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CIC Cascade6 July 2004
1. New Chairman for the Construction Industry Council Following the recent Council meeting Stuart Henderson has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Construction Industry Council , having been elected at the AGM in 2003 . Turlogh O’Brien, CIC’s former Chairman, now becomes Deputy Chairman in accordance with CIC’s rules & byelaws . Stuart is Group Commercial Director of Amicus Housing Group Limited, a Registered Social Landlord covering Kent , Sussex and London , overseeing new development, community regeneration, marketing and communications and the Amicus 24/7 customer service centre. He has a wealth of experience at management and executive director level within development, construction and property, in both public and private sectors, having worked for Parkman plc, Lovell, Trafalgar House and Costain. As a member of the HM Treasury's Private Finance Panel Executive, Stuart worked with government departments, local authorities, schools, colleges, universities and the industry to promote and facilitate progress on a wide range of PFI projects. He has had a long interest in construction and development education, having served as Chairman of CIOB's Education and Membership Board, as an external examiner and visiting lecturer and has been on the course committees responsible for establishing degrees in residential development at Nottingham Trent and Reading Universities. He was President of the Chartered Institute of Building, a Founder member of the CIC, in 2002/3. Taking up his new role, Stuart said: “The primary challenge is to support and encourage the ongoing tide of change in our industry and sometimes cajole those would stand against it . There has been substantial change and extensive innovation to date, but we need more. This will help to make our industry truly world class. The agenda is wide, including recruitment, skills training, health and safety and demonstrating value for money, but all worth the effort that will be required” For further details contact Helen Smith at CIC telephone 020 7399 7407 or email press@cic.org.uk 2. National Construction Week 2004 – get involved! NCW 2004 will take place from 6-13 October. Last year over 70,000 young people and 600 organisations took part in 1,473 days of NCW events across the United Kingdom . In 2004, NCW is being promoted as a ConstructionSkills initiative reflecting a whole industry approach and an even greater emphasis will be placed on workplace visits Hundreds of events during NCW 2004 will be designed to attract more young people into the industry as a career of first choice. This year an even greater emphasis will be placed on site and workplace visits, giving young people the opportunity to sample the excitements and challenges of working in the modern construction industry. They will be given the opportunity to visit architectural practices and engineering consultancies, as well as trying out traditional trades such as bricklaying, plastering and painting & decorating. There are a number of ways your organisation can help to support NCW 2004:
To obtain a copy of the NCW 2004 Toolkit please e-mail the NCW 2004 team on info@ncw.org.uk or fax 01509 210 016. For further details visit www.ncw.org.uk 3. Change of name for the Institute of Plumbing The Institute of Plumbing has changed its name to the Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (IHPE) At the Institute’s AGM on 4 June, it was announced that corporate members had voted overwhelmingly for the name change. Members believe that the new title reflects their scope of work and firmly identifies plumbing and heating as an engineering discipline. Andy Watts, Chief Executive of the IPHE said “As the Institute approaches its centenary in 2006 we will continue to work to be the technical hear of the industry. I welcome the change of title because it makes it clear that we are the professional body for the whole of the plumbing and heating industry.” This is the second time the Institute has undergone a name change. It was founded in 1906 and incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in 1907 by the National Association of Master Plumbers. Known then as the Institute of Plumbers , its original objectives related to development of both the industrial and technical aspects of the plumbing trade. Membership was restricted to plumbers in business. In 1957 the Institutes constitution was revised and its title changed to the Institute of Plumbing . Membership was extended to any individual holding technical qualifications, irrespective of their position in the industry. For more information please contact Carol Cannavan on 01708 463114 or email carolc@iphe.org.uk 4. ACBEE calls for case studies in industry-education collaboration Accelerating Change in Built Environment Education (ACBEE) is looking for case studies that showcase high quality in built environment education. The Centre for Education in the Built Environment (CEBE), part of the Higher Education Academy, is collating ACBEE ‘case studies of high quality’ in built environment education. These should illustrate active collaboration between universities, industry or professional bodies. Whilst studies on any relevant topic are encouraged, submissions under the following areas would be particularly welcomed:
If your organisation is interested in submitting a case study for approval, please use the template provided at http://www.cebe.ltsn.ac.uk/learning/acbee/casestudies.php. to submit a brief description of your case study using the headings provided as guidelines. Submitted case studies will be reviewed on a quarterly basis. More information about ACBEE ACBEE (Accelerating Change in Built Environment Education) was established to encourage higher education and the industry to improve dialogue and provide more relevant training and education for the future. As such ACBEE forms an important part of the accelerating change agenda being welcomed by the Strategic Forum for Construction and its chairman Peter Rogers. The ACBEE ‘First Annual Report 2004’, full case studies from the first phase of submissions and media briefings are available to download at http://www.cebe.ltsn.ac.uk/learning/acbee/index.php. 5. CIBSE’s Combined Heat and Power Group holds first event Over 90 delegates attended the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Combined Heat and Power Group's inaugural conference in London . The event provided an overview of where CHP currently stands as a viable building service, where it might be going and which technologies might take it there. With a wide range of papers from expert speakers, the event provided a forum for debate that has been lacking in recent years. Explaining the role of the group to the audience, CHP Group chairman Phil Jones said: "Anybody with an interest in CHP should join the group. Membership is free and we aim to keep people in touch with developments in all forms of CHP including new technologies such as fuel cells and micro-CHP. Members will also get a regular e-newsletter and access to our website." Keynote speaker Peter Barton-Wood from DEFRA gave the government's current view of CHP based on its recently published CHP Strategy. He highlighted policies that should encourage the use of CHP but accepted that there was still much to be done to meet the government's target of installing 10GWe of CHP by 2010. Syed Ahmed, Head of Research at the Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA) covered some of the market factors affecting CHP. He pointed out that there are around 1200 units in buildings and community heating in the UK providing about 1MWe. However, the UK is bottom of the CHP league in Europe with only 6% generation from CHP whereas Netherlands has 14%. Legislation relevant to CHP was outlined by Paul Woods of PB Power including how CHP fits into Part L, the EU Energy Performance in Buildings Directive, and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. Alan Barlow, managing director of ENER-G, a major operator of CHP plant, followed this with a presentation on operating small-scale CHP in buildings. Other speakers covered Micro-CHP field trials, a Southampton case study of CHP, district heating and tri-generation. The availability of grants for district heating and CHP was also covered, highlighting that there is some £20M left from £50M funding over a 3 year period. Professor Gary Acres gave an interesting presentation on fuel cells and their possible application in buildings. He showed the development history and how further development may lead to more fuel cell CHP installations in buildings like the one in Woking . One of the highlights of the day was from Ian Knight who launched CHPSizer 2, the second edition of a CHP sizing software tool developed with Action Energy support. The proceedings of the conference will be available on the CIBSE website by early July (www.cibse.org/chp). An application form for group membership can be downloaded from the website or obtained from Jonathan David at CIBSE by e-mail jdavid@cibse.org or by phone 020 8675 5211. More details are available at www.cibse.org. 6. First industry client elected as new CIOB president For the first time in the Chartered Institute of Building’s 170-year history a construction industry client has been elected as its president. Geoff Wright FCIOB was appointed as the new President during the Institutes AGM this week. Geoff is a Director of Hammerson UK Properties plc, and has recently stepped down as Chairman of National Construction Week UK after five years. He was Chairman of the Latham Review Working Group 4 and is currently a Director of the Academy of Adjudicators . Geoff is past Deputy Chairman of the Construction Industry Board, past Chairman of the Construction Clients Forum and the British Property Federation Construction Committee, and he led the client body on the JCT for twelve years. Taking over from Colin Busby Immediate Past President, Geoff said: “People ask me why a customer of the industry should become President of the CIOB. I reply that around 10% of our members are clients – 20% if you include local authorities. It is the client that retains a strong interest throughout all stages of a project – from conceptualisation, planning and design to construction and occupation – and it is the client who ultimately pays for all the work carried out. As a client, I place orders of approximately 500 million pounds every year and I control these projects to completion – I believe this gives me extensive knowledge and experience of the construction industry. The CIOB has a membership of nearly 42,000 that is growing both at home and internationally. Our influence stretches far beyond great buildings and our members are involved in every aspect of the construction process. We are now widely recognised as the leading professional institution for management in construction and we have an extremely multi-faceted membership spanning clients, consultants and contractors and including engineers, surveyors and architects. Membership of our Institute is acknowledged as a guarantee of the highest level of integrity and professional skill.” New CIOB Officers: - Allan McMullan elected as Senior Vice President Roger Flanagan elected as Vice President Martin Chambers elected as Junior Vice President Roger Wharton elected as Honorary Treasurer John Hughes has been appointed as Chair of the Faculty of Architecture and Surveying A full copy of Geoff Wrights inaugural speech can be found on the CIOB website at www.ciob.org.uk 7. nCrisp launches new website The New Construction Research and Innovation Strategy Panel (nCRISP) has launched its new website www.ncrisp.org.uk, which has been developed and supported by the Steel Construction Institute (SCI). The new site, www.nCRISP.org.uk offers improved navigation and a cleaner, brighter design. The website is aligned to nCRISP's Business Plan published in October 2003. The content will be updated as the various Task Groups make progress in developing the nCRISP agenda. The new website will continue to offer the free download of publications. The previous site had over 3000 downloads per month. With a new searchable database, users will find it much easier to use. The new features on the site include:
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