkit and said “never waste a good crisis” – I hope key economic driver, was taking a lead in are now in a position to relaunch G4C the changes implemented in CESW finding new ways to continue to operate – the young professional voice of the and future changes will put us in a great wider industry has been excellent and I am proud to safely. The industry led collaboration sitting UK built environment industry – with a position going forward where we can behind the Construction Leadership management structure in place headed deliver even more value to our members be associated with both. Andrew Goodenough Councils’ Site Operating Procedures up by Dwaine Bushell of Ward Williams, and the wider industry. ensured our people worked in line with all assisted by Lisa Denby of Kier and Josh the latest guidance, whilst the Roadmap Hodder of Highways England. This team to Recovery clearly signposts the way will be instrumental in our ‘recruit or die’ forward. The Roadmap to Recovery project. The project will both critically echoes the CE ethos of collaboration and review past failings and looking forward to supply chain integration, an industry led how we better promote our sector to the endorsement of our principles. Whilst younger generation, along with providing writing this in mid-October, I only hope guidance for future employers on how to the great work delivering the Nightingale engage with the audience whilst working hospitals is not tested in earnest in months with specialist partners. to come. Only time will tell. Version 6 – 20 October 2020 Construction Sector - Site Operating Procedures Protecting Your Workforce During Coronavirus (Covid-19) Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2 When to Go to Work ........................................................................................................................... 2 Travel to Work ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Driving at Work ................................................................................................................................... 3 Site Access and Egress Points .......................................................................................................... 4 Hand Washing ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Toilet Facilities .................................................................................................................................... 4 Canteens and Rest Areas ................................................................................................................... 5 Changing Facilities, Showers and Drying Rooms ............................................................................ 5 Work Planning to Avoid Close Working ............................................................................................ 5 First Aid and Emergency Service Response .................................................................................... 7 Cleaning .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Current guidance Social Distancing Workers should maintain a distance of two metres, or one metre with risk mitigation where two metres is not viable. The local COVID alert levels do not restrict construction activities; however, any additional local authority restrictions must be complied with. National guidance on social distancing in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should be adhered to off-site An Introduction To Going to Work Workers should be working from home if they can. Those who cannot work from home, which includes workers The Value Toolkit in construction, manufacturing, logistics and distribution, should go to work. Workplaces that are open should be Covid-19 secure. Face Coverings July 2020 In accordance with The Use of Face Coverings in Construction, where workers on site are not required to wear Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) and their workplace (which may include welfare and changing facilities, site offices or site meeting rooms) meets all of the criteria below, their employer should make face coverings available and they should be worn in: • An enclosed space; • Where social distancing isn’t always possible; and • Where they come into contact with others they do not normally meet. In line with Government guidance on premises providing hospitality, face coverings must be worn in canteens except when seated at a table to eat or drink. Page 1 of 7 2 Annual Review 2020 Constructing Excellence South West 3 Chief Executive’s Report In 2019 / 2020 we have seen a series of Our club network continues to be the I cannot mention our CE network without Theme Group chair appointments and I bedrock of our success and I thank all paying tribute to my Welsh counterpart, would like to thank all those listed below those involved for their endeavours during Milica Kitson, who retired in August 2020. for taking on their new roles as well as very trying circumstances. The main I have worked alongside Milica since the Never have I been required to write an annual expressing my thanks to those who are element of club membership is of course Egan Report of 1998 and have always outgoing: networking, and this has become very found her to be totally committed to the difficult during lockdown. The support all principles of Constructing Excellence and • Paul Read, Magna Housing, taking report against a backdrop of what we have all club chairs have given the board and me is an inspirational leader.
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