Introduction to BSRIA Making buildings better
Presented by Michael Doig Tracey Tilbry July 2016
What will you find out today
2 Making buildings better BSRIA & WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff
. WSP a founder member of BSRIA . Tom Smith BSRIA Chairman (twice)
. Member point of contact at WSP – Richard Tudor
. All offices are covered by membership
3 Making buildings better BSRIA
A test, consultancy, instrument, research and market research organisation
Specialists in construction and building services
Member based association
Our values are to be authoritative, collaborative, independent and innovative
Our Mission is to
• Make Buildings Better
4 Making buildings better History of the BSRIA name
Formed as the H&V Became the BSRIA trading Research Council Building name established Services Research And Information Association
1955 1975 2000
5 Making buildings better Key statistics
• £13.7M (2014-15) Turnover • 23% exported
• 185 Staff • 4,000 square metres of laboratory space Operations • Offices in UK, France, Spain, China, United States, Japan and Brazil
Contractors
• Over 720 corporate Consulting engineers Membership members Manufacturers
Clients and building operators Academics, institutions and associations
0 100 200
6 Making buildings better Turnover breakdown
7 Making buildings better BSRIA Membership
Membership Services
. Access to Information via: – Information Centre Experts – Library loans, eg British Standards – Technical support & experts – Market Experts – Published research – sent quarterly – Free consultancy – BSRIA Business Bulletin – Webinars – Delta T
9 Making buildings better Member Networks (Continual evolution)
• O&M Benchmarking • Energy & Sustainability • Chief Engineers • BIM • Innovation • Soft Landings • Young Engineers • Residential • Chief Executives
10 Making buildings better On-line Member Services
. Access dedicated member information via: – BSRIA members resource – www.bsria.co.uk – Personal Password – Library – 80,000 abstracts – On-line Bookshop – Downloads/Topic Guides – Webinars on-demand – Legislation & compliance – Enquiries – Monthly e-news
11 Making buildings better Membership – Saving money & Raising Profile
. Saving money with: Discounts on – Instrument purchases – publications – training courses – multi-client market research – Testing services & Consultancy . Raising Member’s profile: – Member logo – Membership certificate – Connect with customers – advertising & sponsorship opportunities
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13 Making buildings better Our Services What we do Sustainable Construction Group
. Failure investigation & condition surveys . Building performance evaluation . Maintenance strategy reviews . Life Cycle analysis . Design support and reality checking . BIM and Soft Landings
15 Making buildings better Construction Compliance
. Airtightness testing Part L1 & L2 – ATTMA founder member and UKAS accredited . NHBC Partner . Sound insulation testing . Ventilation testing . Thermal imaging of building fabric . Regionally based testers in UK and Ireland
16 Making buildings better Instrument Solutions
. Hire, sales and calibration of specialist instruments . UKAS (ISO 17025) and ISO9001 accredited . One-stop-shop for instrumentation . Expert engineers to provide advice and guidance . Website ordering
17 Making buildings better Test
. UKAS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 . Testing to British, European and other standards, for CE Mark and Kitemark . Product development & benchmark testing . Witness testing on-site . Bespoke testing for projects
18 Making buildings better Worldwide Market intelligence
. Bespoke studies and off-the-shelf reports . Management consultancy . 30 years experience and over 30 permanent multi lingual staff . Research undertaken in 94 countries on all types of building services products
19 Making buildings better And Finally
Thank you for listening
Mike Doig BSRIA Membership Manager Tracey Tilbry Events & Networks Manager
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