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.

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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.

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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. She will be a difficult over as chair of the Construction Clients’ critical to our future and most appreciated. act to follow in our neighbouring region of Group from Andrew Goodenough, Bristol endured during 2020. Little did I think at our Wales. Airport, when he became chair of CESW. We have seen the revival of the South West G4C group during the second half of Finally I’m delighted to say that we have a • Andrew Brown, Churngold, taking over November 2019 AGM that I would be reporting 2020 and our thanks are due to Dwaine new web site, thanks to Brace Consulting as chair of the Procurement & Productivity Bushell of Ward Williams, Lisa Denby of and Emma Hannam, and a new PR Theme Group from the inimitable Martyn Kier and Josh Hodder of Highways England company in DCA PR both of which we are on such an unprecedented set of circumstances Jones who we are pleased to say will be for leading on this. This young person’s confident will raise the profile of CESW and staying on as a board member. group is vital to the future of our industry increase the value we are able to offer our only twelve months later. Andrew Carpenter • Philippa Garnett, Buro Happold, in general and CESW in particular and members. taking over as chair of the Innovation we look forward to reporting on their Now more than ever we need a strong & Sustainability Theme Group from spectacular success this time next year. and successful CESW to ensure the David Greensmith and who is already They will be working with consultant, post COVID-19 construction industry is putting her own personal stamp on this Gordon Brown, on a Recruit or Die project not the same one in which we went in. However, after a difficult few weeks After just a few months of business Ironically through our online webinars, important team. to help promote our sector to young Together we can ensure a collaborative back in late March and early April 2020 as usual in late 2019 / early 2020 workshops and meetings we have seen people and better understand the reasons culture, integrated supply chains and lean the construction sector has stood proud we obviously took our events and a significant increase in those attending • Mary Bennell, SWPA, taking over as they are not joining the UK construction processes. CE is the movement to deliver as a ‘best practice’ sector for others activities online and I would like to our events and activities. We have had chair of the Smart Construction (Digital industry in greater numbers. They will also this important agenda and I thank you all to follow. This has been achieved by thank my team for the manner in over 2,500 attend our regular webinars & Offsite) Theme Group from Mary Bon be looking at the CESW Adopt a School for your time, dedication and determination the publicly acclaimed building of the which they have adapted to the ‘new and numbers at our Theme Group and who is leading on a project to list all campaign, which has been furloughed, as we learn and share knowledge to Nightingale hospitals across the UK norm’. In addition I pay tribute to meetings have doubled. I would like South West MMC providers. with a view to re-introducing it in 2021. implement the positive change we all crave. and the way the industry has come our chair, Andrew Goodenough, and to place on record our sincere thanks • Richard Kochanski, ex-Bouygues It was with huge disappointment that we together, under the Construction the entire board for the manner in to Howard Betts and John Savage UK, taking over as chair of the Quality & were forced to postpone the 2020 awards. Leadership Council, to show the which they have rallied to meet more of LeadersMeets for managing and Compliance Theme Group from Peter The shortlist is of a high quality and we Government we can collaborate and regularly to give me the day-to-day running our weekly webinars. This will Dack and who has quickly got together thank those who have entered and our integrate through the provision of the support needed to keep CESW going obviously influence the programme in a team of committed individuals. sponsors for their patience and continued Roadmap to Recovery, Site Operating through the coronavirus pandemic. 2021 as more and more people favour support during these trying times. The Procedures and so on. In fact, with I also thank the organisations who the online meeting opportunity. • Howard Betts, LeadersMeets, who has awards are now to be an online event on our national array of regions and clubs renewed their membership in April, agreed to be our inaugural chair of the 4th December 2020. the Roadmap to Recovery has given despite the difficult times, representing Health & Wellbeing Theme Group as CE added meaning and impetus as it about 75% of the membership. All we collaborate with CE Midlands in this I am delighted to say that our relationship takes us back to the days of Egan and those who felt unable to join this year, critical area. with CE National and with other CE regions Latham when the need for the industry for understandable reasons, have continues to grow. Our National Chief to collaborate and integrate was first indicated they will be back in 2021. Operating Officer, Alison Nicholl, has identified. been working hard to secure an influential position for us on the national stage and in the last twelve months secured our place as official Adoption Partners

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4 Annual Review 2020 Constructing Excellence South West 5 CESW Board

The CESW Board on our new website at constructingexcellencesw.org.uk

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Andrew Goodenough Chair Alan Rigby Vice Chair Emma Osmundsen Vice Chair Alan Tate Secretary Lisa Broom Treasurer Helen Baker AJ Eaton Bill Button

Bottom row Kevin Harris David Stein Martyn Jones Dan Macey Dwaine Bushell Paul Richards Rob Woolcock

6 Annual Review 2020 Constructing Excellence South West 7 LeadersMeets

A year ago in the Annual Review for 2019 we were pleased to write that we had entered into a Learning Partnership with CESW in meeting its aim of providing ‘a platform to stimulate, debate, and derive for industry wide improvement’. Howard Betts

Our mission was (and remains) to promote, Through the initiative of Andrew This should be no surprise, for in a world encourage, and facilitate ‘conversations Carpenter and the LeadersMeets team, that is facing a major pivot in where and that matter’ where adults can learn through we very quickly established twice weekly how work will be affected, short, pertinent, the sharing of their thoughts, ideas and ‘conversations that matter’, set up for and relevant peer-to-peer learning can play experiences through short, pertinent, midday on a Tuesday and a Friday. They a vital role. Many people have recognised and focused discussions, interviews and soon became a CE fixture running from the crucial need to keep their knowledge interactive webinars. late March through to July for not just CESW and skills up to date. To meet this need this members but significantly also members partnership has added other additional We believed that such a dynamic approach from CE Wales, CE Midlands, CE North East online sessions such as specialist topic that maximises the use of modern and the Structural Timber Association. workshops, AGMs, Summits and soon technology would mean that members the 2020 Awards ceremonies. would not need to leave their place of work In the period from March to July some to be able to access each of the regular 2,100 people registered and attended one With more and more businesses moving ‘conversations that matter’ and could sign or more of the ‘conversations that matter’ towards making remote / homeworking in from anywhere via use of their smart – indeed many attended multiple sessions the norm and 2021 being described phone tablet, phone or laptop. Significantly with one person totalling seventeen. These as the year of ‘digital transformation’, this would increase the opportunity to learn events have proved highly popular, with there are huge implications for leaders. whilst reducing travel that in turn would attendance averaging some 55 people per lower CO2 emissions whilst also increasing session. However, significantly as many Learning has never been more important time that could be more effectively spent in people again, if not more, have headed to if leaders are to grasp and maximise upon improved productivity. LeadersMeets.com to watch/listen to the the rapid cultural and behavioural change recording as well as view the presentations. that COVID-19 has brought in its wake. Additionally, members who were unable Transformation and transition will become to join in one of the ‘conversations that A month break was taken in August and the norm over the coming decade and to matter’ and thus miss out on the learning with a return to work anticipated it was support the need for continual professional opportunity would be able to watch or listen decided to return in September onwards development any attendee on one or again by visiting our website at a place and with just one a week ‘conversations that more of our hosted events will soon be time of their convenience. matter’ at midday on a Friday. Additionally able to sign up to download a Certificate on the last Friday of each month a ‘State of Attendance to evidence their ongoing Bold aspirations but how did we do? of the Nation’ session with a panel member learning. Whilst the old ‘naval proverb’ that ‘it’s an from each of the four CE members was At LeadersMeets we are looking to build ill wind that bloweth no many any good’ introduced. In the time since restarting, on what we have jointly achieved in the is often a true maxim, the opportunity the popularity has grown with a further partnership with Constructing Excellence presented by the unfortunate COVID-19 400 people having registered. in the past year by enhancing how and lockdown in March 2020 was one that what we offer as technology advances. needed to be grasped. Importantly we look forward to working with you the members who attend and make the events we host successful in the coming year. To continually seek to improve what we do please give us at LeadersMeets.com your feedback.

8 Annual Review 2020 Constructing Excellence South West 9 Marcoms The team has worked hard on promoting the Awards this year and while we have obviously faced challenges due to COVID-19 restrictions we have a The most significant change in our events and activities this year wonderful group of sponsors and an exciting shortlist that we continue to is of course the impact of lockdown, leading to a move online. promote on social media.

During the period we had huge support for our online webinars, 2020 has been a good year for Marcoms, workshops and Theme Group meetings and it has kept us busy all things considered, and certainly social media and working online has come into both promoting these on LinkedIn and Twitter, in our weekly its own even more during lockdown. Now e-shots and then with the necessary follow-ups. Emma Hannam that we’ve got the hang of Zoom calls and Team meetings, anything is possible!

Both our LinkedIn and Twitter pages have seen a good boost in followers and engagement this year and we hope the trend will continue. If you do not do it already, please do remember to ‘Like’, ‘Share’ and ‘Comment’ as much as possible on our social media posts. It is hugely helpful in promoting the CESW brand and getting the word out about what CESW has to offer. Our monthly newsletter continues to provide useful information and the feedback received has been most positive, for which we thank you. The regular Thought Leadership piece from Martyn Jones is especially well received and we thank him for imparting of his huge 2,064 impressions

knowledge for the good of our members CESW Awards Shortlist ANNOUNCED! and supporters. Huge congratulations to: @SRA_Architects @MidasGroupUk We now have a series of WhatsApp groups Group Ltd @GilbertandGoode on the following topics for members to @kierconstruct @nvbarchitects join: Climate Action, The Retrofit Agenda, @CORMACltd @robertslimbrick Modern Methods of Construction, @design_storey @MitchellArch Mental Health and Skills & Training for @reflow247 @STAtimber The Future. These WhatsApp groups were @BAMConstructUK @fgouldconnect initially created by Paul Read of Magna 1 , 4 1 8 impressions @ChurngoldGroup Housing for the use of CCG Theme Group We used Brace Creative web developers, The result is a slicker, more user-friendly A legal guide to off-site construction members only but are now open to all as they already had a good understanding website with our events and news The COVID-19 pandemic has put the CESW members to get involved with of our organisation from the inside, having featuring more strongly and our Clubs and construction sector in the spotlight and 2,220 impressions conversations on these topics. created the Gloucestershire Club website. Theme Groups being easily accessed. the use of off-site construction seems Director Nick Bracey is an active member Our new website will allow our members ‘Sector Response to COVID-19’ with Head The most exciting news this year is the even more relevant. bit.ly/3cumEd3 of the CESW Gloucestershire Club. We to update their company profiles and will of Constructing Excellence, Alison Nicholl. creation of our new website, timed to @MichelmoresLaw @Trowers can’t recommend them highly enough if give a space for member companies to CESW Leadersmeets Webinar – Register coincide with the publication of this @OsborneClarkeUK @BPE_Solicitors any member or supporter has a need for show job vacancies too. We hope that Now @CEBristolClub @constructingexc Annual Review and to be officially @bplsolicitors their services. members will also be inspired to send @CE_Glos @TheHub_Cornwall launched at the CESW online AGM in Member Blog pieces so that we can @CIH_HUB @BBCSpotlight on 25th November, 2020. continue to shout about the best and @BBCWiltshire brightest ideas, innovations and projects @bbcradiobristol @CEWales in the South West construction industry. Some of our top Tweets this year @cemidlands @ConExcellence

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Julia Davenport-Cooper Jamie Siggers Chair Chair Devon & Exeter Dorset Gloucestershire Like all clubs, the last twelve months has been The Bristol Club is at a crossroads in its long and an interesting and difficult time as we moved proud history. from ‘normal’ life to life under lockdown. Set up in 1999, it soon became the biggest and best club in the UK, with Club Secretary Andrew Carpenter being asked to head up the Understandably it has been difficult to build on the early national UK Club Network of 52 and join the CE Board from 2003- enthusiasm, built up since the re-launch in summer 2019, as we 2006. The annual Bristol Club Conference was the highlight of the have had to cancel events and activities during the second half annual calendar and the Here to Learn Workshops hosted by Martyn of the period. However, the regional webinars have given our Jones provided exceptional opportunities to share ‘best practice’. members the opportunity to maintain their regular access to ‘best Those involved at the beginning, Rob Knight, Stewart Pitteway and practice’. We are ending 2020 with an online Christmas Quiz and many others have moved on and the leadership mantle was passed to hope for a return to more normal operations in Q2 2021. Kevin Hibbs and now Jamie Siggers. The crossroads has been reached As ever, we seek more volunteers from across the supply chain, because administrative duties have been passed from the club to the who either live or work in and around Bath, to push the agenda regional centre as people’s time becomes more and more precious. Plymouth Somerset Swindon & Wiltshire forward in helping CE to implement the Roadmap to Recovery Membership has declined in the last couple of years, emphasised by throughout the South West. Our desire to learn and share ‘best the difficult conditions in 2020, and so 2021 provides an opportunity practice’, use that knowledge to positively influence change and to ensure the largest conurbation in the South West has a thriving provide an opportunity to network with forward thinking built and influential Best Practice Club. The combination of an enthusiastic environment professionals is as strong as ever. Bristol Club Committee, together with administrative services from the centre should see the club return to its former glory, with exciting plans for 2021 and beyond, including an exciting line-up of speakers for the March 2021 Conference, now incorporated into the Regional Summit.

Please do contact our chair Julia Davenport-Cooper Should you wish to be part of this exciting should you wish to receive more information at opportunity please contact Jamie Siggers at [email protected] [email protected] or join direct by visiting: or join direct by visiting: www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/ www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/ members/apply-for-regional-membership/ members/apply-for-regional-membership/

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Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic has not allowed us to have face to Members are attending the various theme groups and made use face meetings or arrange events, we have continued our quarterly of the CESW organised and supported webinar series. Cornwall Cornwall Hub meetings, including topical presentations to keep our Hub also has presence on the CESW Board. Over these routes, members informed and add value to our meetings. our members actively feed into regional and national discussions and bring back knowledge and best practice to Cornwall. In our first meeting of the year, still face to face, we heard a presentation from Cornwall Council on the Cornwall Design Guide, Our membership has grown this year, despite the pandemic, which was in consultation at that time and hub members had and we have made great progress in enhancing our LinkedIn the opportunity to feed back. We also adopted our governance (www.linkedin.com/company/cesw-cornwall-hub/) and document setting out our objectives and defining roles and Twitter (@ConstExCornwall) presence, using these media to requirements of the committee. keep contact with our members. This reflects our enhanced focus on members this year. We started a series of member profiles, Our committee was confirmed following the meeting and now which are periodically published via our social media, to give consists of 10 people, which has greatly helped to enhance the members a platform to promote their projects, best practice profile of our hub amongst businesses operating in the Cornwall and work. We also updated our CESW hosted webpage construction and development sectors. A new committee (www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/clubs/cornwall), including new chair, deputy chair and secretary was confirmed at which lists our members and showcases member profiles that the November 2020 meeting, with our new governance process have been prepared to date. Recently we started to trial Member allowing for the committee roles being reviewed on a yearly basis Meets, where members can request one to one introductions to to enable more members to get involved. Birgit Höntzsch Chair other members, in order to make up for some of the lack of wider Mike Borkowski Giles Blight Chair from November 2020 In our April meeting (held virtually), we listened to a presentation networking opportunities. Chairman about Biodiversity Net Gain, and the July meeting included a Overall, Cornwall Hub had a good year despite all the external presentation on the emerging Langarth Garden Village proposals, challenges and we look forward to a successful 2021. If you would a 4,500 homes development at the western end of Truro. Cornwall Hub had a successful year growing like to get involved in the Cornwall Hub please contact us through Following a well-attended online AGM The hub also contributed to Cornwall-specific consultations details set out on our webpage or our social media. its membership and broadening its reach on COVID-19 responses and strategies, feeding into policy midway through 2020, the club is gearing up into the local and regional construction development and wider strategic discussions. Many of Cornwall’s construction sites resumed to operate after a to provide its members with a valuable series period of adjusting to new rules related to COVID-19 compliance, and development industry. providing valuable employment opportunities, including for of events and activities in 2021. example projects at the Falmouth Exeter Plus Penryn Campus, Under the chairmanship of Mike Borkowski and with the assistance Acorn’s Ocean Liner Apartment Development and West Carclaze of Stephen Homer, Emma Osmundsen, Tanya Loosemore and Garden Village first phase construction. others, the plan is to collaborate with other Exeter based industry Cornwall is open for business. organisations to positively promote the necessary change agenda to ensure the industry that emerges post COVID-19 is not the same as the one that entered it. Like other clubs, the coronavirus has delayed our progress but not our determination to ensure the South West’s second biggest centre of business has a thriving CE ‘Best Practice’ Club as administrative duties move from the club to the regional centre.

Should you wish to receive more information Should you wish to be part of an exciting future please do contact our chair Birgit Höntzsch at please contact Mike Borkowski at [email protected] [email protected] or join direct by visiting: or join direct by visiting: www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/ https://www.constructingexcellencesw.org. members/apply-for-regional-membership/ uk/members/apply-for-regional-membership/

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Paul Read, Magna’s Head Site visit to Monkscroft of Development explained: Villas, Cheltenham with “Our focus is to build homes EG Carter our customers say they want: EG Carter – Monkscroft Villas attractive, affordable, healthy is the design and built project and well thought through that consists of demolition places to call home. Precision and redevelopment of a site engineering helps further to provide 27 new homes minimise the cost of heating, (25 apartments and 2 houses). Guided tour of live site (just over noise transfer between homes and promotes a feeling of safety in halfway through the build programme) well-designed homes set in attractive streets.” This was to be followed by a site visit to the Rollalong Factory in Wimborne, Dorset on the 2nd April. Unfortunately, this was Virtual Tour of Barnwood cancelled as a consequence of the pandemic. Construction Site adjacent to Silverstone Race Track Our 2020 programme was designed to focus on all that is best about the construction industry and the diverse array of challenges £20m project comprising the that we face on a daily basis. The theme of technology within the construction of 9 industrial industry was to be further explored in our planned summer event buildings with 13 individual Robin Thorpe Kevin Harris that was to raise the curtain on the Raising the Bar report. units and associated spine Chair Chair road. Barnwood Construction This report, by the Competence Steering Group of the are working for MEPC on this project. Michael Sparks Associates are Construction Leadership Council, was released in 2019 as the the architects on the project and the have designed the industrial first response to the Hackitt report.Raising the Bar is an interim buildings to reflect the high-end nature of the MEPC park. 2020 got off to a really great start with an report on competence schemes for all people working on high-risk Throughout the past 17 years, the CE Glos interesting and well attended event in Poole residential buildings. If implemented, it could be one of the biggest club has stood to represent the interests of shake-ups the industry has seen in decades. The report proposes that featured Mark Farmer, Co-Chair of some new competence frameworks for those working on high-risk the construction sector and act as a regional Shire Hall visit – Constructing Excellence, Paul Read, of Magna residential buildings, how they should be assessed and by whom. hub of the Constructing Excellence South Gloucestershire We anticipate that the role of technology in construction is the only County Council Housing, and Steve Chivers of Rollalong. West and national Constructing Excellence way that we can adequately complete quality assurance checks on A highly sustainable workplace The event, entitled ‘Modernise or Die: Can the scale that will be required. CE Dorset will be returning to this organisation. that has been responsibly and topic in 2021. dynamically transformed over innovation in construction resolve the housing COVID-19 has quite rightly dominated our thinking over the last 120 weeks and 85 phases. Our Autumn event was intended to be about the role of few months, but the way construction has responded to the crisis’, was about how technology base The use of sustainability Apprenticeships and training within the construction industry. The coronavirus crisis shows it can make the necessary changes ingenuities such as Thinfilm Technology Building Integrated Photo construction model can help to build better technology-based approach of volumetric housing is certainly needed to improve the sector. one way to attract the next generation of multi-skilled workers to Voltaics (BIPVS, new to the UK) in the external cladding system houses and more of them. design and construct future buildings. But it can’t be the only one. We successfully managed (where possible) to maintain and which generate the building’s own electricity – along with the deliver our monthly events programme (some virtually), which improved thermal envelope, high levels of insulation and a natural Greendale Construction are a balanced mix of site visits, seminars and excellent speakers. ventilation strategy consisting of integrated vents into the building were going to speak to the It’s great to see that we can offer a most amazing network for the fabric – means the development is self-sufficient, producing 1/3 Club at the STEM Centre in future, particularly for those in their early career, where they can of its annual energy requirements. Bournemouth and Poole enhance their knowledge, skills and experience so they can move Quattro Design Architects fully understood the client brief and, College about how they utilise forward in what is an exciting industry and become the future by working collaboratively with the client, contractor (Kier Apprenticeship Schemes to leaders of construction in the South West. Here is a small selection Construction), building control and key stakeholders, have procure talented young people of events in 2020: Should you wish to receive more information who may not have flourished produced fantastic results and an exemplar building contributing please do contact our chair Robin Thorpe at academically, but are committed to learning and developing a to achieving the client’s strategic sustainability goals by 2030. [email protected] trade which will enable them to prosper professionally. or join direct by visiting: This will remain an area of interest and significance for the next few www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/ years, so we will definitely incorporate education and skills into our programme in 2021. members/apply-for-regional-membership/

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Construction Insolvency: Lunchtime Talk A look at the challenging topic of insolvency with experts from BPE Solicitors and Crowe UK informed us on how to protect your construction business from the consequences of insolvency affecting another member of your project team: whether that be your client or your supplier. Anna Wood, a Senior Associate in the Construction & Engineering Team at BPE Solicitors (and also CE Glos Club Secretary), looked at preventative measures. Her talk focused on making best use of contract documents to ensure that should the worst happen (whether to your business or to someone else), your contract protects your business. Thomas Hall, a Senior Associate in the Commercial Litigation Team at BPE Solicitors looked at the impact of insolvency on litigation Peter Everitt Liz Bennett Carol Heneghan proceedings from both claimant and defendant perspective. Chair Chair Chair He also discussed the use of Statutory Demands in construction disputes and gave his top tips on litigation tactics. The following summary probably underplays The Somerset Club has always been an Like many, COVID-19 has further Steven Edwards, an Insolvency Practitioner at Crowe UK provided the amount of work that the club has put in interesting group with Hinkley Point C impacted in progressing setting up the practical information about the insolvency process, explained over the last 12 months: dwarfing all other work in the county. Swindon & Wiltshire Group. the timescales and costs associated with administration and liquidation and what creditors should expect. • Regular contributions to the Building Plymouth Covid Newsletter, However, the club works hard to ensure all aspects of county We still fundamentally believe there is a gap in the area to working with all of the other industry organisations in the city to life are considered when it comes to events and activities. provide a network for sharing knowledge and helping to support our industry with information and advice through these With the Gravity project planned for Bridgwater this will bring support the change agenda that construction is looking for unprecedented times. Sharing these via the CE Plymouth website. additional opportunities for the club to share ‘best practice’. to meet the challenges that COVID-19 and Brexit bring. I am pleased to say we now have a growing committee – more • Supporting PCC with their ‘Climate Emergency’ declaration and Our inaugural chair, Rod Burton, has resigned during the about this over the months to come; however, we are still collaborating with other local industry organisations to identify past twelve months and we are eternally grateful to his always looking for more team members. opportunities to share best practice. dedication and determination in helping to set up the club six years ago and then in driving it forward during his tenure We are now looking to bring forward our previously • Working with RIBA to plan the response to the Climate Emergency, as chairman. The club is now headed by Liz Bennett (chair) scheduled events impacted by COVID-19 involving major organising a programme of events for Q4 2020, looking at all things and Hannah Ranby (vice chair) and has a new agenda, with clients in the region. We are continuing our association with sustainable and how PCC can achieve their climate aspirations. a particular focus on SMEs which of course form the majority the Swindon and Wiltshire LEP and will be working on their • Financially supporting (via a short term loan, now fully repaid) of the county’s construction sector. initiatives around People and Skills. In particular, how we can a local business which was facing bankruptcy and multiple attract those who have lost jobs due to the pandemic into apprentice job losses as a result of COVID-19. the construction sector and how we can work with educators to ensure the education they are providing is meeting the requirements of construction businesses in the area.

If you’d like more information about Constructing For enquiries relating to Constructing Excellence Should you wish to learn more about the If you are interested in getting involved please get in touch Excellence Gloucestershire Club please contact Plymouth Club please feel free to email us on Somerset Club please contact Liz Bennett at with me, Carol Heneghan, Swindon & Wiltshire Club Kevin Harris at: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] or join direct by visiting: or join direct by visiting: or join direct by visiting: call 07899 878960 or join direct by visiting: www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/members/ www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/ www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/ www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/members/ apply-for-regional-membership/ members/apply-for-regional-membership/ members/apply-for-regional-membership/ apply-for-regional-membership/

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I took over as Chair of BIM I wanted to move the direction of BIM 4 BIM4Housing Housing towards a focus on residential Forum 4 Housing from Andrew developments. To this end, I pulled together CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE SW Carpenter in April of this year. a number of my contacts who I know are passionate to see improvements and we Reports BIM4Housing Construction Clients’ Andrew had been extremely connected with a number of their contacts, Group successful in organising well- creating an impressive team of experts. attended events that ran the Collaborative Working is at the heart gamut of the Housing sector. of BIM so, to overcome these silos, we established six Working Groups: Of course, in April, the country Operations, Construction, Advisory, had just entered lockdown Design, Development and Manufacturing – who could identify the challenges and a new buzz word had they encounter and suggest how Better entered the lexicon…Zoom! Information Management could resolve them. Traditional meet-up events We put the word out and within a couple were firmly off the agenda. of months we were ready to launch. We had representatives from companies George Stevenson right across the field. Health & Wellbeing Innovation & Procurement Chair Sustainability & Productivity

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Activity What we were, and are doing, has never In addition to the Working Groups, we We are also very actively involved in the We held our first meeting in June and really been done before. So, it has been have added Workstreams. Housing Data Standards Group, pooling our virtual community was full steam very much a learn-as-you-go experience. our experience, knowledge and ongoing These cover problems that are common ahead by July. All groups are meeting learnings from our BIM4Housing initiative. It was not just about identifying issues to all Working Groups and have every month and some more frequently, but putting together a series of ‘How To’ representation across the industry. Each We have a long journey ahead of us, with so we have already had 28 meetings. guides to help the industry, as a whole, Workstream is fed ‘issues’ by the Working ongoing legislation and ever-moving goal Our aims are clear. adopt BIM. Groups. They will then hold discussion posts, but the structures are developing groups among themselves and host issue- that will help manage and define our In most topic areas, those who are ‘To focus on the information element specific experts at round table sessions. industry’s future. I am proud to be a small passionate about change know what of BIM, i.e. how can better information Initial outputs will then be fed back to part of that and would welcome any of needs to be done to improve things. address the challenges we are all the Working Groups to ensure that each you to join our team. However, this can’t be achieved within experiencing each day – quality, cost, output is challenged and finally robust. programme and safety. 3D is valuable, a bunch of disparate ‘silos’. There needs Andrew Carpenter and his son James have but we need to engage with colleagues to be an environment that allows helped us produce some very professional and stakeholders who have other experts to share their ideas with other podcasts which you can find on Spotify perspectives.’ experts. These initial ideas can then be under BIM4Housing, or on our dedicated challenged and developed. I believe we website at https://bim4housing.com/ We are looking to identify what the are well on the way to achieving this. barriers are to BIM adoption, come up with examples of BIM benefits, identify things that need to be done and to agree a plan of action as to how these things can be done.

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There has been a recognition, strongly The move to virtual meetings has boosted health and wellbeing. We are not there yet, However, there were positives to take from the Construction highlighted through the COVID numbers coming to the meetings and Health & however, but I hope that going forward we survey particularly, with some good suggestions, Clients’ Group experience, that we as clients to the benefitting the network. The chat tools Wellbeing can generate the level of interest in this including for the theme group to seek out case CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE SW construction industry have a fundamental available in these platforms has allowed CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE SW aspect of our work which members bring studies, which is now being pursued. role to play in getting the right type of for connecting virtually during sessions to other areas of CESW activity. Given the current low level of interest in the recovery for us and our supply chains. and to discussing and questioning the The inaugural meeting of this theme group theme group by CESW members it has agreed This is all to make sure that the recovery presentations. This has given a rich supply was held in late January at Bristol Rovers to continue by joining forces with the CE moves us forwards to a procurement of feedback to the CESW team enabling FC and there were further meetings in Midlands group which has been more proactive environment that takes this golden us to better tailor to the needs of the CCG May and July, all it has to be said sparsely to date and has drafted a proposed short Health opportunity to work through the current members. attended. & Wellbeing Guide for members, which is a challenges to collaborate for a better and As we look forwards to a world where resource we can share. more integrated supply chain for the Nevertheless, the discussions within these most of what we have ever commissioned massive challenges we face for the future. have been meaningful and areas of health Meanwhile, the increasing mental health issues as clients now needs to be retrofitted and and wellbeing that impact particularly the arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and the The evidence from the past shows anything new really needs to be right first construction sector in the South West have first lockdown are being fully recognised just the clients’ pivotal role and concludes time to avoid adding to the enormity of been at the fore. While acknowledging the as we are as a nation in a second lockdown Paul Read that we must resist any temptation by the retrofit challenge, we need more than Howard Betts information available in both the business that will add further to the issues of declining Chair procurement teams to go for single stage ever to collaborate as clients. Indeed the Chair environment and public domain, it was mental health of workers. The cost of this on lowest price tendering. If we do this, the stakes have never been higher for failure decided it was important for the theme every business sector will be high and the group feels and fear that we will get the to collaborate. The work we have started in group to deliver something pertinent construction sector, already one of the highest As we end the year, the adversarial construction industry we 2020 creates that stable platform to build Mental Health has come to and focused upon the needs of CESW sectors for suicide, will not be immune. deserve. for the future. Construction Clients’ Group the foreground as an issue members. Understanding these needs was There are many positives sides to health and To this end, a major piece of work with So to conclude, our group’s mission is agreed as a priority best achieved through has discussed and been this year, driven in particular wellbeing, recognised by many organisations Nottingham Trent University to create a ‘To provide high-impact leadership in a survey of members. which our members now need to recognise. stimulated by a range of top new guide for clients around best practice encouraging and supporting collaboration by the demands placed The survey was sent out following our May A leadership that is proactive rather than in procurement and integration has been with a particular emphasis on improving class speakers, all subject on us all as a result of the meeting – which featured an extremely reactive, with an effective, fully functioning commissioned and builds on the great procurement and raising productivity’ informative presentation from Mates in health and wellbeing policy in place can matter experts in the key work and new experience since the and in 2020 we have certainly moved COVID-19 situation. Mind on ‘The Impact of COVID-19 on save precious financial resources – not an Client Commitments best practice guide forwards with practical tools and inspiring themes that we set out as As with a number of social and economic Mental Health Wellbeing at Work’ – and insignificant feature in an industry that works on was first published. The onus on us as debate toward this goal. I want to thank issues highlighted during COVID, this is the results reviewed when we met in July. low margins. For example, the average time off our key priorities for the year clients is to truly understand the need all the speakers and the contributors, the both worrying and also an opportunity to work for a person suffering from a mental health we are seeking to address through the existing and new members and all those Although the survey was sent to the when we had our real world continue to destigmatise mental health, issue is six weeks – time that not only costs construction, to define what success is who support the group for making this complete CESW member database and meetings, prior to adapting broaden the conversation as a country in pure financial terms of salary but one that and to procure the team and supply chain year both enjoyable and productive amidst followed up twice, it generated only 35 and within our own industry and support impacts productivity and performance. to the world of virtual that best delivers this. the backdrop of unprecedented challenge. employees and employers in addressing responses, disappointingly fewer than meetings and events. and improving our approach to it. 4% of the membership. The majority Research from all quarters shows around 50% of responses, some 90%, were from of workers have reported issues related to I hope we’d all agree that CESW should organisations already committed to health declining mental health in the last few months. take a leadership position in this and wider and wellbeing. There is unanimous agreement this is an issue that is only likely to increase, for example the knowledge we now have with PTSD shows it Our survey gave us some positive feedback: The Health & Wellbeing can take some six months to fully impact and Guide for members • 100% think it is important for organisations to support reveal itself in an individual: the worst is yet to employee wellbeing; come.

Mental health in Key themes for 2020 the construction Mental health is a now a major issue of the • 95% thought their organisation understood the industry business case for wellbeing; A how-to guide COVID-19 pandemic and will affect a high • Climate action number of people over the coming months • 81% thought it was priority for their business and was and years many of whom will be in your • The retrofit agenda supported from the top of the organisation; workforce. My call to action to our membership to help make CESW a leader – stand up, take • Modern methods of contracting • Only 50% knew of good wellbeing practice in the SW; ownership and join this theme group now and • Mental health • 100% wanted to see the Theme Group share latest start making a positive difference, for leadership • Skills and training for the future thinking and material. Providing an Industry of Opportunity is about ‘doing’ and making a difference.

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This was an output from an exercise in one of our workshops where we developed our purpose! However, early in lockdown I was able to • Identify lessons learnt during the Innovation & Procurement allow the past P&P Chair, Martyn Jones, to COVID pandemic to be ready for a Sustainability & Productivity stand down after many years leading this second spike CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE SW CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE SW Group, and allow him to focus on his many • Cost vs value to Bristol’s Nightingale other CE and outside related interests. Hospital My first couple of tasks have been to • Pros and cons of construction endeavour to speak with all members of management as a procurement the Group to see what they want, and to method examine if some of the historic actions had life left in them or needed to take a seat. • Supply chain management – How to get the best from it We also took the opportunity to pass comments from the Group back to CLC • Is procurement the ‘Elephant in the on their Roadmap to Recovery. Perhaps Room’? the most important message being that if people and businesses had continuity • The CLC Roadmap to Recovery Philippa Garnett Andrew Brown of workload, they would be able to do the Chair Chair • Standardising site inductions across right things which we see as collaboration, the industry innovation and investing in people to give Our October Teams Meeting investigated Homes need to be energy efficient We need to think about how we use improved outcomes, rather than maintain As a group we have been Clearly the impact of the these topics and selected which topics so people’s bills are not increased and design our technology to be smarter the same old tired ways of doing business they would like to get involved with. exploring our purpose and exponentially through home working. and more sustainable. A balance COVID pandemic has almost which would bring no improvement. how best we can work in the Questions need to be raised to clients needs to be struck between increased monopolised peoples Alongside this, just as the industry was Finally, so that members can share about ever pressing issues such as ventilation rates and larger plant to help new challenges that have thinking in the last 6 months. getting back on its feet after lockdown, learning across the entire CE platform, overheating, repurposing space and us flush out and lessen contamination we started to set the agenda for what we have been preparing a one or two faced us this year. reuse of buildings. and energy use. Perhaps now is the In most cases it has changed we would like to investigate in this new page case study template for members time to design buildings passively with to showcase best practice, as well as Can the offices we are designing be used their working lives and in term after the summer break, and so The role we must play as an industry openable windows and appropriate identify some of the barriers they are as a multi-purpose space, can the arena far we have a number of exciting topics regarding sustainability and reducing our shading, rather than focusing on some cases even their struggling with to allow others to build be turned into a hospital? We must learn suggested for investigation as listed below. impact on the planet has not diminished increasing air conditioning which will upon what is going on elsewhere from good examples of collaboration and availability to contribute to the through this crisis – it has shown us lead to more global emissions. related to procurement and productivity procurement procedures asking: how that we can act and we can change! P&P Theme Group’s activities. throughout the industry. A glimmer of hope perhaps. Nightingale does it? What were the good It's time to reframe how we talk about points? What were the things that went passive design measures, energy During the initial lockdown we undertook less well? Let’s be honest and open. efficiency, whole life cycle costing and a workshop which focused on exploring circular economy. Let’s learn from the It’s time to change. From demolishing sustainability in a crisis. crisis to make positive steps towards and rebuilding, using outdated methods safer and sustainable buildings. As an industry we thought about how we of concrete and steel, we need robust, can design better — what does a future How-to Guide to adaptive, renewable use of materials. Our purpose as a group is to encourage Best Practice home look like now? It shouldn’t be just How can we use offsite manufacturing, collaboration to influence and enable Procurement about designing to the minimum space modular construction and modern sustainability and innovation to build a requirements, we should be providing: methods of construction to support resilient future in the South West and continued construction? The benefits of beyond. Something we now just have to • space in dwellings fewer workers on site, controlled working live up to! environments and faster construction for home offices can help us future proof how we can get • flexiblespaces things built. • gardens • allotments • nearby parks • amenities Providing an Industry of Opportunity

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To help clients when making difficult The theme group has had two major The discussion afterwards questioned 2 Project work Quality decisions about what type of building Smart strands to its activity over the past year: whether one needed BIM to operate A project to showcase manufacturers of offsite they require, it was decided to produce digitally. Is it an integrated part of a solutions in the South West and in the long & Compliance Cons truction 1 Knowledge sharing by means of an Enlightened Client’s Guide to Quality. CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE SW blockchain contract? Could one just term to develop a community of interest. CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE SW presentations, discussions and have very simple operating instructions The guide will promote a collaborative webinars from experts in the field: In May, as a result of the discussion on and then on completion it would and integrated approach to quality and We started off the year in November with ‘How to Move the Offsite and Digital Agenda enable payment and contract fulfilment compliance and provide a platform for a visit to the Rollalong Factory where we Forward’, we started a project to find out mechanisms? Did one really need to the industry to understand ‘what good were able to view the assembly line and who the manufacturers of modular and reinvent BIM models for every project or looks like’. some of the modules that Rollalong were offsite systems for both residential and non- could there just be open source overlays making. They talked us through their step residential projects are in the South West. The Quality and Compliance Theme and people add to them as necessary? by step QA process which ensures that Group is tasked with producing this The initial output is to be a map and directory all processes are checked and signed off There then followed a discussion of how guide. The whole Group has met four that will be available on the CESW website as before the modules move to the next we should be doing things differently in times this year so far and there is a an information resource. Identified actions stage. We also had the opportunity to a post-lockdown world – what are the sub-group looking at the wording of the were to: look at the prototype three-bedroom implications for offsite and digital and quality and compliance questions. Richard Kochanski Mary Bennell house just produced for Magna Housing how can we push the agenda forward. Chair Currently, it is envisaged that the guide Chair Group and a two-bedroom house • Draw up a list of manufacturers based At the meeting in July, Jez Sweetland and will be in three parts to reflect its target produced to Passive house standards. on local knowledge and research Ellen Grist from the Bristol Housing Festival audiences: The CESW Quality and The SMART Construction At our February Meeting we had a and Philip Stott from YTKO presented, • Contact those on the list to explain the presentation from Chris Gatehouse providing details of the Innovate Project project and get their agreement for their Compliance Theme Group Theme Group mission is to of Trimble Solutions entitled Digital – ‘Enabling Housing for Inclusive Growth’. details to be shared Grows Up (how virtual reality can be The consortium, led by YTKO, 9 modular was set up in February 1 share knowledge and foster • Publicise the initiative on social media An executive summary to help used to further efficiency and quality in providers, Bristol City Council, Bristol 2020. Historically projects clients consider the quality and collaborative working within construction). He brought along some VR Housing Festival and the BRE, will work to • Develop information and map showing compliance issues for their project. headsets which attendees were able to promote the use of modular and offsite where the manufacturers were located are driven by time, cost the digital technology and try out to experience the benefits of VR. construction and routes to delivery. and quality. Normally only offsite sectors in the South • Publish the information on the CESW 2 The second part of the meeting was a The discussion afterwards was wide website and promote to clients and A list of quality and compliance two of these drivers can West, signposting work in these presentation and discussion by Gerald ranging and most lively and covered other stakeholders in the South West be delivered. This causes questions for clients and their fields being done by others. Crittle on the project sponsored by the many views on the challenges to advisors operating in various sectors CITB to increase digital inclusion amongst delivering offsite construction in the • Develop a set of South West specific conflict for the client, of the built environment to consider. The work of the theme SMEs in the construction sector. UK and what the key enables were. case studies and publish them on the particularly as it is difficult This will include information for the CESW website one-off domestic client. group has been given added The 12th May meeting – the first online All the presentations and notes of the to demonstrate the tangible meeting – was a presentation from Dr Jim meetings to date are saved on the Smart • Provide links to other useful sources impetus by the CLC Roadmap Mason of UWE on Smart Contracts and Construction Theme Group page. of information and guidance benefits of a building 3 Blockchain. The session was based on A table of quality and compliance to Recovery that has placed work for his forthcoming book Innovation through improved quality best practice and resources guidance A core group combined their respective offsite as one of the key and Construction Law. He covered the available. This captures all the good knowledge and research to come up with and compliance across the ‘as is’ of today and our transition to a ‘to work done in this field such as the measures to produce the a list of manufacturers. So far, we have be’ position via the steps in between. asset lifecycle. RIBA Plan of Work and the RIBA/ necessary transformation in identified 24 manufacturers based in the RICS / CIOB Building in Quality. South West and most have been contacted. construction in a post COVID 13 have responded positively to an offer to

be part of a list and map point directory on The CESW Construction Clients’ Group world to ‘sustain economic our website. This work will be part of the will be asked to test the guide before growth through the adoption development of the new CESW website to be publication. It is planned that the guide launched in the next two months. will be available on the CESW website of digital and manufacturing in the second quarter of 2021. technologies to consistently The next steps in this project are to discuss the development of a community of interest deliver low carbon, sustainable with these manufacturers to promote South and better quality outputs and West suppliers. outcomes’ .

28 Annual Review 2020 Constructing Excellence South West 29 South West 2020 Awards

The date of the awards this Conservation & Regeneration Award Willmott Dixon year has moved several Digital Construction Award times due to the COVID-19 Bamboo Consulting

restrictions. We were very Health, Safety & Wellbeing Award keen to hold a physical EDF Energy Bristol Winner of Winners Building Project Civil Engineering event but as challenges Innovation Award of the Year Project of the Year have continued it has Xtratherm eventually been decided Integration & Collaborative Main Sponsor Working Award to hold an online event. Headline Sponsor and Bouygues UK Winner of Winners Award We are pleased to Southern Construction Framework Offsite Award announce that the CESW Aquarian Cladding We have a wonderful group of People Development Award 2020 Awards will now sponsors and an exciting shortlist. Weston College take place online on 4th Project nomination images make Client of the Year Conservation and Digital Construction Health, Safety and up this Annual Review cover collage. SME of the Year Regeneration Award Award Wellbeing Award December 2020 at 4pm. CITB This will enable our SW Category Sponsors Building Project of the Year Sustainability Award Regional winners to go Scotframe Timber Engineering Ltd University of the West of England

forward to the National Civil Engineering Project of the Year Value Award Awards and not impact Royds Withy King Bylor next year’s SW Awards. Client of the Year G4C Future Leader Award Halsall SRA Architects

Innovation Award Integration and Offsite Award People Development Collaborative Working Award Sponsors and partners Award

SME of the Year Sustainability Award Value Award G4C Future Leader Award

30 Annual Review 2020 Constructing Excellence South West 31 CESW Awards Shortlist 2020

Building Project of the Year Civil Project of the Year Award Conservation & Rejuvenation Award G4C Future Leader Award Integration & Collaborative Offsite Award Working Award Chestnut Nursery Longrock Coastal Defence and Formal House, Cheltenham Zoe Hilditch – Cormac Solutions Brue Farm, Highbridge Footprint Architects Ltd, Habitat Protection Roberts Limbrick Ltd, Formal Investments, Jack Turner – BAM Construction Bradford Park Flats Keepmoat Homes Ltd, Homes England, Ilke Homes Sheltered Work Opportunities Project, Cormac Solutions Ltd, Cornwall Council, Barnwood Construction Ltd, Chris Watts – Obedair Ltd Mi-space (UK) Limited, Curo, Provelio, Why is the time right for offsite in a Greendale Construction Ltd European Regional Development AGM Services Ltd, Yiangou Architects, Callum Yeowell – Gilbert & Goode Fulkers Bailey Russell, BDP, Hydrock challenging housing market Fund, Spalding Associates, Simpson Associates, ESDP, Devonport Towers Internal Sprinkler Bristol Airport Southside Capacity South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA), Cornwall Archaeological Unit Cheltenham BC Works & External Fire Protection Health, Safety & Wellbeing Award Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd, Bristol Magna Housing, Rollalong Ltd, SWPA, Measures The Wave, Bristol LUXE Fitness Airport, R&M Williams, Kier Construction, Complex Asset Management Solutions Ltd Devonport Towers Internal Mi Space UK Ltd, Plymouth Community Andrew Scott Ltd, The Wave Group Ltd, Design Storey Architects, Mann Williams Premier Modular, Washtec, Hydrock, Sprinkler Works & External Fire Homes, Bailey Partnerships Hydrock, APG Architecture, Ward Williams Consulting, Cotswold Transport Planning, Todd Architects, Stride Treglown, Ward Protection Measures People Development Award Associates Acoustic Consultants Ltd, RL Leech, Williams, Currie & Brown, Amber Freedom Centre UK Mi Space UK Ltd, Plymouth Community Oxford Architects, CSJ Planning Management, National Air Traffic Services Curtins SRA Architects, Freedom Centre UK, Yeovil Western Corridor Homes, Bailey Partnerships Sweet Construct Beard Construction, Mann Williams, Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd, Premier Inn, Penzance Kings Heavy Haulage, Avonmouth Figbury Lodge Care Home Nuttall Engineering, E3 Consulting Somerset CC Axiom Architects LLP, Whitbread PLC, Churngold Construction Ltd, Atkins Ltd, Bournemouth Christchurch & Engineers, Mach Acoustics, The Richards Midas Construction Ltd, Jenks Associates Lancer Scott, Alder King, T M Ventham, SME of the Year Award Poole Council, Faithful & Gould, Stepnell, Partnership, Peter Evans Partnership Ltd, Turley Planning, Simpson Associates, Massey Cladding Solutions Client of the Year Award Rentec Baqus Construction, BRCS Building Coreus Group Hi Tech and Digital Centre Shire Hall Halsall Construction Ltd Nationwide Building Society Control Kew An Gew, Praze An Beeble – Midas Group, South Devon College, Kier Construction Central, Hercules Site Services Ltd North Devon District Council Affordable Housing Midas Construction, LHC Design, Stanborough Barns Gloucestershire CC, Quattro Design South Devon College Gilbert and Goode Ltd, Ocean Housing Torbay Development Agency, Bovey Constructing Ltd, Stewart Towe, Architects, Adams Fletcher & Partners Ltd, Trewin Design Architects, WSP Michael Grubb Studio Moxley Mcdonald Architects, Queste Sustainability Award South West Community Structured Consulting, Devon Building Re-flow mobile workforce Kew An Gew, Praze An Beeble MJ Church, Highways England, Aggregate Green Infrastructure for Growth Control management software Affordable Housing Industries, Barrier Services, Carnell Cormac Solutions Ltd, Cornwall Council, Re-flow Gilbert and Goode Ltd, Ocean Housing Sustainability Hub University of Group, Cemex, Chevron, CRL, Dbi/ATM Cornwall Environmental Consultants Ltd, University of Exeter, ERDF Ltd, Trewin Design Architects, WSP Plymouth STA Assure Scheme Incorporating Ltd, Dyer and Butler, Dynniq, FM Conway, Mitchell Architects Ltd, University of Site Safe Policy Forest, Hankinson, Hanson, HW Martin Royal National Hospital for Realising the Circular Economy Plymouth, Randall & Simmonds Quantity Structural Timber Association Safety Fencing, iDeverde, J McCann, Kier, Rheumatic Diseases & Brownsword at a Landscape Scale Surveyors, SML Contracts, Jenkins & Potter R&W Civil Engineering, Ringway, Route Therapies Barnhill – Sanctus Structural Engineers, Hulley & Kirkwood One Infrastructure, SWH Group, Volker Kier Construction, Royal United Hospitals Mechanical & Electrical Engineers, Innovation Award Laser, Wilson & Scott, WJ Group, WJ SW Seaton Beach Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Integral, Seaton Beach Developments Ltd, JAW Sustainability Clifford House M H Massey, RB Flooring, St Sidwells Point Leisure Centre Classic Builders Ltd, Gale & Snowden Architects, Kier Construction, The Student Housing Horbury Carpentry, Total Laminates Kier Regional Building – Western & Randall Simmonds LLP, Fords South West Ltd, Digital Construction Award Company, Whittam Cox Architects Wales, Exeter City Council, Southern Shire Hall Allwood Buildings Ltd, Structurehaus Hercules Construction Jobs – Construction Framework, WARM Low Kier Construction Central, Boosting SME construction firm Unique mobile recruitment app Energy Building Practice, Gwork Gloucestershire CC, Quattro Design productivity through digital solutions Value Award Architects, Adams Fletcher & Partners House Builder XL Ltd T/A HBXL Building Hercules Site Services Ltd X Keys Refurbishment Project, Software, UK Pro-Build Ltd, University of Exeter Hi Tech and Digital Centre Somerset Energy Innovation Hub Royal National Hospital Faithful & Gould, University of Exeter, Midas Group, South Devon College, Phase 2&3 (SEIC 2&3) Re-flow for Rheumatic Diseases & Morgan Sindall Construction Ltd, Midas Construction, LHC Design, Willmott Dixon Construction, Brownsword Therapies Centre St Sidwell’s Point Leisure Centre Atkins Ltd, Sands Consulting Engineers, Torbay Development Agency, Somerset County Council, AWW, Kier Construction, Royal United Hospitals Kier Construction Western and Wales, Services Design Solutions Ltd, Into Heat Michael Grubb Studio Mott MacDonald, Capita, BREEAM Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Integral, Exeter City Council M H Massey, RB Flooring, Shire Hall Wootton Basset Infant School – Horbury Carpentry, Total Laminates Kier Construction Central, Gloucestershire CC, replacement classrooms Quattro Design Architects, Adams Fletcher & Partners NVB Architects, Wiltshire Council, Bray & Slaughter, Faithful & Gould, Somerset Energy Innovation Hub Atkins, Hydrock Phase 2&3 (SEIC 2&3) Willmott Dixon Construction, Somerset County Council, AWW, Mott MacDonald, Capita, BREEAM

32 Annual Review 2020 Constructing Excellence South West 33 National Members

National Members

34 Annual Review 2020 Constructing Excellence South West 35 Regional Members and Industry Partners

A C F J P T ADHPRO Ltd C G Fry & Son Falmouth Exeter Plus J&G Fencing Ltd Penny Wood Talks Taylor Lewis Partnership ADP Architecture Ltd CADCOE (Construction & Design FBE (Forum for the Built JBP Associates Pinpoint Mapping Teign Housing Centre of Excellence) Environment) Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd Plymouth City Council Tempo Housing Modular UK/Ireland CBI Wales Federation of Master Builders Andrew Scott Limited J Plymouth Community Homes Tercon Ltd Churngold Construction Fenster Ltd Aquarian Cladding Systems Ltd John Savage Consulting & Coaching Prenn Limited Thorpe Engineering Consultants Ltd CITB – Construction Industry Training Foot Anstey Arcadis LLP Board Thrings LLP Fulkers ARV Solutions Cornerstone Housing K R Train4All Construction Academy Ashfords LLP Cornwall Council Kay Elliott Architects Re-flow Treveth Holdings LLP G Atkins Global Ltd Cornwall Environmental Consultants Richard Kochanski RGB Recruitment Ltd Truro Penwith College Gilbert & Goode Ltd Austin-Smith:Lord Ltd (CEC) Ltd RIBA South West Truro Timber Frame Ltd Gleeds Autodesk CoTrain L RICS Curo Group Gloucestershire Construction Training Group LABC Rider Levett Bucknall U B Gloucestershire County Council Lacey Hickey & Caley Rollalong UK BIM Alliance D BAM Construction Ltd Graitec Ltd Lean Construct Ltd Royds Withy King LLP UWE DCA PR Bamboo Technology Group Ltd Gwella Contracting Services Ltd LiveWest Homes Ltd RPS Group Bath & North East Somerset Council Design Review Ltd W Desmonde Associates Ltd BCP Council H M S Ward Williams Associates Devon Contractors Ltd BDP – Building Design Partnership Hafren Ousque Magna Housing Safety In Design Western Building Consultants Ltd Devon County Council Beard (E W Beard Ltd) Halsall Construction Ltd Mann Williams Scape Group Weston College Dowlas Property Group Ltd Bevan Brittan LLP Hastoe Housing Association Marshalls SECBE Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd Bournemouth Property Association Holistic Housing Solutions Mendip District Council Sedgemoor District Council Wiltshire Council E Bouygues UK Home Builders Federation Met Office Somerset County Council East Devon District Council Bridgwater & Taunton College Homes England Michelmores LLP South Hams & West Devon District X Executive Development Council Bristol Airport Homes for Scotland Mid Devon District Council Xtratherm UK Ltd Exeter City Council South West Project Management Bristol Housing Festival (Part of HSE Midas Group Bristol City Council) Southern Construction Framework Exeter City Living Morgan Sindall Construction Y British Safety Council Stantec I Yarlington Housing Group Bromford – merged with Stepnell Ltd Merlin Housing Society ICE N structureHaus Buildeco Offsite Architecture Igloo Regeneration National Composites Centre Supply Chain Sustainability School Building Greater Exeter Innovate UK National Housing Federation Sweet Construct Ltd – previously Buro Happold Ltd NHBC H Sweet & Sons Ltd Bylor NVB Architects Ltd Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership SWMAS Ltd (Somerset Innovation Centre)

36 Annual Review 2020 Constructing Excellence South West 37 Club Members

Bath Bristol Cornwall Hub Devon & Exeter Dorset Somerset Swindon & Wiltshire Bath & North East Somerset ADP Architects Acorn Blue Devon Contractors Ltd ADP Architecture Ltd Bridgwater & Taunton College Atkins Ltd (Atkins Global) Council Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd Arcadis Cornwall ADHPRO Ltd BCP Council Bylor Beard Swindon Beard Andrew Scott Limited Bailey Partnership Arcadis LLP Bennington Green Ltd Campbell Reith Hill LLP Bouygues UK Buro Happold Ltd Aquarian Cladding Systems Ltd Building with Frames Ashfords LLP Bournemouth Property Association Design Review Ltd Buildeco Offsite Architecture Curo Group Austin-Smith:Lord Ltd CITB Truro Building Greater Exeter C G Fry & Son Dowlas Property Group Ltd Igloo Regeneration Kier Construction BDP Classic Builders CITB – Construction Industry Hastoe Housing Association EDF Energy Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Mann Williams Training Board Partnership Beard Ltd Cormac Solutions Ltd Magna Housing Hafren Ousque MEA Cornerstone Housing UWE (University of the West of Bevan Brittan LLP Cornwall Consultants Ltd MC Plan & Site Services Ltd Kier Construction England) Martin Veal Devon Contractors Ltd Bouygues UK Ltd Cornwall Council Morgan Sindall Mendip District Council Wiltshire Council Merlin Housing Society – Devon County Council now part of Bromford Bristol Airport Cornwall Environmental Consultants Reeves James Safety In Design (CEC) Ltd Exeter City Council Michelmores Fulkers Rollalong Sedgemoor District Council Desmonde Associates Ltd Exeter City Living Royds Withy King Gleeds RPS Group Setsquare Falmouth Exeter Plus Faithful & Gould South West Project Management Halsall Construction Space Industries Limited Somerset County Council Foot Anstey LLP Fenster Ltd Temple Bright J&G Fencing Ltd Stepnell Ltd Somerset West & Taunton Council Frame UK Foot Anstey LLP Turner & Townsend Suiko JBP Associates Thorpe Engineering Consultants Ltd Taunton Deane Borough Council & Gilbert & Goode Ltd Holistic Housing Solutions West Somerset Council Western Building Consultants Ltd Lean Construct Ltd Gwella Contracting Services Ltd Kay Elliott Architects Train4All Construction Academy Richard Kochanski Hewaswater Engineering Limited Kier Weston College Rider Levett Bucknall Hoare Lea LiveWest Homes Ltd Xtratherm UK Ltd Royds Withy King LLP Lacey Hickey & Caley Met Office Sweet Construct Ltd – previously H Sweet & Sons Ltd Marshalls Michelmores Tempo Housing – individual Midas Group Mid Devon District Council Deborah Smyth Morgan Sindall Midas Construction Ltd Tercon Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole Penny Wood Talks Thrings LLP Architects Ltd Re-flow Willmott Dixon Prenn Limited South Hams & West Devon District Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust Council Stephens Scown LLP structureHaus SWPA Taylor Lewis Partnership Treveth Holdings LLP Teign Housing Truro Penwith College Ward Williams Associates Truro Timber Frame Ltd Yarlington Housing Group Ward Williams Associates Women in Property (WiP) Wood WSP

38 Annual Review 2020 Constructing Excellence South West 39 What is Constructing Excellence?

Creating an Industry of Opportunity Benefits of Membership Regional Members Club Members Constructing Excellence is a not for profit Objectives Theme Groups Clubs Constructing Excellence South West Any regional member of Constructing Club Membership within the South West think tank and best practice organisation provides practical support by providing Excellence South West has access across falls into two categories: charged with improving the performance of Sharing BIM4Housing Bath members with the following benefits: the South West events, activities and clubs 1 Self-contained clubs i.e. Gloucester and the UK construction industry for the benefit Influencing Construction Clients Group Bristol • Networking managed from the South West Centre Plymouth. Membership fees are set by of its clients and all stakeholders. It is a • Learn and share best practice principles (i.e. Bath, Bristol, Cornwall Hub, Devon Networking Health & Wellbeing Cornwall each individual club. platform for industry improvement to deliver Innovation & Sustainability Devon & Exeter • Knowledge transfer & Exeter, Dorset, Somerset and Swindon better value for clients, industry and users • Enhance profitability / productivity & Wiltshire Clubs). Within your regional Procurement & Productivity Dorset 2 Clubs managed from the South West through collaborative working – excellence • Improve understanding membership is an entitlement for one centre i.e. Bath, Bristol, Cornwall Hub, Quality & Compliance Gloucestershire through collaboration. It does not receive • Access to tools individual from your organisation to also Devon & Exeter, Dorset, Somerset and Smart Construction Plymouth funding from any government source and • Peer intelligence join the individually administered Club of Swindon & Wiltshire. Membership Fees: is therefore self-funding. For many parts of Somerset • Increased business opportunities their choice (i.e. Gloucester and Plymouth). Organisations £230, Individuals £115. Constructing Excellence the main form of Swindon & Wiltshire • Discounted access to conferences, Regional membership does NOT entitle income is received via membership. seminars and workshops its employees to discount from National • Club Membership does not include • Raise profile in the region events where published. participation in any of the Theme Groups. • Influence the change agenda / industry Membership rates start from as little as £115 * Club membership does NOT entitle its / Government for individuals / £230 for companies and employees to discount from National are set according to industry spend (clients) or Regional events where published. Along with discounts to CESW events, or business size (contractors/suppliers/ Club members only receive discounts the most benefits are gained by active consultants). Full details can be found at for their OWN club events. involvement in the work of CESW, www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/ particularly the Theme Groups, South West Clubs are encouraged to members/join-today and with this in mind we would publicise their events and activities Outcome led procurement urge members to join the groups. through the CESW website to ensure The view from How-to Guide to Guide to appointing When members join (National or Regional) the supply chain Best Practice an Architect as wide an audience as possible. Procurement they are asked if they would like to become Membership Overview members of any Theme Groups. These In essence the entire Constructing various groups are: In Summary Excellence network is looking for individuals National Members receive National, and organisations who want to ‘improve • BIM4Housing Regional and Bath, Bristol, Cornwall the performance of the UK construction • Construction Clients’ Group Hub, Devon & Exeter, Dorset, Somerset industry’ through collaborative working (clients only) and Swindon & Wiltshire Club discounts and an integrated supply chain and all • Health & Wellbeing as though they are regional and club that brings. Contributing to the CE pot • Innovation & Sustainability members. Construction provides the resources needed to ensure Mediation • Procurement & Productivity Regional Members receive regional and Guide and Protocol Providing an Industry of Opportunity Innovation Best Practice Productivity this happens, as has been proved by those • Quality & Compliance Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon & Exeter, already actively engaged. There are three • Smart Construction Dorset, Somerset and Swindon & Wiltshire levels of membership; National, Regional Club discounts as though they are club Construction Note 1 Note Construction Advice Advice Note and Club. Regional members can display their members. VAT ‘reverse Construction Legal guide company profile and logo on the CESW charging’ for the by numbers to off-site construction sector 2 Constructing Excellence South West A manufacturing National Members website and will have access to the Club Members only receive discounts Any national member of Constructing members area of the website. for their OWN clubs. Excellence has access to all regional With the launching of our new website activities and events and clubs managed * Regional membership does NOT entitle Development memberships will be managed via the finance from the South West centre, i.e. Bath, its employees to discount from National A best practice website and will renew annually on the guide to lending Bristol, Cornwall Hub, Devon & Exeter, events where published. anniversary of joining. Dorset, Somerset and Swindon & Wiltshire

Clubs. This means that personnel from a To join, visit: national member of CE enjoy the same www.constructingexcellencesw.org.uk/ privileges, in terms of discounted events

Innovation Best Practice Productivity A Legal guide to off-site manufacturing Constructing Excellence South West A Innovation Best Practice Productivity A Legal guide to off-site manufacturing members/join-today etc., as regional membership.

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