Tag: Strategy for Sustainable Construction

Nov 30 2009

An open letter to the new Chief Construction Adviser

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Business/Financial, Collaboration, Extranet/CDE, Future, People issues, SaaS, Web 2.0
30 November 2009

[This is a re-post of an article from my pwcom blog, published 27 November 2009. Update (04 December): I added a post-script to the original post – read the response received back from Paul Morrell.] First mooted in July 2008, the appointment of the UK government’s first Chief Construction Advisor was finally announced this week. …

Accelerating Change, Avanti protocol, BIM, blog, Building magazine, Business and Enterprise Committee, Cabinet Office, chief construction advisor, Chief Construction Officer, co-location, common logistics, Constructing Excellence, Constructing Matters, Construction Commitments, construction czar, Construction Innovation and Growth team, Davis Langdon, Future Generation of IT, Gershon Efficiency Programme, Greening Government ICT, ICT, ICT and Automation, innovation, inter-operability, low carbon policy, National Platform for the Built Environment, Operational Efficiency Programme, paperwork, Paul Morrell, project extranets, pwcom, quantity surveyor, ROI, SCRI, Sir John Egan, Strategic Research Agenda, Strategy for Sustainable Construction, tendering, Thin client, UK

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Nov 24 2008

AEC conferences, content and ‘unconferences’

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, Marketing, People issues, Telecoms, Web 2.0
24 November 2008

My friend Jodie Miners is now back in Australia after a whirlwind trip to Europe (and Dubai) that included co-organisation and participation in the London Be2camp 2008 event at the Building Centre on 10 October. She has been blogging about part of her trip – to the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona – and makes …

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Oct 06 2008

Will new Chief Construction Officer embrace ICT?

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Collaboration, Future, People issues, Sustainability
6 October 2008

Following the publication in July of the Parliamentary Business & Enterprise Select Committee’s report Construction Matters, the UK government is now consulting industry on its proposals to appoint a Chief Construction Officer, requiring responses by the end of this month. According to the BERR news release (2 October), this person’s duties could include: Working with …

Accelerating Change, Back office and IT, BERR, Chief Construction Officer, collaboration, Constructing Excellence, Construction Commitments, Construction Matters, Egan, Gershon, Greening Government ICT, ICT, marketing, OGC, Operational Efficiency Programme, Parliamentary Business & Enterprise Select Committee, procurement, Strategy for Sustainable Construction, tendering, Thin client, UK government

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Jul 25 2008

Construction Matters (but ICT doesn’t)

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Extranet/CDE, Future, Internet, People issues, Sustainability
25 July 2008

Courtesy of the latest Constructing Excellence members newsletter, I got a link to the latest report, Construction Matters (Vol I, PDF), from the House of Commons Business and Enterprise Committee. I wanted to see if this report was any better than the recent Strategy for Sustainable Construction (see post) in regards to recommending better use …

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Jul 14 2008

SaaStainability.com

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Blogs, Collaboration, Functionality, Future, People issues, SaaS, Sustainability
14 July 2008

Over the past few months, sustainability has cropped up more and more frequently in my posts to this blog. To be honest, the topic has also been cropping up just as often within BIW Technologies [my employer] and across the industry. There are ongoing internal conversations within BIW; the company has also contributed to the …

AEC, architecture, Be2camp, BIW Technologies, built environment, Colin Smith, Constructing Excellence, Construction, Engineering, paper savings, property, SaaS, SaaStainability.com, Software-as-a-Service, Strategy for Sustainable Construction, sustainability, Sustainability Now, Web 2.0

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Jun 11 2008

Strategy for Sustainable Construction

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Future, Internet, Sustainability
11 June 2008

HM Government, in association with the Strategic Forum for Construction, has published its Strategy for Sustainable Construction (PDF, downloadable here; press release here) today. I have had a quick scan of the 64-page document and have noted that it now refers to the impacts and opportunities associated with information and communications technologies (ICT). This topic …

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Jun 10 2008

Sustainability Now – well, July actually

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Internet, Marketing, Sustainability
10 June 2008

Sustainability Now, Building‘s (and Building Design‘s) latest foray into the virtual world, championed by ZeroChampion blogger Phil Clark, is set to take place from 8am to 8pm over two days early next month: 1 and 2 July. From your home or office computer, you can visit this unique FREE online event and have the opportunity …