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‘Shouting from the Rooftops’ – help us showcase the very best our regional construction sector has to offer

8th March 2016 / / 0 Comments

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There are just under two months to go until we close for submissions for this year’s Constructing Excellence Yorkshire & Humber (CEYH) awards and whilst we know that the deadline may seem a long way off, we also know how quickly these dates can creep up on you. So here is our (gentle) reminder to start those entries for our “Swinging from the Rooftops” themed awards presentation on 1st July.

The 2016 CEYH awards, organised by the Centre for Knowledge Exchange at Leeds Beckett University, celebrate and reward the most innovative organisations, developments & initiatives in the built environment over the past 12 months.

The awards are fully inclusive, open to any organisations, companies and project teams involved in delivering “excellence” in construction, building and civil engineering across 13 different categories, each one representing the core themes underpinning the Constructing Excellence movement & improvement agenda.

As Professor Mohammad Dastbaz, Dean & Pro Vice Chancellor at Leeds Beckett University, explained: “Innovation in construction is essential to the industry’s continued success and as a University, we provide a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as continuous development opportunities and consultancy to businesses to effectively equip the workforce.

“Once again we are excited about celebrating the breadth and range of talent across our region through these awards and look forward to welcoming entries across all of the categories.”

The winners of each category will be revealed at a gala dinner held at New Dock Hall in Leeds on 1st July. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Swinging from the rooftops’ where following the awards presentations, guests will be entertained by cocktails, dancing and live music from our four piece swing band.  The winners then go on to compete at the National Construction Excellence Awards held in London in the autumn. Last year the Yorkshire and Humber region won accolades in both Value (Interserve) and BIM project of the Year (Carillion Morgan Sindall Joint Venture) and with the fantastic projects going on the region at the moment, this can be bettered in 2016!

Organised by a dynamic and forward thinking team, the CEYH awards have grown to be the showpiece event of the regional construction awards calendar with over 350 professionals, representing a broad cross section of the construction industry, coming together to celebrate the projects, companies and organisations that are truly pushing our sector forward.

Pete Watson, CEO of the headline sponsors Atlas Cloud (pictured), added: “We are delighted to sponsor the Construction Excellence Yorkshire and Humber Awards 2016 for the 2nd consecutive year. We have seen a huge shift in technology enhancement in the regions with mobile teams working on some of the largest infrastructure projects in the country such as HS2, MAG, Crossrail 2 and Hinkley Point. This region has superb talent and is working on some of the best projects and we really need to be shouting about it.”

The closing date for submissions for this year’s awards is Friday 29 April.  For full details about the awards categories please visit http://ckegroup.org/cexcellenceyh/ceyh-awards-2016 .

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the CKE team on 0113 812 1902 or via e.a.schofield@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

We look forward to reading your entries!

Community campaigners debate with planners and developers at Leeds Planning Network event

7th March 2016 / / 0 Comments

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Planning practitioners, house-builders and community members debated the balance between environmental sustainability and development, at Leeds Planning Network’s Master Class on Tuesday 1 March.

Over fifty people took part in this cutting-edge twilight Master Class event which featured the latest research and critical comment on the impact of five years of neighbourhood planning. Many community groups from Leeds got the chance to engage with developers and with planning professionals to tackle the challenges of sustainable development.

There is a real buzz about these Master Class events that aim to get under the skin of the tough decisions about planning and housing and community. This is the second exceptional event in a new strand of academic enterprise led by Leeds Planning Network, a research cluster funded by the School of the Built Environment and Engineering and run through the Centre for Knowledge Exchange.

Prof Gavin Parker, from the School of Real Estate and Planning at University of Reading presented the latest research on neighbourhood planning to community groups. They also got key tips from independent examiner Alyson Linnegar, while Paul Butler, former head of planning at Barratt Homes Yorkshire promoted the benefits of house-building in promoting sustainable growth. This was an opportunity for communities to learn from professionals but to make their views known too in a lively exchange of knowledge and experience. Many of the community groups taking part were already benefiting from the assistance and support of planning lecturers at Leeds Beckett, and this Master Plan event will feed into Leeds Planning Networks series of workshops for neighbourhood planning groups.

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The evening’s presentations are reproduced at the ISSU link below and a selection of audience tweets and images from the event can be viewed at the Storify link at the end of this press release.

 

The next Leeds Planning Network Master Class will be on the Future for Affordable Housing on Thursday 17 March where the President of the Chartered Institute of Housing, and chief executive of Incommunities, Bradford’s premier social housing provider, will speak, alongside development chiefs from Harrogate Borough Council, and Connect Housing, the West Yorkshire community housing association. Details at the following link.

 

Leeds Planning Network announce March Housing and Planning masterclasses on development and affordable housing

22nd February 2016 / / 0 Comments

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Leeds Planning Network based at Leeds Beckett University are pleased to announce the details of our next two planning masterclasses taking place on 1st and 17th March respectively.

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Neighbourhood Planning: Impact on Development

Tuesday 1st March 2016

Registration @ 17:30 for 18:00 start

Update and analysis on neighbourhood planning, including impact on house-building and innovation in planning policy. Speakers include Phil Crabtree,  Chair of RTPI Yorkshire, Gavin Parker, Professor of Planning Studies at University of Reading, Paul Butler, Director of PB Planning and former Head of Planning for the Yorkshire Region, Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes. DETAILS AND BOOKING HERE.

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What is the future for affordable housing?

Thursday 17th March 2016

Registration @ 17:30 for 18:00 start

As housing subsidies are redirected to Starter Homes, councils face the forced sale of homes in high value areas, housing associations prepare for right to buy, and tenants see the end of security of tenure, we ask key practitioners to give us their vision of the future for affordable housing. Speakers include Jane Kettle, Housing Consultant and Researcher, Geraldine Howley – President of Chartered Institute of Housing, Chief Executive of Incommunities, Jenny Wood – Principal Housing Development Officer, Harrogate Borough Council and Martyn Broadest – Director of Regeneration, Connect Housing. DETAILS AND BOOKING HERE.

Upbeat community planners thank Leeds Beckett for practical help

8th February 2016 / / 0 Comments

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More than fifty volunteers from Leeds communities took part in an upbeat and enthusiastic neighbourhood planning workshop organised by Leeds Beckett University’ School of the Built Environment & Engineering on 30 January. They worked together to shape a vision for their communities helped by practical tips on plan-making and design from the university’s planning and housing lecturers. This was the second event in a programme of activities in which Leeds Beckett puts the skills and knowledge of its staff at the service of neighbourhoods in Leeds. Feedback from the workshop was unanimously positive and delegates went away with fresh ideas on how to deal with the thorny issues they face in the community.

Quintin Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Planning at Leeds Beckett University, said: “Sixty communities in Leeds, and many others across Yorkshire, are setting out a vision for how their local community will develop. They need technical assistance and expert advice to do this neighbourhood plan. Leeds Beckett is making sure they get the help they need.” The workshop was organised by Leeds Planning Network, one the new research clusters set up by the School of the Built Environment and Engineering supported by the Centre for Knowledge Exchange.

Delegates heard from Jeff Newton and John Steel, community volunteers in Boston Spa who are in the final stages of their neighbourhood plan. They talked about their innovative new designs for the high street and plans for a renewable energy scheme. Jeff and John stressed that plan-making was hard work but they were enthusiastic about the future and the improvements they wanted for their village (see their presentation below).

Detailed guidance on the legal aspects of plan-making was given by Bob Pritchard, specialist planning lawyer and guest lecturer at Leeds Beckett. He spelled out what a neighbourhood plan could achieve and what should go in it. This was vital information for delegates learning to write planning policy that will guide development in their community over the next twenty years (see his presentation below).

Following this, there were three discussion groups each focusing on themes requested by delegates at the previous workshop. Will Sparling, PhD candidate at Leeds Beckett gave help to inner-city communities working together on common problems. Planning lecturer, Harvey Pritchard gave advice on planning for infrastructure, while Jenny Fisher, principle urban designer for Leeds City Council helped delegates work on improving the look and feel of their neighbourhoods. Delegates were full of praise for the Leeds Beckett event and gave the organisers many more ideas for future workshops.

Copy of Leeds City Council “Neighbourhood Planning & Design Issues” Document to download

The next neighbourhood planning workshop is 16 April 2016 but in the mean time Leeds Planning Network will be holding two planning masterclass events on Tuesday 1st March (Details here)  and Thursday 17th March (Details here) 

 

Bill is a good CDM client. Be like Bill. Join us on 24th Feb for our next breakfast event on CDM regulations

3rd February 2016 / / 0 Comments

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CDM – A Client’s Perspective

Wednesday 24th February 2016, 08.00 to 09.30

The CDM Regulations 2015 have now been in place since April last year and shape the way our industry health, safety and wellbeing should be managed. At our breakfast seminar in February we will be looking at the key changes from CDM 2007 from the client’s viewpoint and provide advice and guidance on how to be a good CDM Dutyholder.

Our first speaker is Martin Cook, Director at Turner & Townsend. Martin has been a health and safety professional for over 25 years and operates at a senior level where he has acquired an extensive experience and understanding of health, safety, wellbeing and behavioural safety. Martin will be using his expertise to provide an insight into how CDM can be implemented to bring benefit and overall performance improvement to your business.

Our second speaker is Katie Milner, Associate; Construction, Engineering and Environment Group at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. Katie will be reviewing the regs from a legal perspective and facilitating a discussion on considerations for clients when appointing principal designers under CDM 2015, including an overview of the sentencing guidelines that will apply in the event of non-compliance with the regulations.

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To get involved join us at Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Sovereign House, Sovereign Street, Leeds, LS1 1HQ

(If you are using a satellite navigation, please use the following postcode: LS1 4BJ)

£35 or free to Yorkshire and Humber Constructing Excellence Club members

CLICK HERE TO BOOK

Unlocking your BIM specifications with Assa Abloy at our #ceyh2016 breakfast event

29th January 2016 / / 0 Comments

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On the 21st January 2016 we welcomed around 30 individuals from across the regional construction sector back to Addleshaw Goddard’s offices in Leeds for the first of our 2016 constructing excellence breakfast events. Our alliteratively titled “Starting to specify the specifics of your specification” (CEYH Chair, Tom Oulton, was especially proud of that title!) event explored the RIBA Plan of Works Stage 2 from the viewpoint of BIM and product specifications.

Our main speaker for this event was Andy Stolworthy, BIM Manager at Assa Abloy. Assa Abloy are a global supplier of intelligent lock and security solutions formed 1994 through the merger of ASSA in Sweden and Abloy in Finland. Andy joined ASSA ABLOY UK in September 2003 working in a number of technical and product management roles. In his current role, Andy is the Technical and Commercial lead on BIM for the company as well as being a member of the BIM4M2 Data Templates group working to develop a useable platform that can support BIM adoption with a number of industry bodies such as CIBSE. A twitter summary of the key points from Andy’s presentation along with images can be found in the storify below.

Following Andy’s presentation, CEYH Chair Tom Oulton gave an overview of some of the CE supported events happening in our region over the next few months including thinkBIM’s much anticipated 23rd March conference, headlined by David Philp and this year’s Constructing Excellence in Yorkshire and Humber awards. Further details at the booking links below.

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In the meantime we look forward to seeing you at our next breakfast event on 24th February which will cover CDM from a Client’s perspective with speakers from Turner & Townsend and Addleshaw Goddard. Details here

 

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Neighbourhood Planning Workshop – What can and what can’t go in a neighbourhood plan?

22nd January 2016 / / 0 Comments

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Saturday 30th January 2016

10:00 to 13:00

Old Broadcasting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, LS2 9EN

This second workshop gives neighbourhood planning groups in Leeds a chance to meet and work together to tackle the big issues. There will be short presentations and plenty of time for discussion and networking. Planning experts from Leeds Beckett University’s planning school will be on hand to provide advice and support

Speakers:

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a presentation by Jeff Newton & John Steel

What can and what can’t go in a neighbourhood plan’

advice from Bob Pritchard, planning solicitor from Eversheds

Discussion groups with planning advisors:

  • How can a neighbourhood plan improve design in your area
  • Looking at infrastructure issues in a neighbourhood plan
  • Inner-city neighbourhood planning

Free and open to all members of neighbourhood planning groups! 

BOOKING LINK 

 

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Getting our Construction Act together – First Humber region breakfast event of 2015/2016 hailed a success!

21st December 2015 / / 0 Comments

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The Constructing Excellence Yorkshire & Humber seminar held in Hull on Thursday 12th November 2015 was hailed a success by attendees as they left Gosschalks’s offices with plenty to think about. Over 60 construction industry professionals from the region registered for a place at the seminar, which was presented by Gosschalks’s contentious and non-contentious construction law team. The seminar covered complex issues surrounding payment and Pay Less Notices, and the recent case law developments that affect payment under the Construction Act.

This sparked a lively Q&A discussion among the attendees about the requirements for effective notices, and was described afterwards by one delegate as “an eye opener!”

Matthew Fletcher, Partner and Head of Construction and Litigation at Gosschalks, said: “We were delighted to deliver this event with the Constructing Excellence team and play host to their first East Yorkshire event in a number of years, and we were thrilled by the positive feedback the event generated. Our aim was to get those who deal with payments under construction contracts thinking and to understand the potentially heavy financial implications if they fail to issue timely notices. We provided up an update on several key cases where it has been necessary for the Technology & Construction Court to interpret the revised payment procedures contained in the Construction Act. Construction companies really don’t want to be caught in the Act!”

Chris Groves, Partner and non-contentious and construction contracts expert at Gosschalks, commented:  “We addressed many of the consequences encountered when failing to issue time sensitive payment notices. This is a major issue for a lot of construction businesses and is something on which we are happy to share our expertise and advice. We’ve already been approached by a couple of individual companies who would like us to present this briefing at their premises.”

Liz Schofield, from  Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber added, “We are really pleased to be bringing events back to the Humber region for the first time in over a year and were delighted to see a sixty plus audience comprising of an impressive mix of key people from the construction industry based in and around Hull and East Yorkshire. We are very much looking forward to partnering with Gosschalks to hold more events in this region in the New Year”.

A summary of the tweets and images from the breakfast event can be found in our storify summary below. Our next Constructing Excellence event will be on 21st January in Leeds and will focus on RIBA Stage 2, Specifications and BIM in Manufacturing – details and Booking here. Any questions, contact Liz and the CEYH team on +44 (0)113 812 1902 or ckeevents@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

For further information about Gosschalks events and services, please contact Claire Hill on +44(0)1482 590204 or clh@gosschalks.co.uk

It’s time to let out Yorkshire’s best kept secrets… Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber Awards 2016 now open for entries!

21st December 2015 / / 0 Comments

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It’s that time of year again! We are pleased to announce that we are now taking entries for the 2016 Constructing Excellence Yorkshire & Humber Awards

Held every year in July our awards are a celebration of the very best the regional construction industry has to offer, recognising and rewarding the pioneering individuals, projects and organisations that are truly moving our sector forward.

Fully inclusive, entries are welcome from any organisations, companies &/or project teams involved in delivering “excellence in construction” across building & civil engineering projects in the Yorkshire & Humber region over the last 12 months. There are thirteen categories in total and you are free to enter as many projects and categories as you like, indeed multiple entries are encouraged! All category winners go on to compete against other regional winners at the National Constructing Excellence Awards held in Autumn. Last year our region walked away with two national accolades in the Value and BIM Project of the Year categories and we are striving to better this in 2016!

Entering our awards will bring enormous benefits to your business, rewarding your staff and raising your profile as a forward thinking organisation helping you to win more work. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to show off your achievements to over 400 of your professional peers.

The closing date for entries is Friday 29th April 2016 with the winners being revealed at our gala dinner which this year will be held on 1st July (venue t.b.c)

Following on from our spectacular 2015 ceremony at the National Railway Museum in York, we will be returning to Leeds for our gala presentation evening for the first time in three years and to celebrate we will be doing something very different on the evening itself. All will be revealed in the new year, however we can guarantee that attendees will be treated to our usual blend of excellent hosting, food, drink and hospitality interspersed with our professional & lively awards ceremony.

So now that we have sufficiently whet your appetite, get working on those entries!

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS OF CATEGORIES AVAILABLE AND HOW TO ENTER

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We have a number of fantastic sponsorship opportunities for the 2016 awards.

Contact Liz Schofield on 0113 812 1902 or via ceyhawards@leedsbeckett.ac.uk to discuss how your business can benefit.

RIBA Stage 2: Starting to specify the specifics of your spec

21st December 2015 / / 0 Comments

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At our breakfast event on 21st January 2016 we will hear from Andy Stolworthy, BIM Manager at ASSA ABLOY UK Specification, the authority in true specification providing a simplified approach to opening solutions.  Andy will talk about ‘A Manufacturers Journey’ with a look back on ASSA ABLOY’s adoption of BIM with an honest view on what they may have done differently given what they know now.  Andy will also provide a view on the current BIM landscape and how they see manufacturer’s involvement growing.

We will also hear from Pete Foster, Technical Consultant for the Plant, Power and Process team in EMEA who joined Autodesk in July 2015.  Pete will talk about his experience in manufacturing and with building product manufacturers, ranging from his work and solutions for BIM in the offsite construction industry and examples of ROI.  He will also discuss his work with the MFG4BIM and PPP teams within Autodesk, including the work with connecting the Manufacturing and AEC communities using common tools and datasets.

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To get involved join us on 21st January 2016 at Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Sovereign House, Sovereign Street, Leeds, LS1 1HQ

BOOK HERE

(If you are using a satellite navigation, please use the following postcode: LS1 4BJ)

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