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On site at Oxford University where traditional skills
and modern construction methods have come
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Agenda Nov/Dec 16
News and views
05 Product manufacturers digital map
CPA report sets out how sector can
integrate digitally with
construction and design.
06 UKAS tasked with BIM scheme
Body asked to form new Level 2
certification programme.
09 CIOB launches new academy
Training establishment will deliver
practical training.
10 CIOB launches toolkit to tackle
modern slavery
Guide follows July report.
12 Feedback
Letters, comments and
readers views on the
18
US Presidential election.
14 Housing policy goes pragmatic
Shelagh Grant says we should
welcome more funding and new
housing initiatives.
Construction professional
Features 36 Think youre recruiting fairly?
18 A very modern makeover Unconscious bias still means
How a small-scale barn conversion men are recruited over women,
project in Cambridge has become says Paul Fox.
an exemplar for building using 37 BIM bytes
todays high-tech tools. The JCT Design & Build
26 Halting the quality decline contract and BIM.
Amid more attention-grabbing 38 Fighting it out on adjudication
issues, the quality of construction Two Acts of Parliament appear to
output has been overlooked offer contradictory positions on
30
and it needs addressing. who pays an adjudicators costs.
30 Technical talking 40 Need to know: Apprenticeship Levy
Six months after the government How does the governments new
BIM mandate was introduced CM Apprenticeship Levy fit into the
gathered industry experts and industry training puzzle?
36
stakeholders to discuss its impact.
42 Outstanding natural beauty + Contact
52-63
High level skills and modern
All the latest news
construction techniques will deliver
and reports from CIOB
a stunning building in Oxford. members and branches
48 CPD: Quality management
How quality management can help
deliver projects on time, budget
and with exemplary safety records.
66 Project of the month
Magdalen College library,
Oxford University. NASC 2017 Yearbook
free with this issue
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Dome improvement
Specialist construction workers from
building firm Robertson Construction have
completed the first major stage in the
restoration of the Grade II-listed Spanish
City Dome at Whitley Bay, Northumberland.
The 10m project is part of North
Tyneside Councils 36m Seafront Master
Plan to reinvigorate the coastline between
Cullercoats Bay and St Marys Island.
The first floor ceiling, which was
installed shortly after the dome was built
in 1910, has now been removed, opening
up double-height space from the bottom
to the top of the building and returning the
rotunda area to its original splendour.
The operation involved erecting
scaffolding inside on the ground floor
before experts removed sections of the
wooden flooring above piece by piece to
open the entire space.
Enabling works are also underway, which
will involve demolishing parts of the domes
west wing. Some sections of the walls will
remain to preserve as many original
features as possible. Two extensions will
also be demolished as part of this first
phase of works taking the facade back
to how it looked around the 1920s.
30-day payments what's new? demonstrably verify every detail. Apart Royal Engineers back as builders
Alex Croll, via website from the time cost and misdirection of Bob Brooker, via website
While the days of the local authority- effort, the monetary cost of this detailed Great news that the Sappers can run
specific JCT form of contract are long gone, administrative effort outweighs the value their own show "again" after so long,
both JCT and NEC publish public sector of a minor change. now all that is needed is for the powers
amendments which implement 30-day that be to reinstate the legendary
payment limits, freedom of information, Mike Smith, via website Apprentice Schools those institutions
transparency etc (Government clarifies I note that this is "Statutory Guidance" and produced far more competent tradesmen
30-day payment rules, online). nothing else. We have experience of the than any civilian organisation (Royal
The real issue is not the contract terms, NHS taking eight months to pay us on a Engineers become D&B contractor for MoD,
but the fact that surveyors and project JCTMW contract and other local authorities CM October).
managers within client organisations (1) changing contract terms to monthly. So the
often lack sufficient delegated authorities, question is why introduce "guidance" when Contact us Mark Lindahl, via website
and (2) cannot exercise professional the Construction Act doesn't work and JCT Do you have an Well done the Corps, good to see this
commercial judgement for matters within contracts have never been rewritten to opinion on any happening again outside of Afghanistan.
their delegated limits. reflect changes since 1963. The clause of this months
Where costs fall within their limits, numbers change but the practices go on. articles? Email: Dennis Carter, via website
professionals should be able to exercise Until there is a unity on revision of contracts construction- As an ex RE this is about time. We tried
judgement, requiring a degree of evidence with a lead by subs and MCs rather than manager@atom explaining this approach to people when
suited to the value of the change. Instead, the RICS which dominates JCT we'll still be publishing.co.uk the PSA was formed, but it fell on deaf
fearing audit, they feel they must seeing this for years to come. ears. Ubique.
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AT THE END OF THE POLITICAL conference governments Direct Commissioning Devolution appears to remain a priority
season we now know where the parties initiative, it is intending to use land for the government so that combined
stand on housing. Labour has firmly differently, such as derisking sites by authorities and new mayors take full
nailed its colours to the mast of public early investment in infrastructure and control of local housing supply and
sector intervention with a proposal for receiving equity from developers after infrastructure investment, enabling cities
a massive increase in council house the sale of homes instead of an upfront like London, Birmingham and Manchester
building, which echoes of the glory days payment. The fund will be specifically to decide their priorities rather than have
of the post-war house building era. aimed at smaller builders, custom builders them dictated by inflexible national
Many will agree that local authorities and offsite manufacturers to stimulate requirements.
should be given the resources they the much-needed diversity of supply in One of the most reassuring statements
need to deliver more homes appropriate the market. from the housing minister is the
for their areas. The proposal is to deliver up to 15,000 recognition that each area has a different
Meanwhile, at its conference in homes on surplus public sector land by housing needs, whether an increase in
Birmingham the Conservative Party 2020. To deliver on this, a concerted cross sub-market and intermediate rent or an
confirmed its commitment to keep departmental effort will be required to increase in home ownership. This is
housing centre stage with deliver sufficient consented land to the particularly the case in many forgotten
announcements that suggest a markedly market in the timescale. areas of the country which have fared
different approach from the previous A new White Paper that cements the badly and are yet to recover. In those
government and new funds to support it. governments commitment to increase cases an industrial strategy to generate
The Home Building Fund has been and speed up housing supply is expected employment and opportunity is needed to
announced after months of trailing the later this year. The detail is scant, but sit alongside a tailored approach to
idea of a single funding pot. It is an expect to see more emphasis on small addressing affordable housing needs.
amalgamation of funds totalling 3bn, sites, more efficient use of land and
comprising 1.15bn of new long- and increases in density. Return to pragmatism
short-term loans, 525m Builders Finance There is likely to be further steamlining So we should be pleased that increasing
Fund, the 1bn Large Sites Infrastructure of the planning system, claimed by some housing supply remains at the centre of
Programme and Build to Rent. 1bn of the commentators as the cause of constrained national policy for both political parties
fund has been earmarked for small and supply (the reality is that planning and that we are seeing a return to
custom builders to generate 25,500 new approvals have sped up and a better way pragmatism rather than ideology from the
homes and the balance will provide long- of resolving sticky planning processes is current government. There is undoubtedly
term funding for infrastructure. to better resource planning departments). a need to increase home ownership, yet it
The housing minister has made some is imperative that we address the needs
Increased funding encouraging announcements about of a wide group of society through a
The good news is an increase in quantum improving quality as well to sustain mixed-tenure solution.
of funding and the inherent simplicity for community support for new homes. The private rented sector must be
the Homes and Communities Agency to improved and regulated, a wide band of
administer it. Were keen to hear further housing types and tenures is required in
details of what will be delivered in terms different areas, and young and old must
of housing tenures, particularly sub- We should be pleased that increasing be better provided for in the context of
market rent or intermediate products and significant demographic change.
how the Starter Homes policy will feature
housing supply remains at the centre of We hope the government is not only
in the new programme. national policy and that we are seeing listening but will provide further detail of
The 2bn Accelerated Construction a return to pragmatism rather than recent announcements in the Autumn
Fund, an ambitious programme to build on Statement.
public sector brownfield land, was also
ideology from the current government. Shelagh Grant is chief executive of
launched. A rebrand of the previous The Housing Forum
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Where
is quality
going?
Has quality control fallen off constructions radar? And as the
skills crisis worsens and with EU labour restrictions on the
horizon, what is to be done about it? James Kenny reports.
WHILE IMAGE, productivity and skills are Evidence that quality is suffering
often touted as crucial challenges facing already comes from a number of sources.
the construction industry, a little less in In July the All-Party Parliamentary Group
the spotlight is the issue of quality. for Excellence in the Built Environment
As the government pushes house (APPGEBE) looked into the quality and
builders to produce more homes amid workmanship of new-build housing
rising costs and labour shortages, there in England.
is increasing evidence that quality It found that there is an increasing
standards across the industry have disparity between customer demands and
begun to decline, which is becoming a industry delivery when it comes to new
real concern among contractors, clients, homes and said house builders should be
industry bodies and the public alike. upping their game and putting consumers
The issue could become more pressing at the heart of their business model.
as Brexit looms, with the spectre of Alongside this, it said, government should
restricted labour movement across use its influence to promote quality at
Europe at a time when there is a huge every opportunity.
pipeline of infrastructure projects and a Chairman of the group, Oliver Colvile
determination to ramp up house building. MP, said: It is clear to us that there is a
As Mark Farmer, founder of Cast quality gap between customer demands
Consultancy and the author of the skills and industry delivery. Closing this gap
report, Modernise or die, published will only come about, we believe, if house
in October, put it: The industry must builders make a concerted effort to create
modernise or face inexorable decline. a more consumer-focused culture.
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> Wielebski says: Its a simple quality of fire protection being site and staff were more closely monitored,
fact there is a skills shortage, When we uncovered recently in four high- it just isn't as tight these days.
there arent enough people coming spoke to profile PFI hospitals across the UK. The Institute of Clerks of Works and
into the industry at all levels, and clients last Problems have been uncovered Construction Inspectorate of Great Britain
the standards of training need to year they said at University Hospital Coventry, Royal (ICWCI), in its submission to the APPGEBE
be consistent. Due to time and cost putting the Derby Hospital, Walsall Manor Hospital on the quality and workmanship of new
restraints, companies often have no defects right and King's Mill Hospital in Mansfield, housing, acknowledged that contractors
choice but to spread out their workforce was costing Nottinghamshire. are increasingly facing a quality/cost/time
and the right people are not always between 1% The hospitals were found to be not dilemma, which is exacerbated by the fall in
working on the right jobs. and 5% of the robust enough with breaches in the skills and resource levels, knowledge gaps
Mark Wakeford, managing director of project. fire compartmentalisation walls being and general poor standards of workmanship.
midlands contractor Stepnell, agrees. Don Ward, at the heart of the problem. Contractors The ICWCI recommends that a higher
We are seeing a shortage of skills on site, Constructing are now being brought back to carry out degree of regular quality monitoring via
the same companies are still there but remedial measures in the hospitals. a qualified clerk of works should take
Excellence
just fewer people in those companies, We've seen what's happened with place, but as builders continue to have
he says. Good people are being spread a the legacy issues of the PFI building targets and costs are squeezed then the
lot thinner and on every job it is taking investigations and it is clear that the likelihood is the situation will remain the
longer to achieve the quality needed quality just isn't being done in the first same, or get worse.
and expected. place, says Wilf Butcher, chief executive Companies are responding to the
With your supply chain you of the Association for Specialist Fire challenge of upping quality, however.
have to be more explicit about Protection. Crossrail, for example, insisted that all
what you need and want and Butcher says the problems are often construction firms tendering for business
quality you expect, as if you technically linked to fire containment walls on the project have a Chartered Quality
dont standards can fall. We've and says the cause can be linked back to Institute-qualified quality professional or
got clients who demand certain the original workmanship. equivalent in the ranks.
site managers of us. We expect the You have the follow-on trades doing And house builder and contractor
same from our supply chain, but it's these jobs and they're just not trained for Willmott Dixon has introduced a raft of
proving a challenge to find competent it. They shouldn't be assigned to it, but new quality control procedures (see box
quality people. subcontractors and other follow-on trades previous page).
But while skills shortages are clearly are often the ones finishing off the fire There are also moves to
beginning to bite, there's also a more protection work and it then comes back as professionalise quality by the adoption
deep-rooted issue. Poor quality could being unsafe. of systems such as the ISO 9000 quality
be a result of constructions low-margin He adds: Often, as well, even if management standard.
climate or, at a more basic level, quality repairs are done there is the issue of the And one area that many feel could be
is seen as secondary to getting the job appropriate material not being used for raise quality standards across the industry
done, with snagging picking up the the job, flame retardant foam to fix a gap is greater use of new technology and the
problems later. in the ceiling, for example, is often used. engagement of offsite manufacturing.
Poor quality is not necessarily a new Apart from more training and recruiting By using offsite many think that
issue. The problems with PFI schools more skilled people, what else can the a certain high-quality finish will be
and hospitals has shone an unwelcome industry do about the quality issue? maintained throughout.
spotlight on quality. For example, 17 PFI Ward says: When you start talking
schools in Edinburgh built a decade ago Clerk of works about skills and lack of labour and falling
were forced to close because of defects. A Bringing back a clerk of works on projects quality in construction, then the use of
report from the council's corporate policy is held up as one answer. The clerk of offsite, digital technology and BIM are the
and strategy committee had said early works, once a regular figure on sites, has solutions.
indications pointed to a construction become rarer and rarer in the last few Using new technology and having a
quality matter as opposed to a design years, and many believe this has led to highly efficient process in a controlled
defect or operating model. The full report faltering standards. environment, such as offsite factories,
is expected in November. As one industry veteran puts it: I've should ensure the end product is of a
Fire safety and protection and finishes been in the industry for 30 years starting consistent high quality. CM
have also come under scrutiny with a off on site and up through management,
number of faults in workmanship and the you once always had a clerk of works on CPD: Quality management, page 48
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Technical
FOR MANY YEARS the BIM mandate has
been one of the most discussed pieces
of legislation within the built environment,
and its date of implementation, 4 April
talking
2016, is seen as the most important
milestone in construction's transformation
from an analogue to a digital industry. From
this date all central government-procured
projects must be designed and constructed
using Level 2 BIM, ushering in a new era of
digitally enabled projects that benefit from
Six months on from the watershed that was the increased efficiency of time and materials.
Six months have now passed since
government mandate on use of Level 2 BIM for
PHOTOGRAPHY: GEORGE ARCHER
needs to happen to drive greater before falling sharply to the trough of approach to what it is possible to achieve.
adoption of BIM and technology in the disillusionment then rising again more The best Farrell agreed, however he was quick
construction industry. The debate fell into slowly to a plateau of productivity. thing that the to point out that while the government
a number of key themes: What most of us here are trying to mandate has has clearly stated what it wanted, there
do is cut the top of the hype curve off done is take could have been more guidance on how
Don't believe the hype so that you never go into the trough of the hype curve to achieve it: They took the approach of:
The session kicked off with the group disillusionment, but rather the industry out of play. We want this at the end, we just don't
trying to get a grasp on the current state steadily realises the benefits of BIM. care how you do it, he stated. They
Nigel Davies,
of the industry's level of BIM adoption. You don't bother following the hype, have been really good deciding to be an
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Inevitability planning
ALAMY
Paul Fox, founder of Constructive Coaching, is all in favour. going to get worse once Brexit is under
way with immigration changes.
The UK has the lowest percentage of
QUOTAS, TARGET SETTING and positive action The problem is the incumbent male female engineering professionals in
need to be on the table to shift our majority genuinely believe that they are Imagine what Europe, at less than 10%, while Latvia,
industrys woeful female board level choosing the best person for the job, it just a 15% uplift in Bulgaria and Cyprus lead with nearly 30%.
representation. so happens that that person is the grey- women senior Are my detractors going to tell me we
Both men and women tell me positive haired, middle-aged white guy again. construction cant learn from Cyprus or Bulgaria and
discrimination is bad because selection Our prejudices are so ingrained that it is positions set a +20% target benchmarked against a
should only be based on objective criteria tough to see outside of them, so when would do for precedent that already exists?
the best person for the job should the right female candidate rocks up we recruitment Over the past few decades, the
always be hired, whether that person is men (and women, studies show) just cant and retention orchestral music world has undergone
male or female. In an ideal world see or hear how fit for purpose she is. it would be a a revolution. Many musicians thought
meritocracies are it. We honestly, with good heart and virtuous cycle. that male conductors were abusing
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park and gardens, alongside a cricket
pitch and close to some of Oxfords
most treasured historic buildings, it is hard
natural beauty
to imagine a more bucolic site than the one
occupied by the Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre.
The 846 sq m auditorium and
conference centre is being built for 8.8m
by regional contractor Beard Ltd for
Worcester College in the University of
Oxford. It is designed to merge into the
protected setting by exploiting a palette
of natural materials, primarily limestone
and timber, assembled using a combination
of traditional craftsmanship and
state-of-the-art construction techniques.
The rectilinear facade, with its
expansive vertical windows, incorporates
more than 500 tonnes of masonry-grade
Clipsham limestone, precision cut using
CNC machines, then laid painstakingly by
hand. Equally complex was the timber
joinery, a structural oak lattice ceiling in
the foyer, and a geometrically
complicated fan-shaped ceiling, made
of glass reinforced gypsum (GRG),
in the focal auditorium.
Attention to detail and a marriage of traditional skills and modern construction techniques
will deliver a striking addition to Oxfords heritage. Stephen Cousins reports.
Photographs by Morley von Sternberg.
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The biggest challenges arose where that mimics the existing three-sided Front Larger mullions on the main elevation
traditional and modern materials Quad at Worcester College, with its Grade It has been a create a regular rhythm and formal
intersected, explains Richie Carter, I-listed row of medieval buildings, known challenge to frontage onto the cricket pitch, and those
contracts manager at Beard: The intricacy as "the cottages", and two Grade I-listed get the in the curved clerestory drop down into
of the building is such that you can't neo-classical style buildings, built in the stonework into the building to form the rear of the
consider one element without considering 18th century. its current auditorium space.
all the others, and how one trade will An existing natural lake near the historic state to make Carter comments: I came away from
affect the next. For example, if the college quad will be extended to run from it appear as Ripon college fully aware of the
blockwork wall is not built to the tightest the base of the east-facing studio effortless as architects exacting standards and ready
of tolerances, the oak ceiling will not line elevation, with its large bay window. possible. to promote the same standards into my
up with the stonework on the face of Water will be pumped from under the Alastair Crockett, team. Everything here is on a much
the blocks. There is the constant concern facade to appear as if the building is the grander scale, the clerestory windows are
Nall McLaughlin
that something is going to be out of line, source of the water, matching a similar 4m tall, compared to 2.5m tall on the
Architects
creating a knock-on effect. detail used at the other end of the lake. chapel, the mullions are 850mm-deep,
The Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre is Nall McLaughlin Architects design aims compared to just 300mm.
located in the northern grounds of to nestle the building into the historic The facades incorporate more than 500
Worcester College and is spread across a landscape and maximise views out from tonnes of Clipsham limestone, supplied
single storey. Due for completion in inside. It incorporates design ideas and from quarries run by Stamford Stone,
December, the facility will feature a 160- materials employed in the Stirling Prize- north of Peterborough, and installed by
seat theatre, two seminar rooms, a studio nominated Bishop Edward King Chapel at stonemason Szerelmey. Clipsham has a
for teaching and performance, and an nearby Ripon Theological College, also rough surface and wide tonal variation,
e-hub social learning space, all linked designed by Nall McLaughlin Architects picking up various pinks and blues. It has
together by a large foyer and bar area. and constructed by Beard in 2012. been used widely around Oxford, and in
It will be used by students for lectures Both buildings have limestone prominent UK buildings such as Kings
and activities, including drama and music facades, intricate timber roof/ceiling College Chapel, in Cambridge, York
sessions, for conferences and as a meeting structures, and a curved halo-like Minster and Windsor Castle.
space for local community groups. clerestory, on the upper level, divided by The masonry is laid in a regular
The building forms two sides of a a row of tapered stone mullions. 300mm-deep course across the
three-sided quad (the third side is a The Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre places elevations, switching to a 150mm course
neighbouring block of student housing) greater emphasis on the stone mullions. from the ground floor to the base of the >
STAGE AUDITORIUM
FOYER STUDIO
Design development between NMLA section, with a double pitch that kicks back
and Szerelmey allowed the sharp Thanks to up over the stage. It also curves in plan, on
profiles of the stonework to be good setting the rear edge of the stage, and on the front
maintained whilst robust detailing out and a bit of edge that extends out to meet the mullions
ensured that fractures and accelerated flexibility to at the top of the clerestory windows.
weathering would be avoided. pack and move The fan shape behaves well
The limestone involved a real mix of the stone, acoustically, the idea of a compressed
modern and traditional techniques, says there has only stage and an open auditorium was a nod
Crockett. The stonework was CNC cut been one slight to one of Nall McLaughlin Architects
from raw blocks by Meister Masonry in alignment previous projects, a bandstand at Bexhill
Cheltenham to achieve the correct issue in all 35 on the south coast, says Crockett.
profiles, but on site it was a case of three windows. Concern for light has always been
guys lifting large blocks of stone and central to Nall McLaughlin Architects
Richie Carter,
fixing them in place. The specific profiles work. Light from the clerestory streams
Beard
were designed by Szerelmey in across the surface of the GRG, so to avoid
accordance with the detailed design any unsightly blemishes a precise
provided by the architect. framework mould for each section of
The project programme was put in the ceiling was first modelled in 3D, then >
jeopardy when the glazing installer went
into liquidation and the stonework had to
be installed out of sequence, before the
windows. This threatened issues with
tolerances, particularly around large
600kg sliding windows in the front
elevation that allowed for just +/-0.5mm
of variation.
Thanks to some good setting out and
a little bit of flexibility to pack and move
the stone, there has only been one slight
alignment issue in all 35 windows,
says Carter.
That was not the projects only
setback. Unforeseen circumstances led
to a nine-week delay associated with the
replacement of the main sewer running
through the site.
The dialogue between high-tech and
traditional construction played out during
construction of the focal auditorium
space, where a geometrically complex
ceiling, resembling a folded paper fan,
was built using GRG.
The ceiling is ribbed and V-shaped in
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Above: Quality AS A RESULT OF RECENT political employing a right-first-time approach
management developments in Britain, the minds (based on risk planning) and relentlessly
systems were
crucial to Crossrails of managers throughout the ultra- learning from experience (through robust
successful delivery competitive construction industry are analysis and treatment of the root cause
focused on running the tightest ship of problems that do occur), quality
possible, to enable their firms to weather managers promise reduced costs, as well as
the storms ahead. faster delivery times and increased profits.
Quality management is increasingly Earlier this year, the Chartered Quality
being seen as an answer to two problems Institute (CQI) Construction Special
prevalent in the construction industry: Interest Group announced that its new
waste and safety breaches. These equate Cost of Quality Working Group would
CPD
to costs that any construction manager investigate the UKs 100bn construction
would be keen to avoid. By looking at every industry with a view to producing a report
aspect of a companys operation (from into the cost of quality. Whilst it has yet to
winning business to managing suppliers), reach its final conclusions, initial research
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HQ and in your area including the
CIOB at party conferences and the
NOVUS 2016 challenge
ISSUE 147
NOVEMBER 57 COMMENT
Good health and safety performance
& DECEMBER
equates to good business
performance and is everyones
responsibility says Lee Mills
2016
58 CBCS
Meet two specialist CBCs that
demonstrate the diversity of
companies achieving
chartered status
59 ONE TO WATCH
Carillions Nicola Markall
60 IN GOOD COMPANY
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NEW
Winners celebrate & charity delighted FELLOWS
Congratulations to the
>
Newman, Michael Peden, Heath
Representatives from housing in skills, to creating low carbon We were overwhelmed at the quality Powell, John Reid, Stephen
Reynolds, Mufutau Salako, Derek
providers and construction firms developments and being environmentally of the entries we received, and this year Shelley, Ronald Sutherland,
across South Yorkshire came together pro-active. a record number were submitted. The Richard Weir, Mark White, Ian
Whiting, Dennis Wilson, and
on 7 October to attend the Celebrating CIOB Sheffield & South Yorkshire Centre winners are all very deserving of their Stephen Wood.
Construction in South Yorkshire Awards. Chairman, Jonathan Took said: These awards and we look forward to seeing
On the 7 October 2016
awards celebrate the regions commitment them again next year and finding out
13 newly appointed
The awards, held at the Cutlers Hall, to building communities and highlight the more about their ongoing and future Fellows, 40 Members and
Sheffield, were endorsed by the CIOB. The broad spectrum of construction excellence programmes of work. their guests attended a
Recognition of Achievement
CCISY awards promoted a range of delivered by businesses working in the Hosted by Seth Bennett, the 12 Awards ceremony at the
different sectors essential to the delivery area. They demonstrate what can be winners were presented with their Clothworkers Hall in London.
CIOB Immediate Past
of innovative construction, from achieved through strong partnerships, a awards by representatives from the President Chris Chivers
empowering communities through clear vision and delivery through high category sponsors. FCIOB and CIOB Deputy Chief
corporate social responsibility and investing quality implementation. Winners are listed below. Executive Bridget Bartlett
officiated at the ceremony
and presented certificates to:
support its work at Sheffield ceremony guests means we can grateful for their continued The CCISY Awards are the Vipattz Ratnarajah, Jonathan
Ridd, Simon Rolfe, Carl Scholes,
Childrens Hospital. transform the hospital, with efforts and generous most prestigious event in the Antony Sheppard, Gary Smy and
David Vernon-Edwards, world class facilities to match contribution to our appeal. construction industrys social Roger Turner.
54 director of The Childrens the world class care received by The CCISY Awards will be held calendar in the region.
>
parents to cancer demolition earlier in
The CIOB is inviting members to predecessors. A Trustee term is for three and because of work the century.
take their place as a leader in years and the role is about making tough the charity does for Speller Metcalfe
sick youngsters. Its hosted the event
construction and apply for a position and challenging decisions that not only Bayford Meadows in showing off its
fundraising helps
as a CIOB Trustee. benefit the CIOB but the wider to pay for bikes, Sittingbourne hosted site in Cathedral
If you are an MCIOB or FCIOB and want to construction sector. tandems and adapted the fourth Novus in Square, where an
trikes that aid Kent Kent exciting multi-million
help grow the influence on the big issues In June 2017, five Trustees will step Construction Karting pound demolition
recovery something
and drive forward the CIOB corporate plan, down and the CIOB is recruiting to fill Jonathan believe in Cup in September. and regeneration
then a Trustee position could be for you. these positions. Three of these vacancies following his own Contractors from all scheme will create
horrific accident a over the South East new restaurants
The CIOBs vision is for every member to will be elected to the Board of Trustees joined to compete and shops. The
decade ago when he
have a consistent and valuable experience through a ballot of members; the plunged three floors in the 90-minute group then walked
no matter where they are located, and to remaining Trustees will be selected by the through a roof and endurance race in to Greyfriars
broke all his limbs. twin engine karts. House, a National
support the industry with benchmark- Board. The application process begins on 2 The event was Trust property to
He biked the180
setting learning and knowledge through the November 2016 and closes on 13 January mile-route between oversubscribed with experience how
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The search is on for a new crop of org/trustees or ask Samantha Teague at As the night came century reshaped
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the CIOB, linked to the Group; Wendy Morgan, World Heritage UK, and with 14 built environment
regeneration of Albert heritage and hosted by Sue Grindrod, institutions to deliver this
Dock in Liverpool as the conservation officer for chief executive of professional development
Guest speakers at the first of the inter-
56 professional lecture series attraction heads Liverpool City Council, Albert Dock Liverpool. lecture series.
Risky
business
Lee Mills on how to build better health and safety
practice to create better business performance
W
hether you like it or not, health injuries which means you could start Training is also key. Its important to
and safety is a big part of to see a reduction in sickness absence, remember, that safety is no more the
business life, especially when witness better morale and, in turn, see absence of injuries than quality is the
working in such a high risk sector such as an increase in productivity. absence of complaints. Ensuring your
construction. workforce has the correct training for
But great health and safety Lead the way to changing habits the work theyre carrying out, helps to
management isnt just about staying Human beings are energy saving devices provide you with increased confidence
compliant and passing inspections it can (no-one ever shows you the long way to as a manager, whilst empowering your
help boost your profits too. do something). When you start a job, you employees to feel secure and put trust in
There is a proven positive correlation are trained to do it correctly and safely. In the process.
between a companys health and time you either learn or get shown by a There is a Swedish proverb: Luck never
safety performance and its financial helpful colleague, the shortcuts to save gives, it only lendsif you walk past a
performance. In the 1990s, a construction you time. Unfortunately, these short colleague working unsafely and say or do
company logged the financial cuts often arent safe, which means by nothing, whether you like it or not, you
carrying them out you can put at risk are encouraging that unsafe behaviour.
your own safety, the safety of the public, One day, that unsafe behaviour could
Observe colleagues behaviour and the safety of your colleageus and the cause your colleague to have a serious,
correct it. And ask otheres to do the business. life-changing injury. Have the courage
same and check your habits against How can you avoid this? One way is
to observe colleagues behaviour and
to stop and challenge (in a polite way)
unsafe behaviours you might just save
the safe procedure regularly and correct it. And ask others to do the same someones life.
correct any differences and check your habits against the safe
procedure regularly and correct any
differences. Since its your habit, you
performance of its construction sites wont see it, just like you dont know
against its health and safety performance that you chew noisily but your partner
and found that poor safety was a hates it!
pre-cursor to poor financial outcome. The caveat to this is that sometimes
If the safety performance of a site dipped amendments to working procedures are
consecutively, a financial audit of that safer, ensure these are captured too!
site was undertaken. Employee engagment is crucial. If your
Its easy to get lost among all employees are better engaged they are
the regulations and focus solely on more likely to follow process and less
compliance, failing to recognise how likely to cut corners. If more employees
great health and safety management can are engaged, then others are likely to
> Lee Mills is director of
Opinion
actually benefit a business. By ensuring follow how often have you walked on health & safety services
that your site is a safe place to work, site and seen everyone wearing a hard at Citation
youll experience fewer work-related hat and wondered where yours is? www.citation.co.uk/ciob. 57
SPECIALIST
SUBJECTS
> CBC status is achieved by some
truly diverse businesses. Here
we meet two companies working in
The business is also passionate about
education. Malone is a visiting guest lecturer
at Coventry University and the firm regularly
expert areas. delivers CPD talks for the CIOB, RICS and
CABE on dampness in historic buildings,
MALONE ASSOCIATES and building defect case studies. It also
I set up Malone Associates Ltd to be a very produces a popular building defect analysis
technical business with a strong focus blog at www.buildingdefectanalysis.co.uk,
on building pathology, explains founder designed to boost knowledge of building
Joe Malone. The four years weve been defects, although it frequently leads to
in business have proven that there was a work for the firm.
gap in the market for this sort of technical The leading field of expertise for Malone
expertise. Associates is dampness in buildings. We
Malone Associates work is highly do a great deal of expert witness work and
specialised: it has expertise in floor screed survey work. We carry out detailed survey
failures and external wall insulation system work that identifies the cause of the damp
failures, among other things. The external and specifies works to cure rather than
wall insulation failure investigation work manage the dampness.
has really gathered momentum, says Malone says that CBC status is about
Malone. We are seeing a steady increase that additional stamp of professionalism.
in the number of investigations that we Clients quite often dont understand
are involved with. Its a relatively new area what the variety of chartered construction
of work and we have had to develop an professionals do and I feel that CBC status
investigation process specifically for these has a broad appeal to clients looking for a
failures. construction professional. CBC status has
There is no typical week and that is also added professional credibility to our
what makes the business so interesting. legal work. We work with a number of law
We recently we carried out a planned firms being a CBC raises the professional
preventative maintenance inspection profile whenever new law firms request a
for Rolls Royce; a structural survey on copy of the CV.
an old stone cottage in Leicestershire; a
number of expert witness reports relating JOHN BROWNING BUILDERS LTD
to construction disputes or to disputes The Browning Family has a long tradition
between landlord and tenant quite often of domestic construction ranging from new qualified in many areas of specialty such > www.malone
relating to mould and dampness within build, extension, renovation and restoration as structural carpentry, stone walling, lead associatesltd.co.uk
buildings; an investigation into sulphate work since Graham Browning established work and mathematical tiling. www.browningbuilders.
attack in a solid floor; and a number of the business in 1953. Now jointly run by Our clients have wide and individual co.uk/
full building condition surveys. On top of John and Carmel Browning, both qualified requirements. We work closely with
the survey and technical diagnostic work building engineers, the firm is called in to a number of architects who produce
we have a number of projects currently diverse builds. Our portfolio ofwork does interesting and varied designs. They
CIOB CBCs
underway, including project management vary quite a lot and does need specific encompass many new methods of building
of an external refurbishment on a 1960s skilled tradesmen for each individual and technology that modern sustainable
concrete block and the refurbishment of a project, says Carmel Browning. We are living demands. Building materials and
58 converted windmill. fortunate to have a team of tradesmen methods have become more complex
have available to us. It has benefited us directly by being would always enjoy practical have three young children so its
It also means that no two projects the first port of call for any architect, tasks more than anything else. not always relaxing!I also enjoy
are the same. We always learn from each engineer or client who wants a There is no other industry I spin classes and swimming.
project and in the process add to our professional service and knowledgeable
repertoire of knowledge. Each design is
builder. 59
Student union
When Carillion built a new library for the University of
Birmingham it did more than just deliver a new building. It
engaged students and promoted the construction industry.
T
he new Library at the University of ustilise the project as a working example to
Birmingham was handed over by raise peoples interest in the construction
Carillion in time for the 2016 industry. It saw the build
academic year. The 45m library which has as a great advertisement for the industry.
capacity for over 2,500 students, gives The challenge of how we could attract
users a transformational experience and young people and the wider society to
aims to create a green heart to the campus, the construction sector was investigated
improving both access around the area and with a jointly produced stakeholder method
the setting of the historic buildings. statement, Carillions Community Needs
The new building is part of a 300m Plan, says Neil Rudge, Carillion community
Edgbaston campus regeneration which regeneration manager.
includes a new science block, hotel and We wanted to exploit every opportunity
conference centre, student halls and sports we could to enable people to become
centre with gym and 50-metre pool. involved. Even at the ground works stage
Throughout the build, Carillion and the of the project we erected a viewing
University worked in partnership to exploit platform on the South East corner of
all opportunities to raise awareness of the the site.
value of construction and engineering to We hosted visits for school pupils,
schoolchildren, students, the general public students and the general public. The Seeing the light
Associated Architects
and other key stakeholders. platform was used for the British Science designed the space
Festival, of which Carillion was a lead to maximise natural
light and views.
Setting an example sponsor. This, week -long national initiative Other materials
Carillion had a 110-week programme to was hosted by the University with the aim are aluminium and
deliver the library, which has a post- of attracting people into STEM subjects. zinc cladding. The
importance of the
tensioned reinforced concrete insitu frame, The platform was also used during the sites location is
mixed external envelope, incorporating Universitys Community Day, Open Days emphasised by
angled stone columns
an intelligent building management and the CITBs Open Doors events amongst with brick linings
system which controls the internal many other initiatives. Once the project orientated to the
environment of the Library. could accept visitors, Carillion ran over 50 landmark University
clock tower.
From the outset, Carillion wanted to tours of the site for students and local
Case study
>
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2016/09/new-
library-opens-at-university-of-birmingham.aspx 61
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