Sue Innes Regional Coordinator

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Sue InnesRegional Co-ordinator
Constructing Excellence and Sustainability
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Objectives for today

• Share Constructing Excellence Sustainability
  Strategy
• General outline
• More detail about EPICs and regional strategies
• Learn more about CIC strategy for sustainability
• Opportunities for collaboration?

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Context Rethinking Construction

Rethinking Construction is the banner under which
the construction industry, its clients and the
government are working together to improve UK
construction performance www.rethinkingconstructi
on.org
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Rethinking Construction

• Launched following the report of Sir John Egans
  Construction Task Force in 1998
• Objectives
• To achieve radical improvements in the design,
  quality, sustainability and customer satisfaction
  of UK construction
• To be able to recruit and retain a
• skilled workforce at all levels

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• Set up to lead radical improvement in
  construction in
• Value for money
• Profitability
• Reliability
• Respect for people
• through demonstration and dissemination of best
• practice and innovation
• www.m4i.org.uk

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Set up in April 1999 to promote radical change
and continuous improvement in the housing
industry www.thehousingforum.org.uk
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Set up in 2000 to promote integration of the
Rethinking Construction agenda into Local
Authority procurement policies and
practices www.lgtf.org.uk
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Respect for People

• Industry improvement cannot be delivered without
  improving performance in people issues
• Six key areas of activity
• Health safety
• Training
• Equality diversity
• Workforce satisfaction
• Working environment
• Work in occupied premises

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• In April 2003, the Construction Best Practice
  Programme merged with Rethinking Construction
• Separate business plans until April 2004
• Changes are principally internal the roles of
  the organisations involved still remain

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• MISSION STATEMENT
• Our mission is to help construction
  organisations (including clients) achieve greater
  profitability and long term improvement through
  reduction in costs, increased productivity and a
  greater fulfilment of customer needs, by
  implementing better management practices.

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Constructing Excellence Structure
Department of Trade and Industry
             
CBPP
Ministerial Steering Group
Rethinking Construction
M4I
Respect for People
Local Govt. Task Force
Housing Forum
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Rethinking Construction Demonstration Projects
Programme

• Housing Forum Projects
• 126 Projects
• Construction Value exceeding 1.6 billion
• Over 8,750 new build units
• Over 42,500 refurb units

• M4I Projects
• 300 Projects
• Construction Value exceeding 4 billion

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Building a Better Quality of life

• Construction industry contribution to sustainable
  development by
• being more profitable and competitive
• delivering buildings and structures that provide
  greater satisfaction, well-being and value to
  customers and users
• respecting and treating its stakeholders more
  fairly
• enhancing and better protecting the natural
  environment
• minimising its consumption of energy
• (especially carbon-based energy) and
• natural resources

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Objectives for the Constructing Excellence
strategy

• Greater awareness of the practical significance
  of sustainability
• Publicise the business benefits
• Develop better understanding of how construction
  can contribute to meeting the objectives of the
  UK Strategy for Sustainable Development
• Provide practical information and support
• Tools to support more sustainable practices
• Ensure that consideration of sustainability
  becomes embodied in mainstream business
  practices

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Proving and Selling the Business Case

• Sustainability Checklist
• Ensure use for all new demonstration projects
• Collect and analyse data
• Publish information derived from its use
• Produce an update of the WellBuilt! Sustainable
  Construction Action Plan

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Sustainability Checklist

• Project level
• Designed to be simple and straightforward!
• Projects see what they are already doing, and
  what they could do
• Being used by some businesses to develop policy
  and drive change

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Engaging with Clients in Driving Change

• Generic Sustainable Construction Policy document
• Generic Sustainable Development planning guidance
  documents
• Recruit demonstration projects utilising EPIs and
  report on results

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Involving all Aspects of the Industry

• Work with key industry bodies
• Programme of workshops on sustainable
  construction in each region
• Provide information
• Database of contacts/specialists
• Sustainability web page
• Publications new and updated previous work
• Environmental Performance Improvement Clubs
  (EPICs)

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EPICs

• Network of mentors
• Supply chain involvement
• Training workshops and site visits
• Practical focus
• Facilitation by CIRIA/stakeholders/supply chain
  leaders as appropriate

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Creating a Self Sustaining Framework for Change

• Links with universities
• Regional sustainable construction strategies
  (East of England model)
• Align activities with these regional strategies
  and link them to regional objectives and targets

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Sustainable Construction Strategy for the East of
England

• Developed by industry representatives
• Linked to other regional documents
• Sustainable Development Framework
• Building a Better East of England
• Regional Economic Strategy

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EAST OF ENGLAND SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
STRATEGY HIGH LEVEL OBJECTIVES Our aim is to
improve the quality of life, environment and
infrastructure for all the people of the
region. To achieve this aim, our high level
objectives are ?to deliver a high quality built
environment ?to improve the quality of life ?to
deliver a high quality infrastructure ?to improve
the performance of the construction industry ?to
increase resource efficiency within the built
environment. Each of these objectives needs to
be supported by a range of indicators that will
be used to set targets and measure progress
towards a more sustainable East of England. Users
of the Strategy should decide on targets and
milestones that are relevant to their own
particular strategies and programmes using the
suggested indicators.
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East of England Strategy Targets
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East of England Strategy Implementation

• Aligning other activities
• Environment Agency
• CITB
• Construction Skills Forum
• CIEF
• CPN

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Opportunities for collaboration?

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