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Interserve wins £500m deal for
News in pictures
UK military’s international bases
Interserve has been awarded an extension
worth up to £500m on its deal to provide
maintenance services to the UK’s international
bases by the Defence Infrastructure
Organisation (DIO). The three-year contract
involves infrastructure support for bases in the
Falkland Islands (pictured), Gibraltar, Cyprus
and Ascension Island.

Insulation robot firm raises £3m

The company behind robotic spray insulation
system Q-Bot, which can be used to deliver
underfloor insulation to energy-inefficient
homes, has raised £3m from investors. The
investment will be used to scale up in the housing
and construction sectors, including product
development and expansion to overseas markets.
A spokesperson for Q-Bot said the robot had been
used on “hundreds of houses” in the UK to date.

James Wates receives knighthood

James Wates, chairman of Wates Group, is to be
knighted after he was recognised in the Queen’s
birthday honours list. Wates is being honoured for
his services to business and charity. He has been
chairman of Wates since 2013, having joined Wates
Construction in 1983. He is also a past president
of the Chartered Institute of Building (from 2010-
2011) and has previously served as a chairman of
the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB),
chairman of the BRE Trust, and is co-chair of
Infrastructure Exports: UK.

Plans to build UK’s first

spaceport revealed
Plans to build the UK’s first spaceport at Scolpaig
on North Uist have been revealed. Comhairle nan
Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) is leading
a consortium including Highlands and Islands
Enterprise (HIE), QinetiQ and Commercial Space
Technologies (CST) to build the Spaceport 1 facility.
The council has agreed to invest £1m to purchase
the land where it will be constructed.

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Robot repairs
The £4m MIMRee
(Multi-platform
Inspection, Maintenance
and Repair in Extreme
Environments) project
is to develop the first
fully autonomous robotic
News story for CM? inspection and repair
Email neil@atompublishing.co.uk for offshore wind farms.

Balfour Beatty builds rubber News in quotes

road made from recycled tyres “Walk the walk”
Balfour Beatty has trialled a new rubberised The CIOB has urged
asphalt which uses recycled waste tyres, supplied construction firms to
by Tarmac, on a roads project in Coventry. The examine their own
asphalt mix uses granulated rubber from some performance when it
of the 40 million waste tyres produced in the UK comes to recruiting
every year. Tarmac claimed that it will be possible and retaining women,
to recycle and reuse up to 750 waste tyres for as part of its response
every kilometre of highway surfaced with the new to the All Party
material, depending on the thickness of the road. Parliamentary Group
(APPG) for Excellence in
the Built Environment’s
inquiry on increasing
the number of women in
the workforce.

“It needs to be rubbish”

Emails sent within
some of the five fit-out
firms fined over £7m for
breaking competition
law – Fourfront, Loop,
Coriolis, ThirdWay and
Oakley – and published
by the Competition and
Markets Authority have
Two-thirds of HS2 revealed how employees
demolition complete deliberately submitted
Two-thirds of demolition work on the HS2 project bids designed to lose.
is now complete, after contractors demolished a
huge former BHS warehouse on Hampstead Road at “Unfortunate”
London Euston. The building, made up of two separate The word chosen by
three and five-storey concrete-framed structures, Mace chief executive
was demolished over eight months by a Costain and Mark Reynolds to
Skanska team (CSJV) and specialist subcontractor describe the decision by
John F Hunt. A top-down demolition technique was the Migration Advisory
used, with machines lifted on top of the buildings and Committee (MAC) not
protective screening installed to limit noise and dust. to add construction
managers, project
managers and quantity
surveyors to the
Amey’s Forth Bridge government’s shortage
workers trial robotic exosuit occupation list.
Amey is trialling a robotic exosuit with its
operatives working on the Forth Bridges in “Powerful and positive”
Scotland, in a bid to reduce the risks posed by UK Green Building
manual handling work. The EksoVest, which weighs Council chief executive
4.3kg, is an external metal frame that mirrors Julie Hirigoyen
elements of the human skeletal structure. It is has praised the
powered by a series of springs, providing between government’s decision
2.2kg to 6.8kg of lift assistance per arm. If the trial to legislate for a target
is successful, other Amey businesses may look at of net zero greenhouse
adopting it for tasks such as waste collection and gas emissions in the
the installation of scaffolding. UK by 2050.

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50MW
The capacity of a huge lithium-ion battery, the size of half a football
pitch, that Scottish Power Renewables has been given permission
to build near Glasgow. The battery will be the biggest of its kind in
Europe and will store power from the Whitelee onshore windfarm.

New home registrations jump

Data
The number of new homes
under construction jumped
by nearly a fifth in April,

Skills shortage to push according to the latest figures

from the National House-
up tender prices Building Council (NHBC).
There were more than +1.7%
Construction tender prices are set to increase by 13,500 new homes registered Scotland
4% a year from 2022 because of long-term labour to be built in the UK in April —
constraints, according to consultancy Arcadis. a rise of 21% on a year ago.
It has held its short-term inflation forecast at In the quarter running from
2-3% up to 2021 as clients adopt a wait-and-see February to April, 38,496 new
approach to the current political uncertainty. homes were registered to North East
be built across the UK, -10.7%
5% +1.3%
compared to 36,042 in
+2.0%
the same February – Northern Ireland
April period last year. The & Isle of Man Yorkshire &
private sector was up 4% Humberside
4%
(27,881 in 2019 against 26,754 +7.0%
in 2018), with the affordable
North West
and rental sector up 14%
3% (10,615 in 2019 compared
to 9,288 in 2018). +8.6%

+14.2% East Midlands

+21.6%
2% West Midlands
+10.1%
Eastern
NHBC – UK registrations by region in Wales
Feb 2019-April 2019 vs Feb 2018-April 2018 +61.2%
1% North East: -10.7% South East: +7.5% London
North West: +7.0% Scotland: +1.7%
+7.5%
Yorkshire & Wales: +10.1%
+18%
Humberside: +2.0% Northern Ireland & South East
0%
West Midlands: +14.2% Isle of Man: +1.3% South West
2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

East Midlands: +8.6%

Eastern: +21.6% Total England: +7.4%
n Regional building construction tender price inflation
n London building construction tender price inflation South West: +18% Total UK: +6.8%
n National infrastructure construction tender price inflation London: +61.2% SOURCE: NHBC
SOURCE: ARCADIS

News in numbers

7.4%
The proportion of private high-rise
residential buildings with dangerous
aluminium composite (ACM) cladding
systems where remediation had been
completed by May 2019, compared to
35.4% in the social residential sector,
according to official figures.
2194
The date by which there will finally
be gender equality in construction at
the current rate of progress,
according to new research by the
GMB Union. The share of women in
the sector has crept from 10.4% in
2009 to 12.5% in 2018.
£7.1tn
The annual amount by which China’s
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – a huge
network of overland corridors and
shipping lanes through 71 countries – is
likely to boost world GDP, according to
a CIOB-sponsored study by the Centre
for Economics and Business Research.
£100m
The value of a new joint venture be-
tween housing association Places for
People and Ilke Homes to deliver 750
modular homes, including 500 on sites
Places for People already owns and
another 250 for schemes it will partner
on to deliver affordable housing.

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Consultation on ‘radical’ building
safety regulatory changes opens
GOVERNMENT SETS OUT ‘ROBUST’ AND
‘STRINGENT’ FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING
DAME JUDITH HACKITT’S POST-GRENFELL
RECOMMENDATIONS. BY NEIL GERRARD
The government has
launched a consultation
on its proposals for what
it calls “a radically new
building and fire safety
system” in response
to the findings of the
Hackitt review.
In a 192-page docu-
ment that builds on
Brokenshire: Consult-
ation puts resident’s Dame Judith Hackitt’s
safety at its heart independent review of
Building Regulations
and fire safety, and the government’s
implementation plan, the government
proposes that its new regulatory framework
will apply to all multi-occupied residential
buildings of 18m (six storeys) or more.
Promising “robust” reform, it sets out duties
for those responsible for the whole life cycle
of a building from design to demolition.
And it aims to place “much greater
responsibility on those designing and
constructing buildings to demonstrate
Contractors launch
new Building
Safety Charter
Early Adopters Group
backs call to improve
industry safety
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how they are managing safety risks”, with a
“more stringent approach to accountability”
over the life span of a building by defining
five “dutyholder” roles in the design and
construction phase and one during the
occupation and management phase (see box).
The dutyholders will have “new, clear and
robust requirements” to ensure building
safety through compliance with the Building
Regulations: planning, monitoring and managing
building work to promote building safety.
They must demonstrate they are competent
and employ competent people and produce
a safety case demonstrating they are taking
actions to reduce building safety risks “so far
as is reasonably practicable”.
There will be a series of new “gateway points”
before planning permission is granted, before
construction begins and before occupation
begins, where dutyholders will have to show
how they are managing risk before they can
proceed to the next stage of development.
The document sets out new details about
the proposed building safety regulator, with
Contractors including Kier, Wates and Willmott
Dixon have launched a new Building Safety
Charter in a call to raise the bar across the industry.
The firms, all of which are part of the Early
Adopters Group, established last summer
following the Hackitt review, signed the
Charter during its unveiling in London on
6 June, where it was backed by the housing
minister, Kit Malthouse.
Barratt Developments, Kier, United Living,
Wates and Willmott Dixon, along with housing
responsibility for oversight of building safety
and the wider building regulatory system,
and work to drive increased competence of
professions and trades.
I t a l s o ex p l a i n s p l a n s to i m p ro v e
compliance and strengthen sanctions and
enforcement within the new regulatory
framework.
There will be a three-step process:
reinforcement of operating standards and
provision of professional guidance; proactive
intervention and monitoring, such as issuing
stop notices or improvement notices; and the
possibility of enforcement action where the
first two stages fail to achieve compliance.
Housing secretary James Brokenshire
said: “This consultation seeks views on our
proposals for a radically new building and fire
safety system which puts resident’s safety at
its heart. We encourage residents, building
owners, the construction industry and the
fire sector to all make their voices heard.”
The consultation closes at the end of July. ●
The five dutyholder roles
For the design, build and refurbishment
phases, the government has proposed that
the five dutyholder roles align with the existing
roles identified under the Construction
(Design and Management) Regulations 2015:
l client
l principal designer
l principal contractor
l designer
l contractor.
associations L&Q, Peabody and Salix Homes,
who make up the Early Adopters Group,
have been trialling new systems and ways
of working in advance of any proposed
changes to legislation.
Examples of work the group has taken forward
include testing how residents and contractors
can report building faults in a confidential,
no-blame process, plus how the creation
and management of digitalised building
information can be improved.
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BIM to be
mandatory on
resi projects
of six or more
storeys
IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL ‘GOLDEN
THREAD’ FOR RESIDENTIAL TOWERS
WILL COST £40M TO £80M UNDER
GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS,
WRITES DENISE CHEVIN
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The government wants to mandate BIM on
high-rise residential projects over 18m (six
storeys or more) as part of tighter measures
to improve safety in higher risk residential
buildings, it revealed in its consultation
document on a new building and fire safety
regulatory system (see opposite).
And landlords and the construction
industry face costs between £40m and £80m
to comply with providing a “golden thread”
of information and key datasets for new and
existing buildings.
“Whilst we do not plan to mandate
that particular software is used to store
information as part of the golden thread, we
may choose to mandate that the golden thread
of building information complies with building
information modelling (BIM) standards,” said
the consultation.
The document said BIM makes it easier to
keep a log of any changes to the design of a
building and an accurate record of the products
and materials used in its construction.
“Mandating BIM would make best use of
ongoing work to promote digitalisation in the
construction industry, consistent with other
government and industry initiatives such as
the Transforming Construction programme
and the Construction Sector Deal,” it added.
The consultation also said that creating the
golden thread will require the use of a common
data environment (CDE) that will allow parties
to work collaboratively on developing and
maintaining the information. It is asking
whether BIM should be used in the design and
construction phase, in the occupation phase,
and whether existing occupied buildings
should adopt BIM.
The government estimated that it will
cost between £42,000 and £64,000 for each
residential high-rise project to adopt Level 2
BIM in design and construction and meet the
new legislation.
Even existing buildings will have to comply
and draw up digital data using laser scans,
which is estimated will cost up to £30,000.
How has quality
in the envelope
sector improved since
Grenfell? See page 28.
Construction
Quality Code
launched at CIOB
Members’ Forum
New document to set out
standards for industry
CIOB past president Paul Nash, chair of
the Construction Quality Commission,
has launched the new quality code that
sets out the standards the industry is
expected to deliver.
Speaking at the CIOB Members’ Forum
in Edinburgh last month, Nash said:
“The Code of Quality Practice represents
an important milestone in the work of the
commission, which was established to
investigate the issue of quality in the wake
of the Edinburgh Schools report and
Grenfell Tower fire.
“Our industry is coming under increasing
scrutiny for its failure to consistently deliver
the levels of quality and building safety
that customers have a right to expect. It is
intended to promote best practice and raise
standards within the industry. The code is
part of a wider, ongoing programme of work
the CIOB is undertaking to ensure the
industry has the required skills and
knowledge to deliver buildings that are to
the right standard and safe for people.”
The code is set to become the basis for a
pilot of the certification scheme which is being
developed by the education arm of the CIOB.
The consultation explained: “We have
modelled costs for meeting the golden
thread requirements during design and
construction that do not already use Building
Information Modelling (BIM) Level  2
and a CDE.
“Firms that already comply with BIM
Level 2 standards and use a CDE will not
see additional costs during the new build
process to ensure all gateway documents
are digital.” ●
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Interview

‘MENTAL
WEALTH IS KEY
TO CHANGING
CONSTRUCTION’
IT’S TIME FOR INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
ON MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH AFFECTS
ALL ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTION
FROM BOARDROOM TO SITE, ARGUES
NEW CIOB PRESIDENT PROFESSOR
CHARLES EGBU. HE SPOKE TO
WILL MANN ABOUT HIS PLANS
FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL TERM

Mental health and wellbeing will be one of

the key themes of Professor Charles Egbu’s
term as president of the Chartered Institute
of Building (CIOB), which begins this month.
The pro-vice chancellor at the University
of East London (UEL) sees the issue as a
“golden thread” – coining a term used by Dame
Judith Hackitt – which runs right through
the industry, affecting decision-making from
the boardroom through to site, and in turn
impacting on skills, quality, health and safety,
sustainability and profitability.

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85%
The Global Construction
2030 study forecasts
construction output will
grow by 85% by 2030
“Construction can be stressful, but other
industries could say the same,” Egbu reasons.
“If you work in medicine, for example, the
implications of not doing your job properly
are very severe. But medical professionals are
not ashamed to say they are stressed, unable
to work properly and rest.
“Whereas in construction, there is this
macho culture, where people don’t accept
they are unwell, unable to do a job, and may
need help. And so the job doesn’t get done
properly, and the consequences of that may
be seen immediately – through accidents on
site – or not till further down the line.
“Leadership has a role here. It is time for
industry leaders to challenge some aspects of
this macho culture in construction, especially
when it impacts negatively on the wellbeing of
our workers, the quality of what we deliver, the
safety of the people who occupy the buildings
we construct and ultimately the bottom line too.
“Construction, unlike other industries,
seemingly doesn’t appreciate that mental
health equals wealth. When you are well, you
make better decisions and make more money.”
Wellbeing and output
There’s a strong link, Egbu notes, between
worker wellbeing and the quality of their
output – which has been a key CIOB policy
issue since 2016 and is likely to remain so for
the foreseeable future.
“How often is poor workmanship due
to workers being stressed?” he asks. “It’s
absolutely right that the CIOB is spotlighting
quality, even more so following Dame Judith
Hackitt’s recommendations. It permeates
everything we do as an industry – design,
materials, workmanship – but also decision-
making and management processes.
“Do managers always gather enough
information to make the right decision, take
time to look at the alternative options, consult
with other members of team? Too often the
process just uses cost as the basis of decision-
making. What about overall added value?
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“But the bigger cost comes when poor
quality decision-making leads to bad work-
manship, rework and extra expense.”
Egbu’s concern is that the focus on quality
tends to come and go in cycles. “It’s now centre
stage because of the Edinburgh school collapse
and Grenfell, but I worry that it will slip off the
agenda in five years or so,” he says.
“It needs to be embedded in all kinds of
training and education, including vocational
training. UEL, like a number of universities
with courses in construction management
and construction-related areas, is accredited
by the CIOB, and as part of that, our built
environment curriculum should be infused
with quality.”
Egbu joined UEL in May 2019, and sits on the
university executive board, the latest move in
a distinguished built environment career that
includes spells at other respected academic
institutions, University College London (UCL),
University of Salford, Glasgow Caledonian
University and London South Bank University.
Through his work, the professor sees at
close quarters how the built environment
sector is changing – a more globalised
industry, rapid uptake of digital technology,
a millennial generation with different attitudes
to their predecessors.
“There is a more international dimension
to construction,” Egbu says. “The Global
Construction 2030 study forecasts
construction output will grow by 85% by
2030, with three countries – China, US and
India – accounting for 57% of all growth.
It’s staggering.
“And these countries are looking at
artificial intelligence, machine engineering,
automation, digital, offsite manufacturing
– to help them build faster, smarter, more
cheaply, with higher quality.
“With that mind, if you are planning
the education of a construction manager
– wouldn’t you want them to have an
international outlook? Whatever happens
with Brexit, the UK psyche has to look
Charles Egbu on…
…Quality
“Quality is sometimes seen as an
add-on, which it’s not. There should
be zero tolerance of poor quality,
with checks and balances all the
way through – the culture that
manufacturing has in Japan.”
…Fair payment
“I used to be a site QS over
20 years ago, and the culture
during my time on site was to
delay payments and frustrate
subcontractors so they wouldn’t
come back for their money. I hope
that doesn’t exist now, but I worry
there are still unfair payment
issues. This affects subcontractors’
cashflow, productivity, quality...”
…Globalisation and
project governance
“Projects are growing in size,
cost and complexity, drawing
together people from all over the
world. Some cultures might say,
‘Why waste money on PPE and site
welfare facilities?’ Some might
look at bribery and corruption
differently. So how do we govern
such projects, adding value,
but keeping workers safe and
maintaining high levels
of professionalism and
ethical behaviour?”
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300
Charles Egbu has more than 300
research publications to his credit

…Urbanisation “Students will become familiar with

“The World Economic Forum predicts connected enterprise and technologies to
more than 60% of the world will be develop intelligent processes – automated,
living in cities by 2030. The impact flexible and self-learning,” he enthuses. “This
of this is one of my key research also includes connecting production facilities
areas. How do you make cities more with technologies such as the internet of
resilient? What will the strain on things and big data analytics – and identifying
infrastructure be? How will this impact a role for those technologies whatever
health and wellbeing? These are industry they choose to go into.
questions construction must answer.” “So, if we can give our up-and-coming
construction managers these skills and
competencies – that is how they will add value
…BAMEs in construction in our industry.”
“Only 3.4% of UK construction He believes the millennial generations have
managers are BAMEs, compared the “thirst for knowledge” to learn about these
to 11.3% of all construction technologies, and an internationalist outlook.
employees. So, there are still “It’s up to construction and the CIOB to
barriers for BAMEs [black, Asian capture that thirst and encourage them to
and minority ethnic people] in forge links elsewhere in the world,” Egbu says.
the industry. We need to provide “This generation will likely have more than
leadership to change this, so that one career, so they will make high demands
workers from ethnic minorities from industries they work in. Construction,
have a sense of belonging and which is still struggling with a skills shortage,
want to contribute. Maximising should bear that in mind.”
Charles Egbu: CV
diversity of all kinds contributes l Appointed management
pro-vice chancellor from the University
to innovation, creativity and Health gain and learning gain (education and of Salford.
productivity gains, and helps Egbu also believes the millennials are experience) at l First degree (first
address skills shortages.” more aware of mental health. “They want University of East class honours) in
London in quantity surveying,
employers who will be sensible about worker May 2019. Leeds Polytechnic.
wellbeing,” he says. l Dean at School of l Over 15 books
UEL is walking the walk on “mental wealth”, Built Environment and 300 research
and Architecture,
as Egbu puts it, introducing a “health gain” London South Bank
publications to his
credit. Supervised
module this September 2019, worth 20 credits, University, and over 20 PhD students
which all students will take. He says UEL believes professor of project and examined
management and over 100 PhDs
that health gain is a pre-condition of “learning strategic manage- internationally. Has
outward to the wider world – improving our gain”, and of institutional success. ment in construction, received more than
2014 to 2019.
skill base, winning work . We won’t do that by “We are saying this is a precursor to success, £25m in research
l Professor of project funding in his
being myopic and inward looking.” in any industry,” Egbu adds. “Mental illness management and areas of research
UEL opened its cutting-edge London costs the UK £94bn a year, according to the strategic manage- interests in the built
Centre for Digital Design and Manufacturing OECD, a huge figure. ment in construction, environment.
University of Salford,
last year, which is central to teaching “The message is clear: if companies don’t look 1998 to 2007. Also
l Admitted to the
Worshipful Company
students about “Industry 4.0” – the fourth after their people, it costs more money in the served as associate of Constructors
long run. But the reverse is also true, companies head of research and
industrial revolution. From September 2019, in May 2017 and
innovation. received the
all of the university’s programmes will with high levels of worker wellbeing are more
l Doctorate in Freedom of the City
have a module that addresses Industry 4.0 profitable. So mental wealth is, arguably, key to construction project of London in 2017.
readiness, says Egbu. changing construction.” ●

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16-20
Opinion
At a recent Constructing Excellence Early contractor involvement is
members’ forum we considered how relatively well understood (if not
Alison Nicholl we can unlock the knowledge and always implemented), however with our
Constructing
Excellence expertise that exists throughout the move towards a digitally enabled and
supply chain. One suggestion was to manufacturing-based sector, we need to

Rethink procurement ban design and build. While this might

seem extreme, we do need to move
involve specialists and manufacturers
at an earlier stage to ensure their

to improve away from cost-based procurement

to models that recognise and reward
innovative concepts and solutions
are effectively incorporated into the

performance
value from wherever it comes, ensuring
that everyone gets paid fairly for the
value they bring.
PROCUREMENT MAY NOT BE Collaboration is the founding
A GLAMOROUS TOPIC – BUT principle of Constructing Excellence
RETHINKING OUR DELIVERY MODELS and it remains just as valid today as it
IS KEY TO TRANSFORMING THE was at the time of Latham and Egan. To
PERFORMANCE OF THE INDUSTRY, unlock value, to stimulate and reward
WRITES ALISON NICHOLL innovation, we need to share knowledge,
we need to share problems, we need
to share data and we need to share risk
rather than simply passing it around.
project, rather than bolted on. To do
this we need to change procurement.
Manufacturers cannot invest time and
effort to come up with solutions if there
is no guarantee that they will be used on
the final project, or that a lower-cost
substitution will not take place.
The Cabinet Office’s New Models
of Construction Procurement
demonstrates that more collaborative
approaches work. Two Stage Open
Book and Cost Led Procurement have

With so many factors aligning to

drive positive change in the sector,
we have to grasp this opportunity to
turn ourselves into a more productive,
more sustainable, more profitable and
more attractive industry. To do this we
need to rethink our delivery models to
transform the performance of the sector
and the built environment we create.
Part of the Constructing Excellence
vision is clients procuring for outcomes
and value. We need to shake up how we
procure. We need to rethink the current
procurement processes, contractual
a r ra n ge m e n t s a n d u n d e r l y i n g
assumptions about what value means.
As an industry, if we are to harness
the true potential of the innovation
that is moving at pace with modern
methods of construction, platform-
based approaches to building, digital
collaboration and so on, we must adapt
our current standard procurement
processes or risk failure. Kier Highways’ Project Horizon pilot in Surrey reported 12.5% savings over five years using a collaborative approach

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been increasingly widely adopted,
particularly in the local government
sector where data shows an estimated
£1bn per year of projects are using the
models as of the end of 2018.
For example, in 2018 the Surrey County
Council Trial Project (Project Horizon)
reported an average 12.5% savings over
five years, plus new 10-year warranties
on 76% of the schemes, and local
apprenticeships and recycling initiatives.
This was led by Kier Highways.
The first trial project for Insurance
Backed Alliancing (IBA), by Advance
II Alliance (including Dudley College),
demonstrated the value of collaborative
working, not just in cost savings but in
value to the client. The aim was not
simply to save money, but to maximise
value, deliver a better quality building,
minimise the risk of cost overrun and cost
dispute – and it achieved that. However,
these approaches are a long way from
being commonplace in the sector.
Under the leadership of Ann Bentley
of RLB, the Constructing Excellence
Procurement Group is considering three
key enablers of procuring for value:
l behaviours – removing cost as
a barrier
l giving industry momentum,
voice and backing
l robust metrics in a standardised
framework to prove that these
approaches work.
Our next step is understanding
the stakeholders that influence
procurement and what their drivers
are. Procurement is not a simple
picture. We need to bring together the
leaders, the influencers, the funders,
the legal teams and the blockers to work
collaboratively to unlock the value that
procurement can bring. ●
Alison Nicholl is head of Constructing
Excellence, part of the BRE Group.
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Gren Tipper
Construction Clients
Leadership Group
Clients can make construction
a better place for women
The industry’s major clients will push suppliers to
make their working environments more welcoming
and inclusive for female workers, says Gren Tipper
Construction is broadly acknowledged
as traditionally a male-dominated
industry. In an effort to change
this image of the industry, some
construction employers, including
clients, are putting effort into
creating a more welcoming and
inclusive working environment,
offering the work-life balance which
is, quite rightly, becoming more
important to many.
An area for improvement is in the
provision of better maternity and
paternity leave entitlements, which
has improved over recent years
“With our in many other sectors, but which
move towards doesn’t necessarily fit well within the
demanding construction environment.
a digitally
Many employers have robust
enabled and policies in place around diversity,
manufacturing however it’s not certain that these
based sector, are actually put into practice in the
we need workplace day to day.
Solving the negative behavioural
to involve aspects that affect women in
specialists and construction needs the same level
manufacturers of commitment as the industry has
at an earlier put into health and safety. We must
be prepared to intervene, support
stage”
and reinforce the messaging –
improving the industry not only
for women but also young fathers
who are increasingly sharing the
parental duties.
As clients, it is in our interest to
help in addressing this for our own
construction-related staff and our
suppliers. We must understand how
we can resolve the underlying issues
that dog sustainable progress.
Two areas stand out, and these
apply to any industry.
Firstly, the undertone of women
being treated as less capable than
their male counterparts, even before
engagement in work or team activity,
meaning many women feel they have to
prove themselves in an overt manner.
Secondly, maternity leave and the
distractions of a young family, leading
to women not being considered
for certain roles due to: potential
disruption from childbirth and family
commitments; maternity absence
having a perceived negative influence
on key work activities; working
hours not being as flexible as for
male counterparts, particularly when
returning to work.
There are many role models of
successful women in construction
who have prevailed in their chosen
careers and at times when it was even
more difficult. So, it can be done, but
it should be so much easier.
We want to ensure that negative
behaviours are being monitored and
appropriate action is being taken
to support women who want a
fulfilling career in construction – and
importantly to feel valued.
The Construction Clients Leadership
Group (CCLG), with the support of the
CIOB, is exploring which, if any, employers
are tackling this issue, and looking for
best practice examples. As leading
clients, we want to provide excellent
role models and influence the suppliers
we employ to match their commitment.
Email gren.tipper@cclg.co.uk to get
involved or for further information.
Gren Tipper is operations director
of the Construction Clients
Leadership Group.
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Last month, the government announced that
it was launching a consultation, promising
“a radically new building and fire safety system”.
It is likely to place more responsibility and
accountability on designers and constructors
to manage building safety risks thoroughly.
As Dame Judith Hackitt identified in her
independent review on Building Regulations
and fire safety, quality is key to managing
risk and sadly it’s an area where too many
construction firms have been failing.
But do we really need to wait for the
government to tell us what to do? Alternatively,
we can identify within our own practices,
teams and organisations areas where we can
improve on and get on and do it.
For the more enlightened contractors,
quality has always been high up the agenda, in
part because delivering quality is very closely
linked to one’s reputation. Since Grenfell
there has been a renewed focus on quality,
particularly when it comes to the external
envelope and fire escape routes because of
the public health issues around them.
In my view, the issue of quality is rising
up the agenda in boardrooms and general
dialogue within construction organisations.
This is extremely pleasing.
Rising insurance premiums
However, the construction industry needs to
make more progress on quality, more quickly.
There are some key questions contractors
should be asking themselves.
First, what are the key drivers of quality?
As a response to growing insurance claims,
all insurance companies are taking a far
greater interest in contractors’ approach
to quality. Rapidly increasing professional
indemnity insurance premiums will reinforce
the need to improve quality. We are seeing
significantly more challenging questions from
our insurance brokers regarding our approach
to quality, which we welcome.
Second, ask yourself if you have sufficient
time and money to do what you have committed
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Mark Beard
Vice president
CIOB
Comment
Don’t wait to
up your game
on quality
THE GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE
LAUNCHED A CONSULTATION ON ITS
PROPOSED CHANGES TO REGULATIONS
IN THE WAKE OF THE HACKITT REVIEW,
BUT CONTRACTORS SHOULDN’T SIT
BY AND WAIT TO BE TOLD TO IMPROVE
QUALITY, ARGUES MARK BEARD
“One of the things we have
done at Beard is to introduce
monthly quality and safety
visits around our sites
for directors and senior
managers”
to do. Also, do you have all the resources
you need to fulfil your commitments? The
temptation is to overtrade in our industry,
which produces a good level of short-term
positive cashflow, but can produce long term
problems. If the answer is “no”, then being
able to walk away from a prospective job and
admit that it is outside your skillset is crucial.
Finally, do you have the information you need
to build to – is it coordinated? As an industry,
we are too accepting of a poor starting point
in terms of information on what the customer
wants. We are too accepting of design change
and too accepting of handing over a substantially
rather than fully completed product.
Building in quality assurance
At Beard, we still have too many snags at
practical completion. We want to hand over
a building that we are proud of and that the
customer enjoys. If there is something that
detracts from our customer’s ability to enjoy
their new building, then it is a concern to us.
To help us resolve this challenge, we have
engaged a full-time quality assurance manager.
Her first task has been to review and simplify
procedures and processes to make sure that
we do what we say we are going to do. We have
a real focus on check and inspection plans for
key elements of the building. We have taken
the view that in addition to fire protection,
a key area is around water. That means making
sure roofs, cavity trays and drainage are built
absolutely to specification.
We need to bring a culture of quality to our
industry in the same way as we have safety.
One of the additional things that we have
done at Beard, for example, is to introduce
monthly quality and safety visits around
our sites for directors and senior managers.
In our view, quality and safety are closely
linked; a well-organised site is not only safe, it
gives the craftsmen an opportunity to produce
a quality product. ●
Mark Beard is executive chairman of Beard
Construction and CIOB vice president.
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Feedback
A selection of readers’ comments about
news and issues in the industry from
www.constructionmanagermagazine.com
CM 06/06
D-Day Mulberry docks
Victor Cooper
What a marvellous
achievement and effort.
To deliver that unique
project on time, on
budget and on spec was
a turning point and a huge
contributor to our ultimate
victory. It makes me very
proud to be a British
constructor!
Darren Bell
Great piece of engineering
and thinking outside the
box. Well done Wates and
their design teams all those
years ago.
RE Wood
John Laing & Sons was one
of the many contractors
involved.
John Broomfield
And the record shows
that RH Harry Stanger was
entrusted with the quality
control of materials and
fittings for the concrete
Phoenix units of
Mulberry Harbour.
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Janet Wood
Do you know that the
harbours were named after
the mulberry tree in the
garden of Kingswood
School, Bath? The school
had been requisitioned in
the war and the designers
of the harbours looked
out of the window and
drew inspiration for a
name from the mulberry
tree in the garden.
Bryan Hills
My father, who was a
plasterer by trade, worked
on the building of the
Mulberry harbours. He told
me about it many years
after the war.
The shuttering system
was adapted by John
Mowlem & Co to produce
a system of housing which
was extensively used in the
1960s and 1970s to produce
good-quality homes.
In Stevenage at Pin
Green we were handing
over thermally efficient
homes complete with
wallpaper and curtain
rails at the rate of 38 per
week. Can any homebuilder
match that today?
The Mulberry
floating docks
enabled
2.5 million men
and 500,000
vehicles
CM 10/06
Royal Liverpool
R Blackmore-Squires
Government procurement
agencies need to tighten
scrutiny of proposals
both on quality of design
and total management as
well as price and funding
options for these major
schemes.
I have often wondered
how it is that overseas
developers can beat our
national contractors so
easily, and the worrying
tale of the Royal Liverpool
Hospital is some evidence of
why our most famous main
contractors are no more.
Brian Wood
Would these shortcomings
have been found if Carillion
had not gone under? Who
knew of the faults? Who
should pay?
E Browning
Structural failures on
the building before it
comes into use? This is an
inexcusable failure on the
part of the designers —
like building a battleship
without a bottom. It’s not
good enough they have
gone bankrupt and left the
taxpayer with the bill – we
should at least know the
names of those responsible,
for future reference.
Legal: Why Interserve’s Swansea
stadium row went to extra time, p44
CM May 2019
30-day payments
Paul O’Brien terms does nothing to
In response to Mark Beard’s change their settlement
article in connection with terms and is worthless as
a mandate for 30-day behavioural change.
payment terms, I feel he is So with this being led
missing a very significant by appointing clients, how
piece of the puzzle. do you expect an SME to
As a contractor, yes in an be able to settle in lesser
ideal world we very much terms without putting their
endorse 30-day payment cashflow under huge and
terms. However, the possibly unsustainable
suggestion that the client pressure?
should potentially veto A sustainable business
any contractor who settles requires a healthy flow
in terms of greater than of cash coming and
30 days, or indeed supply settlement of supply
chain partners refusing chain partners needs to
to trade with contractors align with this. It’s simple
who exceed this term, is commercial logic.
very naive and ignores the Unless there is a real
commercial challenges appetite for clients to
that SMEs like ourselves commit to 30-day terms,
encounter. you can’t expect SMEs
We operate for a number to reciprocate.
of prominent clients who
have payment terms in
excess of 60 days or more.
The recent implementation
of public naming and
shaming of corporations
that operate on these
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Technical

TOLENT IS
The 83m Hadrian’s Standing 83m,Hadrian’s Tower is set to
Tower occupies a become the tallest building in Newcastle

TALLEST IN TOON
very tight site in the
centre of Newcastle
NEWCASTLE’S TALLEST TOWER IS CURRENTLY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. ON A LOGISTICALLY CHALLENGING SITE,
MAIN CONTRACTOR TOLENT IS USING OFFSITE TECHNOLOGY
WIDELY, INCLUDING A UNITISED FACADE MANUFACTURED
IN EASTERN EUROPE. WILL MANN REPORTS
when construction finishes next year.
Situated between St James’ Park
and the main railway station, main
contractor Tolent is constructing
the tower for developer High Street
Residential on an incredibly tight site,
where neighbouring buildings are just
75mm from the new structure.
This has led the contractor, head-
quartered in Gateshead, to prefabricate

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Email will.m@atompublishing.co.uk
“We have just one tower
crane and one hoist so our
just-in-time delivery system
has to be spot on – and
on busy days we have
up to 30 deliveries”
Paul Consterdine,
Tolent
many components, most notably the
unitised facade which is being manu-
factured and assembled at various
locations across Europe.
Project manager Paul Consterdine,
also from Gateshead, recently returned
to the north east after five years in the
capital, and says that “logistically, this
is like working on a central London site”.
The 27-storey tower is an irregular
trapezium on plan with a total
floorspace of around 12,500 sq m.
The building footprint is 62 sq m.
Tolent’s site office is in a neighbouring
building. What little spare space there
is at ground level is being used by the
concrete frame contractor to assemble
column and slab reinforcement.
“Otherwise materials are unloaded
from the lorry on arrival and go straight
onto the tower,” explains Consterdine.
“Floorplates are small so we can’t
preload with materials.
“We have just one tower crane and
one hoist so our just-in-time delivery
system has to be spot on – and on busy
days we have up to 30 deliveries.
“Fortunately, we had a long lead
in which allowed us to plan the
construction methodology.”
Tolent was awarded the negotiated
contract from High Street Residential
and started on site in August 2017,
managing the demolition and enabling
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CONSTRUCTION MANAGER | JULY/AUGUST 2019 TECHNICAL
12, 500
The tower is an irregular trapezium on plan
with a total floorspace of around 12,500 sq m
works. Given the area’s mining history, Right: A full
six boreholes were drilled to the core perimeter
protection screen
seams below, which were unworked. is used for safety
There were also no discoveries from
Below left: How the
the archaeological investigations – 27-storey tower’s
the site is next to the old city wall – unitised facade will
allowing the foundations construction look on completion
to get under way in May 2018, with
the piling mat installed as part of the
enabling phase.
Some 245 CFA piles, 600mm in
diameter, were driven to depths of 22m
to 25m. Of these, 153 are load bearing. The four lowest levels flare outwards
Because of the close proximity to the at one corner, then twist inwards
neighbouring buildings, Tolent had for the next two storeys, and again
to install a contiguous retaining wall for the next three, before becoming
of 76 piles. A further 16 piles support uniform from floor 9 up to the roof.
the tower crane base. On plan, the trapezium changes into a
The structural frame, which uses parallelogram.
6,000 cu m of concrete and 1,000 tonnes The tapered design creates steps at
of reinforcement, is mostly conventional floors 4, 6 and 9, where triangular green
apart from the bottom nine levels. sedum roofs will be installed.
The tower will have 162 PRS
Hadrian’s Tower
apartments, with 30 different layouts
Value: £26m
in total, most of the variations in the
Client: High Street
Residential unusual shape of the lower levels.
Main contractor: From 9 to 23, each floor comprises six
Tolent apartments with identical layouts, and
Architect: the top four storeys contain penthouses.
FaulknerBrowns
There were a few significant changes
Structural engineer:
Alan Johnston from the original structural design. The
M&E consultant: first was the incorporation of an extra
Desco storey. “This meant increasing the
Key subcontractors:
overall height of the tower by an extra
Concrete frame:
4D Structures metre, the maximum level allowed by
Facade: EVB/GA the planning permission, and then
Installations shaving 50mm off the height of each
H&V: H Malone storey – to 2,925mm,” explains David
and Sons
Thompson, Tolent’s regional director
Electrical: TClarke
for the north east.
Ceilings and
partitions: Kenmor “We also reduced the thickness of the
Programme: floor slabs and the height of the ceiling
118 weeks voids – this has meant the ventilation
Scheduled
ductwork now takes up the full depth
completion:
August 2020 of the ceiling void, so we’ve had to plan
the services coordination carefully.”
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“The architect wanted a clean
line between each storey…
this meant creating a bespoke
design for the fire stopping
between each floor”
David Thompson,
Tolent
The other main change from the
original design was the inclusion of a
third lift shaft to allow direct access to
the planned lounge area at roof level.
“This meant rationalising the
structural design, reducing column
numbers but beefing up their thickness
by about 30% to 40%,” adds Thompson.
The columns are typically 300mm
x 800mm thick. Internally, these are
set out at 5m centres, with reinforced
concrete piers at 1.3m centres around
the perimeter. Shear walls have been
used as well as columns, to achieve
lateral stiffness, up to level 6 on the
west side and all the way up to the top
floor on the east side.
The envelope design is also different
at the lower levels. SFS and brickwork
are used on levels 0 to 5, while from
level 6 up it is all unitised glass spandrel
panels with anodised aluminium.
The unitised sections, 1,968 in
total, are supplied by Pilkington and
assembled at its various locations
around the continent. The glass is
manufactured in Germany, the double-
glazing units assembled in Poland,
then shipped to Ukraine – where the
anodised aluminium is manufactured –
and there they are structurally bonded
into the unitised facade units. From
Ukraine, they are delivered straight
to the Hadrian’s Tower site.
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“The decision was partly due to
speed – and obviously the cost had to
work – but also safety and logistics,”
says Thompson. “We didn’t want to use
mast-climbing work platforms, because
it would have meant having the mast-
climbing structures on two elevations.”
The units arrive on stillages, are
unloaded from the lorry by mini
telehandlers and lifted onto the hoist,
then taken up to the floor plates. A spider
crane on the floor above raises the units
from the stillages individually, then lifts
them up and out of the building, and on
to the brackets attached to the concrete
structure, where they are secured in
place internally.
“ T h i s re q u i re s c o n s i d e ra b l e
preparation,” says Consterdine. “The
tolerances are just +/– 10mm for each
unit. The brackets have to be accurately
set out and torqued. The frame’s
concrete mix is 15N – unusually high
for a concrete slab – but the tolerances
are so tight we have to avoid any
deflection.”
One other significant design issue
on the facade installation was the
fire-stopping.
The concept design for Hadrian’s
Tower pre-dated Grenfell, explains
Thompson. “Typically, on this type of
project, there would be a spandrel panel
around 500mm deep which effectively
conceals the fire-stopping,” he says.
“Here, the architect wanted a clean
line between each storey, to create a
transparent effect up the whole facade,
with each floor clearly visible. This
meant creating a bespoke design for
the fire stopping between each floor.”
With this design, the Siderise fire
stop product sits below the horizontal
transom, sealing the gap between
the floors and the external unitised
facade panels, maintaining continuity
The lower levels of fire resistance. This achieved the
flare out at one
minimalist, transparent effect the
corner, then twist
inwards before architect intended.
becoming uniform “However, there was no prior test
from floor 9 data for this design,” says Thompson.
“Initially, we carried out a desktop study,
but when we went to Tyne & Wear fire
brigade, they asked for a physical test.
So we had to build up a sample panel
to get tested first, which was done in
Warrington by Exova.”
“The design also had to be signed off
by building control,” adds Consterdine.
“Creating and finalising this part of the
design took six months and involved
three fire consultants.”
The other significant offsite package
is the bathroom pods. All 175 of them
are being supplied by modular outfit
Offsite Solutions.
“The bathroom pods are lifted by
tower crane onto cantilevered decks,
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1, 968
The unitised sections, 1,968 in total, are
supplied by Pilkington and assembled at
its various locations around the continent
which come off the floorplates, and
we wheel them onto the floors,”
explains Consterdine.
The pods also present a challenge
with the services integration, with
no central risers on the tower. “The
services have to be installed before the
pods are fixed into their final positions,”
says Consterdine. “So before we
install them, we have to test all the
pipes, fire stops, ventilation ductwork
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and seals above the pods, because we
can’t do it afterwards.”
The close proximity of neighbours has
been a big consideration throughout the
works. For safety reasons, Tolent is using
a full perimeter protection screen during
the concrete frame construction. The
screen, supplied by RMD preassembled,
comprises a lightweight steel frame
with robust plastic sheeting. On the
upper floors, the wind gusts are barely
“Logistics has
been the biggest
issue, particularly
planning crane
hook time and
hoist time. We
would have liked more than one
hoist but there wasn’t room”
Paul Consterdine,
Tolent
detectable behind the screen. The
screen covers four floors, moving up the
tower as floor slabs are cast.
“When working so close to
neighbouring buildings, these are
necessary for safety,” says Consterdine.
“They are more common in London,
but I think this is the first time one
has been used in Newcastle.”
Meanwhile, the tower crane is so close
to the structure that Tolent has had to
put in an intermediate tie at level 18 to
stop the mast deflecting in high winds
and hitting the top of the building. “The
worst case scenario is 2m in either
direction,” says Consterdine.
Tolent is required to maintain access
to the car park of Nexus, which occupies
the building next door, 24 hours a day.
“We came to an arrangement where
we split the road in half on Rutherford
Street [the only access road], took access
of one half for our site compound, and
The tower crane left the other half to provide access for
is so close to the Nexus,” explains Consterdine.
structure that
Tolent had to put
“Logistics has been the biggest issue
in a tie to stop the on the project, particularly planning
mast deflecting in crane hook time and hoist time,” he
high winds reflects. “We would have liked to have
had more than one hoist but there
wasn’t room.”
Hadrian’s Tower is due to complete
in August 2020 and is on schedule,
says Consterdine. ●
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Envelope
TAKING CONTROL OF
ENVELOPE QUALITY
AFTER THE FAILINGS WITH THE EDINBURGH SCHOOLS,
AND THEN THE GRENFELL TOWER DISASTER, THE
ENVELOPE SECTOR HAS COME UNDER CLOSE SCRUTINY
FOR THE QUALITY OF ITS WORK. NEIL GERRARD
EXAMINES HOW IT HAS RESPONDED
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Dame Judith Hackitt was unequivocal
in her assessment. Ignorance of
regulations, a motivation to do things as
quickly and cheaply as possible, a lack
of clarity on roles and responsibility,
and inadequate regulation – all of this
had conspired to create a culture issue
in construction that amounted to a
“race to the bottom”, she asserted in
her final report following her review
of Building Regulations and fire safety.
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“There is insufficient focus on

delivering the best quality building The quality challenge —
possible, in order to ensure that residents
are safe and feel safe,” she said. and what needs to change
It was a damning conclusion and
another stain on the reputation of the
construction sector, already reeling
from the faults uncovered in 17 Views from across the envelope sector
primary schools across Edinburgh on changing the quality culture
after the collapse of a wall at Oxgangs
Primary School in Edinburgh in
January 2016, and growing disquiet “Do I think
about the high level of defects in the we could
housebuilding sector. have another
It has also spurred the government Edinburgh
into action. Not only did it last year schools today?
announce a technical review of Yes. It is a
Approved Document B, which closed shame to say
in March, it also opened a consultation it three
on a “radical” new regulatory system years on” “While we take care to “One widespread issue “The government can
Paul Nash,
for building and fire safety last month, specify the appropriate is the competency of set certain policies but
Construction roof systems for each installers. Better training if it is not seen to police,
which closes on 31 July. Quality individual project, we is key, as are inspections then the danger is we
But how well has the construction Commission, CIOB often see last-minute and evidence of go back to the way we
sector – and the envelope sector in substitutions to checks being carried were. We also need to
particular – responded to quality reduce costs. There out. There needs to be be careful of unintended
concerns since Edinburgh and Grenfell? have been some more emphasis on consequences. The
recent amendments to making sure you can changes to Approved
Not well enough, if you ask CIOB Building Regulations, do a job to the right Document B have
past president Paul Nash, who is chair but more needs to be technical specification, caused grey areas that
of the body’s Construction Quality done to bring clarity with an emphasis on are very difficult in
Commission, whose work is shortly and to reflect modern quality rather than terms of interpretation.”
construction methods.” just on cost.” Nigel Blacklock,
due to result in the publication of a new
Dean Grady, product Carlton Jones, technical director,
Construction Quality Code (see page 11). manager for single-ply director, MCRMA Bauder
“Do I think we could have another membrane, Sika Sarnafil
Edinburgh schools today? Yes.
It is a shame to say it three years
on,” says Nash. “What shocked me envelope of a building has multiple has been a renewed focus, particularly
with Edinburgh schools is that we functions that it has to perform, from when it comes to the external envelope,
were talking about basic building aesthetics, to keeping the weather because of the public health issues
technology. This was not a complex out, to keeping the heat in, acoustic around it. The issue of quality is rising
cladding system. performance and performance in fire.” up the agenda in boardrooms and in
“Grenfell is a much more complex Mark Beard, chairman of Beard general dialogue within construction
problem because it was a refurbishment Construction and vice president of the organisations,” he says.
of an existing building and one of the CIOB, agrees that not enough progress Nash sees competence in the construc-
wider issues is what happens when has been made on the issue of quality but tion supply chain as key to delivering
people go in and make alterations does see business leaders finally waking the required level of quality on building
to existing buildings. The external up to its importance. “Since Grenfell there envelopes. Indeed, competence in

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1, 500
Some 1,500 individual roofers have put
themselves forward for RoofCert
two key areas – design and the work-
manship involved during installation –
is critical in his view.
While architects have traditionally
had the competence on the design front,
facades are now often such complex
systems that the skills required to
design it correctly are held in other
disciplines, he argues.
Earlier involvement
In his eyes, that strengthens the case for
earlier involvement of contractors and
subcontractors. “There is a question
mark over how we get the right skills
around the table early enough in the to report non-
process to ensure that what we design
meets all the performance criteria.
Very often those skills exist further
down the supply chain with specialist
National Federation
subcontractors,” Nash says.
The issue of workmanship is a
somewhat simpler issue, he contends,
and it hinges on having a high standard
o f i n s p e c t i o n a n d ve r i f i ca t i o n
processes. “There is an issue in terms
of whether the individual installers are
competent, who is ensuring that what
they are collectively doing meets the
right standard?” he asks.
That’s a point echoed by Keith Laing,
head of facades and cladding, at specialist
envelope contractor Guildmore.
“Legislation to improve construction
quality has been welcome but there are
still steps the private sector can take
itself to ensure better practice,” he says.
“That can mean making sure that
our quality inspection processes are
constantly reviewed, having a clerk of
works and making sure all managers
and relevant people are trained to the
highest level about which materials are
the best in class.”
Meanwhile, National Federation
of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) chief
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executive James Talman urges greater
vigilance among construction firms,
as his organisation focuses on not just
keeping members safe, but also building
occupants, in the post-Grenfell era.
“Member companies should have
confidence to report non-compliant or
substandard work,” he says. “I said to
one member, ‘if you install cladding,
and you see that firestops are missing
around the window for example, it might
“Member not be in your contract – but you know
companies this is not compliant, so you should say
should have that to your supervisor’. ”
confidence Talman, who also sits on the
Build UK board, warns that for his
compliant or contractor members, making the right
substandard product choices in roofing or cladding
work” construction is critical.
James Talman,
“A lot of our smaller members are
of Roofing potentially exposed during their work
Contractors because design responsibility is often
NFRC raises
quality bar with
RoofCert
Nine roofing disciplines will
be accredited under scheme
NFRC chief executive James Talman
After research conducted with the
Construction Industry Training
Board (CITB) highlighted that
reputation among contractors is a
concern, the NFRC has introduced
its RoofCert accreditation scheme
for individual roofers.
Positioned as “roofing’s answer to
Gas Safe”, it aims to raise the level of
professionalism in the sector. This year,
it began piloting the RoofCert Technical
Knowledge Test for slating and tiling,
the first of nine roofing disciplines
that will be UKAS accredited.
“This reputation issue dates back
to before Grenfell. It was prompted
by behavioural and quality issues,
particularly in housing work,” explains
Talman. “Defect examples are typically
in the details, such as hip flashing,
chimney dressing.
“The first pilot of the test was in
Yorkshire and 70% passed. So that
shows the test is rigorous. Some 1,500
individual names have put themselves
forward for RoofCert. They want to
say to main contractors and clients
up the supply chain, ‘we’re aware of
quality concerns, this is what we’re
doing about it’,” he says. “We will also
add a rainscreen cladding test on to
the RoofCert scheme and are lobbying
government for support.”
Talman argues that RoofCert can
also help with retentions. “We would
ask main contractors: are retentions
held because of concerns about
quality issues?” he says. “Because we
are addressing these quality issues
through RoofCert. We will measure the
quality and productivity improvements
and produce an output score.”
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FIS tackles SFS

quality concerns

Installation concerns about steel framing

systems (SFS) are addressed in a new
technical guide produced by FIS, the trade
body for the finishes and interiors sector

“They are different products. It may

not necessarily matter if you changed
them but the point is you don’t know.”

“If BIM is fully embedded
and you have a unified model,
it becomes more difficult
for people to make
last-minute changes for
value-engineering reasons”
Nigel Blacklock,
Bauder
passed down the supply chain, and they
think the manufacturers’ products
cover them,” he says.
“But sometimes, companies will
choose a pick and mix system, with
different components from different
manufacturers and different origins,
which are not fully tested when used
together. So, we tell members to stick
to tried and trusted systems.”
Nigel Blacklock is technical director
for flat roof manufacturer Bauder,
and well aware of the problems that
can occur with “mixing and matching”
products.
“Someone will always try and change
one component of it, usually for a small
financial gain. You are actually putting
everything at risk,” he says.
“If you present a fire test certificate
and building control comes back and
says, ‘yes but this has Bauder insulation
on it and you have used something
different’, don’t come sobbing to me.
Digital uptake
Could improved data management
provide part of the answer? Following
the Hackitt report, many focused on
her “golden thread” of information:
the idea that improved digital records
would transform quality of design,
construction and asset management.
Talman sees a role for better use of
digital technology, although he says
its adoption in the roofing sector has
been slower than he would have hoped.
“There has been less push on digital
from manufacturers than we expected.
They have struggled getting to grips with
data standards. However, our member
contractors mainly at the top end, such
as Prater, are pushing forward with it,”
he adds.
Blacklock agrees: “Five years ago,
I had the first BIM object in the industry
for flat roofing but few people were asking
for them and from the manufacturers’
point of view it seems to have stalled.
“But in principle, if BIM is fully
embedded and you have a unified model,
it becomes more difficult for people
to make last-minute changes for
value‑engineering reasons.”
Nash wants to see a regulatory system
that is less open to interpretation but
feels that better inspection and site
supervision is also required. While he
acknowledges that main contractors
are already making inroads, he also
wants to see a reassessment of the
drivers for construction projects –
placing a greater emphasis on quality,
ahead of time and cost.
“It’s about how you drive the right
culture and behaviours – and that has to
come from the top down,” he asserts. ●
Problems can occur with SFS due to lack of planning, warns FIS
The updated guidance
on the design and
installation of light steel
external wall systems was
created after competence
and quality issues were
highlighted by the Oxgangs
Schools wall collapse in
Edinburgh and the Grenfell
Tower fire.
“SFS is seen as non-load
bearing, but it is supporting
cladding, internal linings
insulation and even
services,” FIS CEO Iain
McIlwee explains. “There
are significant implications
should it fail, which could
lead to the external
cladding falling off.
“The report on the
collapse of the brick
cladding at Oxgangs
Primary School Edinburgh
on 29 January 2016
highlighted that there
was a failure in the
correct installation of a
simple element: wall ties.
Although there are no
direct examples of this
happening where SFS has
been installed, it highlights
the danger of ignoring
the correct installation
process.”
The guide, which FIS
produced with the Steel
Construction Institute
(SCI), includes sections on:
l Light steel sections
l Structural design
l Setting out, tolerances
and movement
l Fixing details and
fasteners
l Installation
l Health and safety
l Continuous walling
l Secondary steelwork.
“SFS has been around
for over 20 years, and
many projects are using
it, but there are problems
being created because
of a lack of planning and
knowledge,” says Joe Cilia,
technical director at FIS.
“SFS is the first thing
you see, but often the
last thing that’s designed
in a building. This guide
is an example of how
the supply chain can
work together to share
knowledge, support training
and deliver quality.”
FIS says the guide aims
to spread best practice,
help raise standards,
educate clients, designers
and installers, and will
also be useful to anyone
involved in quality checks,
such as clerks of works.
The document
includes checklists and
guidance, and aims to give
installers the confidence
to question designs.

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Flower Bowl Entertainment

Centre, Lancashire
The green roofing award went to W Hughes
& Son for this garden centre and
entertainment venue project. Designed
on sustainability principles, with the
curved green roof reflecting the local
landscape of rolling hills, it used a robust,
root-resistant system beneath the green
roof growing medium and the insulation.

McArthur Hall, Methodist

College, Belfast
The roof of this Grade B1 listed building
was restored by D Harkin & Co Roofing,
reusing original building material where
possible, including slates, gutters and
downpipes. However, the spire was
missing most of its lead, due to weather
exposure, so experienced heritage craft
lead workers recreated the original
intricate lead designs. The project won
the lead roofing award.

IN PICTURES:
SIX INNOVATIVE
ROOFING
PROJECTS
SOME OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF
ROOFING WORKMANSHIP WERE
HIGHLIGHTED AT THE RECENT UK
ROOFING AWARDS, ORGANISED BY THE
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF ROOFING
CONTRACTORS. CM TAKES A LOOK AT
SIX OF THE STAND-OUT PROJECTS
FROM THIS YEAR’S WINNERS
BSK Building,
Clifton College, Bristol
The slating award went to M Camilleri
& Sons for its renovation of this Grade II
listed dining hall, dating from 1862.
The team stripped the 1,000 sq m roof
covering, before replacing it like for like
with 15,000 dark blue-grey rectangular
Cwt y Bugail slates and heather blue
Penrhyn arrowhead slates. These were
fitted on the duo-pitch roof in distinctive
alternating ornamental bands.

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The Dunes, Perranporth, Cornwall

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Systems had to contend with coastal weather
to deliver this robust roof on a luxury housing
development. Sarnafil decorative profiles
were used on the steeper pitched roofs and
beach houses to mimic standing seams. The
team carried out wind uplift calculations
to ensure the roof would resist the elements.
The scheme won the single ply award.

Ludgate House,
Hertfordshire
Richardson Roofing installed this
bespoke curved zinc roof, which
transformed an old livery yard into
a new home. The contractor created
the barrelled roof on site, delivering a
standing seam metal roof covering that
reflects the traditional barn form, using
modern systems. The project won the
fully supported metal roofing category
and the roof of the year award.

No 1 Court, All England

Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon
Prater worked with BEMO Systems
to deliver the 6,500 sq m aluminium
standing seam roofing system and
3,000 sq m of rainscreen cladding, on the
redevelopment of Wimbledon’s No 1 Court
into an all-weather tennis arena with
retractable roof. The complex and
high-profile project won the sheeting
and cladding award.

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36-37
BIM & Digital
requirements (EIR) and a contract stage, to ensure these are set out
is now an appointment. Many of clearly at tender stage. Arguably it is
the terms used will still be familiar, more likely to get accurate and useful
Paul Shillcock May Winfield
Operam BuroHappold such as the BIM execution plan (BEP) tenders this way.
and the master information delivery These documents together form

NEW BIM plan (MIDP).

Concept guidance has recently been
the information management part
of the appointment (that is, contract).

STANDARDS, published on BS EN ISO 19650-2 and

detailed guidance is anticipated in
These documents primarily comprise
the project’s:

NEW CONTRACT the summer, including a compliant

draft protocol.
l EIR;
l information delivery milestones;

RULES? Invitation to tender

So, what should an invitation to
HOW WILL THE CONTRACT FRAMEWORK tender and subsequent appointment
CHANGE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF aligned with the ISO 19650 series
ISO 19650? PAUL SHILLCOCK AND look like and how would this differ
MAY WINFIELD EXPLAIN from tenders and appointments in
the PAS 1192-2:2013 era?
BS EN ISO 19650-2 provides that the
appointed party will comprehensively
develop its requirements at pre-tender
l information standards;
l information production methods
and procedures;
l reference information and shared
resources;
l information protocol.
(See section 5.1 of BS EN ISO 19650-2
for further details.)
BS EN ISO 19650-2 envisages that the
invitation to tender will contain, as well
as the above documents, additional

Under PAS 1192-2, the contractual

documents for projects adopting ISO 19650-2 documents
Main body Project information protocol
BIM comprised primarily the BIM
protocol, the employer’s information
requirements and the BIM execution Appointing party Delivery team
plan. Official templates for these exchange information
Project information Delivery team
master information
standard BIM execution plan
documents were never developed. requirements delivery plan
However, there is a standard BIM
protocol form – the CIC BIM Protocol
Level of Acceptance criteria Delivery team
– currently in its second edition. information e.g. management/ Industry
capability and capacity
standards
In January 2019, the PAS was need production methods
assessment
and procedures;
superseded by BS EN ISO 19650-2. reference
The new international standards are Supporting
information and
Appointing
shared resources Delivery team
a game-changer and anticipated to be information party
mobilisation plan
widely adopted around the world. e.g. reference standards and
information policies
In elevating PAS 1192-2 into an and shared Project information
delivery milestones
international standard, there was a resources Delivery team
need to amend some of the terminology information delivery
risk assessment
to be more universal. n Appointment documents n Appointment schedules
n Referenced documents – Appended – Referenced
For example, the BIM protocol is
n ow t he i nform ation p rotocol,
employer’s information requirements The purpose of this diagram is to show the relationship between the various information management documents within an appointment
and is not intended to be legal guidance. Not all contracts have schedules; for example the schedules contents would be contained in
a re n ow exc h a n ge i n fo r m a t i o n NEC3/4 Z-clauses and works information/scope instead. Legal advice should always be sought when preparing appointments.

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“BS EN ISO 19650-2 provides
that the appointed party will
comprehensively develop its
requirements at pre-tender
stage, to ensure these are set
out clearly at tender stage”
te n d e r re s p o n s e re q u i re m e n ts
(see section 5.2.3 of BS EN ISO 19650-2)
which set out what is expected from
tender submissions.
The aim is to ensure that tenders
can be accurately prepared to the scope
anticipated by the appointing party.
They could include, for example, only
wanting risks with high probability
or impact to be highlighted in the
risk register.
The tender response requirements
may therefore be split between
requirements for tender submissions
and additional requirements for
winning tenders only.
Some activities, such as elements
of the BEP, may not be possible or
necessary to be carried out at tender
stage but tenderers need to be aware
of these additional requirements
so that they can be priced within
the tender.
The appointment
Once a tenderer has been selected,
the question then turns to how the
above documents will be compiled
into the appointment. Which
documents should form part of the
appointment? Which documents are
simply intended to be non-binding
or reference material? Section 5.4.7
of BS EN ISO 19650-2 gives some
guidance on this.
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So what would a “typical” BS EN
ISO 19650-2 compliant appointment
look like? In the absence of one source
that sets this out, the flowchart (left)
illustrates what documents are likely
to form a standard BS EN ISO 19650-2
compliant appointment framework,
based on the authors’ analysis.
What these documents consist of
may vary from project to project.
For example, the EIR and BEP may
comprise a number of separate
collated documents, or may be
relatively short documents for less
complex projects. This is reflective of
the aims of the BS EN ISO 19650-2 to
be flexible to the needs of the parties
applying it. ●
Paul Shillcock is managing
director of Operam.
May Winfield is associate director
at BuroHappold Engineering
and chair of BIM4Legal.
The authors are currently researching
the international legal community’s
understanding and interpretation
of the ISO 19650-2:2018, including
interpretation of the appointment
framework, with a white paper of their
conclusions due to be published later
this year. They need your help to come
to accurate conclusions.
To provide your input, contact
paul@operam.co.uk or
bim4legal@gmail.com.
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How drones are
helping fight fires
Drones played an important part in saving Notre
Dame, and their role in fighting and preventing
fires will only grow, says Robert Garbett
Notre Dame cathedral on fire
The use of drones by fire
services is nothing new.
However, the fire at Notre
Dame highlights how this
technology enhances
firefighting on a large-scale
blaze – and saves lives.
While the cathedral’s iconic
spire and sections of its roof
were destroyed in the fire in
April, the Parisian firefighters,
desperate to preserve what
they could of this historic
landmark, looked to drones
for safety and guidance.
DJI drones, equipped
with delicate yet powerful
imaging devices, helped to
add information, insight and
data to the strategy of the
crews on the ground, while
allowing them to keep a safe
distance from the scene.
Using images and
livestream videos, the
firefighters could remotely
identify the most critical areas
of the fire, the current status
of infrastructure and, most
importantly, where to focus
their preservation efforts.
Until now, drones in
this role have largely been
restricted to the use of small
unmanned air systems (UAS)
for surveillance, observation
and intelligence gathering,
plus some larger-scale
dousing of fires in hard-to-
reach locations.
As the technology evolves,
fire services will become
aware of the power of hybrid
drones, sometimes called
multi-modal systems. These
can operate in multiple
environments – for example,
operating over a river close
to a blaze which would
otherwise be inaccessible.
Similarly, an autonomous
or remotely controlled UAS
could be rapidly deployed
to a fire at a chemical plant,
for example, where the
presence of firefighters
would be perilous. This is a
natural application for drone
technology and companies
are already developing
systems for this purpose.
While some way from
widespread adoption, we
will soon see these more
advanced drone systems
being deployed. As Notre
Dame showed, drones
have a key role in the
future of fire safety.
Robert Garbett is founder and
chief executive of consultancy
Drone Major Group.
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CPD
REIMAGINING
CONSTRUCTION:
TRANSFORMED
BY TECHNOLOGY
WHAT DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES WILL
TRANSFORM THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY OVER THE COMING DECADE?
AND HOW MIGHT THEY BE ADOPTED SO
THAT COMPANIES COME OUT ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THIS TRANSFORMATION?
THIS CPD, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
AUTODESK, PROVIDES A ROADMAP FOR
CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS
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Construction is one of the least
digitised sectors, but in a world
where there’s a smartphone in almost
every pocket, this can’t continue.
Other industries are benefiting from
technology and change is coming to
construction too.
By 2030, population growth, urban-
isation and economic expansion are
predicted to increase global demand
for construction output by 85%. This
growth is set against a backdrop of low
productivity, rising project complexity,
the low margins and constrained
finances of the traditional business
model, the skills gap, the high amount
of waste generated, and more.
Construction must go digital and
embrace new ways of delivering buildings
and infrastructure. From strategy to
business development, innovation,
operations, projects, functions – digital
technology will touch all of them.
When sensors drive work pipelines,
algorithms design estimates and big
data powers scheduling, the result
will be a more profitable, resilient
and agile industry, and a better built
environment. As technology use
matures in the industry, business
models will also evolve, and new ones
will emerge. Traditional barriers to
entry – capital, knowledge, efficiencies
– will be broken down by digital
technologies.
This CPD will examine a digital
vision for construction and a roadmap
for how to get there.
Where will the industry gain most
from digital technologies over the
coming decade? What are the specific
technologies that can bring about
these improvements? And how might
they be adopted so that companies
come out on the right side of this
transformation?
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“Employers who don’t offer
opportunities for employees
to develop their digital skills
are five times more likely
to see people leave the
company within a year”
Where: The urgency of digitising
construction
The industry faces some pressing
challenges that threaten the long-term
future of many companies. But it also
faces opportunities to reinvent and
improve itself. In both cases digital
technology holds the key:
1 . I m p rove d p ro d u c t i v i t y a n d
profitability. Digital technology is
already making a difference for early
adopters and technology has the potential
to offer a fast track to transforming the
selection, funding and delivery of projects
– making processes more efficient,
faster and cheaper. In turn, this will
improve profitability across the supply
chain. In non-residential construction,
10 years of full-scale digitalisation
could save up to $1.2trn in the design,
engineering and construction phases,
and $0.5 trn in the operations phase.
2. Faster, more efficient construction.
It’s been reported that just a quarter of
construction projects come within 10%
of their original deadlines. The industry’s
highly fragmented supply chains are a
main contributor, but technology is
poised to offer a key solution to the
challenge. Digital technologies will make
the construction process more efficient
by bringing these key parties together.
3. Greater predictability. Better supply
chain integration will result in better
quality buildings and infrastructure.
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In association with
Digital technologies improve
collaboration, allowing everyone to
access the same data in real time, to
test approaches and catch errors earlier.
4. Safer projects. Assuring onsite
safety has always been important. As
projects increase in size and complexity,
technology will enable managers to
do even more to protect their people.
Drones, for example, allow contractors
to carry out surveys, inspect eaves or
look at chimneys without their feet
leaving the ground.
5. Attracting the talent of tomorrow.
Firms that implement a digital strategy
to include people along with processes
and technology are more successful in
attracting and retaining talent. For
example, 80% of employees prefer to
work for digital leaders. Employers who
don’t offer opportunities for employees
to develop their digital skills are five
times more likely to see people leave
the company within a year.
6. Better outcomes for clients and end
users. Digital technologies can help
the industry to make better decisions
about what assets to build, as well as
the mix and nature of those assets to
ensure projects meet expectations. For
Digital technology
example, smart sensors collecting data
will allow faster
and more efficient on occupancy, usage patterns and energy
construction consumption might allow owners and
constructors to lower costs, increase
capacity, improve end-user experience,
or even maximise value by identifying
new usage capabilities.
4. New business models. Digital
technologies are disruptive. They
have the power to break and remake
business models, reshape definitions
of value in markets, and create not only
new competitors, but help companies
compete differently too. Asset data
combined with large external datasets
such as population demographics and
wealth levels could help contractors
invest in projects with a greater
degree of confidence. A contractor
that understands how assets perform
across their lifecycle could unlock other
service models.
What: 10 transformational
technologies
The interaction between technologies
is fundamentally transforming the
very way in which we design, build and
operate buildings and infrastructure. And
those changes are about to transform
the industry by radically improving
collaboration, productivity, quality and
safety, reducing environmental impact,
changing business models, and even
creating or replacing job roles.
The following 10 key technologies
offer considerable potential to help
drive transformation of the construction
industry over the next 10 years. Most of
them are available now.
1. Infinite computing in the cloud.
Cloud computing will give even the
smallest contractors access to “infinite”,
on-demand processing power. The cloud’s
unlimited computing power can solve
complex design problems, simulating
thousands of different designs to find
the ones offering the best solution that
meets the required design criteria.
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2. Big Data. Data and its effective
collection, analysis, communication
and management are central to digital
transformation. Patterns in the data
generated by building information
modelling (BIM) for example, can
identify possible problems in the project
or across the supply chain.
3. Symmetrical collaboration in the
cloud. Connecting people and their
workflows regardless of where they are
within the supply chain or their physical
location will defeat inefficient flows of
information to increase productivity
and deliver more predictable projects.
4. Collision of the digital and physical
worlds. Augmented reality (AR) and
virtual reality (VR) will allow mistakes
to be spotted in the virtual world before
they make it to the real world.
5. Site automation. Site-surveying
drones provide an easier, more
comprehensive and safer way to
perform surveys, scans and inspections,
and harness real-world data to improve
speed and quality.
6. Machine learning and artificial
intelligence (AI). With data about
past behaviours or current workloads,
machine learning – a type of AI – could
play a significant role in mitigating
risk in project management at the
construction site. For example, it could
automatically assign priority to issues,
or “risk scores” to subcontractors.
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Case study:
Mace’s data centre
The contractor used cloud-based
construction management and
boosted employee productivity 21%
Mace used cloud-based construction
management tools for the construction
of the new Clonee Data Centre,
resulting in employees being 21% more
productive and managers being 35%
more productive overall.
Supported by 100% wind energy,
the Clonee Data Centre in Ireland
is a complex that includes a pair
of 25,000 sq m (approximately
269,000 sq ft) data halls. As many as
1,500 people per day contributed to the
construction of these centres.
To keep the project on track, general
Using AR and contractor Mace Technology relied
VR will allow any on Autodesk’s BIM 360 cloud-based
mistakes to be platform for construction management
spotted first in the and the integrated BIM tools in the
digital world Autodesk Architecture, Engineering &
Construction Collection.
“We orchestrated the whole project
in BIM 360 with schedules linked to
models,” says Paddy Ryan, program BIM
lead for Mace. “During construction, we
validated activities as they happened. It’s
important to not just have a solid plan, but
also to validate progress against it. Delays,
defects, and surprises are less likely when
you align what’s happening in the field –
“Machine as it happens – to what’s in the plan.”
learning After completing phases one and two
could play a of the project using BIM 360 during con-
struction, Mace decided to use BIM 360 to
significant role spearhead preconstruction coordination
in mitigating
for phase three. This allowed for cloud-
risk in project based clash detection using design
management models, which let the entire project team
at the review and address issues and adopt
lessons learned from previous phases.
construction Mace automated the process of
site” aggregating the design team’s Revit
7. P r e f a b r i c a t i o n a n d d i g i t a l
fabrication. Pre- and digital fabrication
could allow the industry to unlock
manufacturing-style standardisation
and productivity levels, and accelerate
end-to-end project delivery by
minimising the number of on-site
physical “touches” and waste.
8. Internet of Things. Buildings and
infrastructure sensors and systems
linked by the IoT will allow better
BIM models, reducing the time spent
each week on model management
from 440 minutes to just 10. Because
Navisworks project-review software
integrates simply with BIM 360 in the
cloud, design, construction, and client-
side teams could collaborate in real time
on up-to-date, automatically federated
models and automated clash reports.
This tight connection across teams and
locations helped Mace manage supply-
chain performance and track progress in
real time. The result was reduced RFIs,
rework and time spent in meetings.
Using cloud-based construction
management on the project, Mace reports
that managers saved more than 13 hours
each week – helping them be 35% more
productive overall. Typical site users
saved 12 hours each week on document
control. Organisations that participated
in the quality assurance and controls
processes saved more than 14 hours each
week. Mace determined that employees
on the construction site that were actively
contributing information to BIM 360 were
21% more productive overall.
use of information to make the asset
more responsive to the needs of its
owners and occupants, inform future
work pipelines, and improve the built
environment.
9. The Blockchain. This technology
could add transparency to every type of
agreement and transaction. For example,
contractors could automatically be
paid following successful inspections,
wherever they are in the supply chain.
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Cloud computing
gives access to
infinite on-demand
processing
power on site

10. Social and mobile computing.
Consider the benefits of digital
marketplaces where contractors can
“crowdsource” problem-solving or
access, on demand, the best skills at
the right time, in the right place.
How: Steps to digital transformation
Digital transformation can be daunting
for those just starting out. Breaking
the journey down into key steps helps
to make the whole process more
manageable. Drawing on the insight
of experts and those working in the
industry, this roadmap highlights
the steps construction firms need
to take to realise a new and more
successful future.
1. Manage technology strategically.
For “at scale” digitalisation, leadership
needs to fully understand the potential
of digital technology and how to
make it flourish through changes
to organisational structure, skills
investment and culture.
2. Adopt a “just do it” mindset. Seek
opportunities for involvement in your
organisation’s digital transformation
and think creatively about the
challenges and their solution.
3. Educate and skill the workforce. At
the heart of digitalisation is a need for a
digitally skilled workforce. There needs
to be a push to change qualifications,
courses and apprenticeship programmes
to include digital skills and introduce
more digital training programmes on site.
4.Learn from other industries. The sector
can be made more attractive to new
talent through technology. For example,
what can the construction industry
learn from manufacturing, with its high
productivity and its lean, systematic
method for waste minimisation?
5. P ro f e s s i o n a l d eve l o p m e n t .
Include the skills and knowledge
needed for a flexible mindset towards
digital technology, workflows and
data management.
6. Digitise processes, optimise data
use and collaborate. Today, BIM
workflows are being adopted across
the supply chain, evolving from a tool
that has historically been used to drive
efficiency within design, into one that
connects design to the build process,
and from there to facilities management.
7. Data is central to digital trans-
formation. Use digital tools to solve
problems, streamline workflows,
optimise data management, promote
collaboration and share information
across the supply chain.
Plotting the roadmap
I t ’s a n e x c i t i n g t i m e t o b e i n
construction, as digital technologies
promise to bring about unprecedented
change. But there’s no point waiting
for the competition to get ahead. Now
is the time to embark on your digital
transformation journey.
Successful organisations will be
those whose business leaders integrate
digital technologies into their corporate
strategy and put in place initiatives to
break down barriers to adoption. And
successful individuals will be those who
proactively drive their own professional
development to build the vision, plot the
roadmap and “just do it”. ●
Want to learn more?
Get hold of the full discussion paper,
Reimagining construction: The Vision
for Digital Transformation, written by
Autodesk in collaboration with the
Chartered Institute of Building, here:
www.autodesk.co.uk/campaigns/
ciob-reimagining-future-of-
construction/paper
CPD questions
1. Which of these is not a
recommended step for building a
roadmap to digital transformation?
a) Manage technology strategically
at the highest possible level of
your organisation
b) Don’t do anything until
everyone else has
a) Educate and skill the workforce
to make your company more
attractive to work for
c) Digitise processes and optimise
data use in the pursuit of workflows
that are as efficient as they can be
“There needs
to be a push to 2. Population growth, urbanisation
include digital and economic expansion are
skills and predicted to increase global
demand for construction output
introduce more by how much?
digital training a) 2%
programmes b) A fifth
on site” c) 85%
d) 50%
3. Machine learning is a type
of what?
a) Predictive typing
b) School for robots
c) Artificial intelligence
d) Smart home device
4. Eighty percent of employees
prefer to work for...
a) Digital leaders
b) Companies that finish work
at 3pm
c) Companies where they can
choose their own computer
d) Companies slow to adopt
digital technology
5. Technology’s potential impact on
construction should be viewed...
a) Piece by piece across the
supply chain
b) Within each company department
that it might affect
c) From a holistic point of view,
across the entire lifecycle
d) Confidentially, at board level only

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Legal
Construction of sports venues usually
means deadline pressure for both
employer and contractor. Practical
completion can be certified with defects
present which can take a long time to
remedy. The time for bringing a claim
for defects will start from the date
of practical completion. While most
limitation periods are six or 12 years,
this can elapse surprisingly quickly, as
with the Liberty Stadium in Swansea.
In September 2003, Swansea Stadium
and City & County of Swansea entered
a contract with Interserve to design
and build the venue. Swansea Stadium
Management Company (SSMC) was
incorporated to operate it for Swansea
City FC and Ospreys rugby team, and it
had the benefit of collateral warranty from
Interserve for the building works.
Practical completion was achieved on
31 March 2005. Swansea Council leased
the stadium to SSMC in April for a 50-year
term. SSMC had repairing obligations
under the lease but these expressly
excluded liability for latent defects.
A year later, SSMC, the council, football
and rugby organisations entered into
an agreement where the local authority
agreed to take all reasonable steps to
enforce its rights under the building
contract regarding latent defects.
In May 2011, a notice of completion
of making good defects was issued
by the employer’s agent under the
building contract. Separately, Swansea
Council and Interserve entered into
a settlement agreement for the final
account, which included a deduction
for defective works. This settlement
agreement did not include SSMC.
Proceedings were brought by SSMC
against Interserve under the collateral
warranty for defects in 2018. After an
application for summary judgment by
Interserve, these claims were rejected
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Theresa Mohammed
Trowers & Hamlins
Why Interserve’s
Swansea stadium row
went to extra time
THE LONG-RUNNING DEFECTS
DISPUTE OVER THE LIBERTY
STADIUM IN SWANSEA IS A
REMINDER THAT CLAIMS SHOULD BE
BROUGHT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,
SAYS THERESA MOHAMMED
by the court because the cause of action
arose at the date of practical completion
in 2005 and were statute barred.
But in separate proceedings in 2019,
SSMC brought a claim pursuant to
amended clause 16 of the construction
contract which required Interserve to
identify and list any defects that appear
in the defects liability period – usually the
role of the employer – and to then make
good any defects as listed or as instructed
by the council within a reasonable time.
While this claim was not statute
barred, it was unusual to see the role of
the employer and contractor switched
around, as it is usually only the employer
that has an interest in ensuring defects
are notified and remedied. SSMC also had
a secondary claim that the local authority
was in breach of the 2006 agreement
by failing to take all reasonable steps to
enforce its own rights against Interserve
in respect of the latent defects.
It was established that the concourse
flooring was defective and the painting
works had not been carried out in a
proper and workmanlike manner,
in breach of the building contract.
Additionally, it was held that Interserve
was in breach of its clause 16 obligations
to fail to identify these items as defects.
However, in terms of the painting defects,
SSMC had failed to prove which of those
defects had not been made good.
The court concluded that the flooring
defects were latent defects and therefore
the council could have enforced either the
primary contractual obligations or the
clause 16 obligations up until the notice
of completion of making good defects.
After this, the claim could no longer be
pursued, the notice being evidence that
identified defects have been made good.
In a double blow to SSMC, it also lost
the claim against the council, the court
holding that it had not proved the council
Liberty Stadium: had failed to take all reasonable steps to
the court concluded enforce its rights or that the settlement
that a latent defects
claim could no with Interserve was unreasonable.
longer be pursued This case reminds us that claims must
be brought as quickly as possible,
and that great care should be taken
when issuing the certificate of making
good defects – because it will be held
as conclusive evidence that notified
defects have been remedied. ●
Theresa Mohammed is a partner at
Trowers & Hamlins.
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Event
industry’s calendar is fast approaching.
The CIOB’s Construction Manager of
the Year Awards is hotting up with the
judging process entering the final stages
and preparations already under way for
the prestigious awards event.
The Construction Manager of the Year
Awards (CMYA), the Chartered Institute
of Building’s annual celebration of
industry talent, showcases and celebrates
the best in the business, recognising the
achievements of the individuals who
deliver some of the biggest and most
l Leisure
l Restoration
l Residential under seven storeys
l Residential over seven storeys
l Refurbishment and fit out
l Healthcare.
The CIOB has been celebrating
excellence in construction for 40
years with the CMYA – four decades of
applauding extraordinary individuals
who inspire, lead and enable the very
best possible delivery.
So save the date for the CMYA annual

Save the date complex projects in the UK.

There will be 11 category winners
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September 2019. Held at the prestigious
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annual dinner The categories for CMYA 2019 are:

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Annual review The CIOB has published its Annual
CIOB future Review and Accounts for 2018.
Giving an overview of the year,
looks bright Chris Soffe, the CIOB’s president,
noted that collaborations were a
key part of his agenda and that
many of the institute’s activities
had delivered on that.
He picked out his highlights:
l The CIOB, RICS and RIBA signed
CIOB ANNUAL REPORT a Memorandum of Understanding
NOW AVAILABLE (MoU) on construction quality – an
example of how to work together
to effect positive change
l One of the outcomes from the
MoU is a Quality Tracker which
allows teams to monitor known
quality risks over a project
l The work of the CIOB
Construction Quality Commission
continues to identify what promotes
or prevents delivery of quality in
construction and what steps are
needed to bring about change
l The launch of the report
Improving Quality in the Built
Environment
l The CIOB Academy launched
a new course that supports
professionals who want to
deliver greater quality in
construction.
 
The Annual Review can be
downloaded from the CIOB website:
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‘North is full of
opportunities’
CIOB MEMBER SPEAKS
TO WOMEN’S NETWORK

Training into some of the careers available as

McDermott’s women-only
course celebrates success
MIDLANDS CBC ENCOURAGES
WOMEN INTO CONSTRUCTION WORK
Chartered Building Company and
CIOB Training Partnership McDermott
Building and Civil Engineering – a
groundworks and civil engineering
company based in Birmingham – held
its first women-only Introduction to
Construction course in May.
The three-week course, run with
the aim of introducing more women
into the industry, provided an insight
Obituary
David
Shoesmith
well as experience of groundworks and
bricklaying.
The course – run in partnership
with Salutem, a training provider
specialising in construction
apprenticeships – included sessions
on challenging perceptions of women in
construction, understanding drawings,
a one-day health and safety course and
a practical CSCS test.
Women praised the course at an
event after it ended. One, Emma, talked
about how it had given her confidence
to learn construction terminology and
not let her dyslexia hold her back, while
Sharon said: “The only regret I have
is I wish I had done it 10 years ago!”
Ano t h er p a r tic ip ant, S he r yl ,
said: “Some of us haven’t been in
employment for a while and may have
had our confidence knocked a little. But
it really gave us a confidence boost.”
Participants in the Malcolm McDermott FCIOB, managing
three-week course director for McDermotts, said: “The
in Birmingham
construction industry can provide a
very rewarding career for both men
and women, so we wanted to run a
women-only course to try and encourage
more women to consider a career in
construction. Since the course finished
we have offered four of the women work
experience within our business.” ●
David Shoesmith FCIOB passed 1976, later becoming associate
away peacefully earlier this year professor at what became Hong
after suffering a stroke.  Kong Polytechnic University.
His industrial experience
started in the 1960s in the south
David was an innovator, and led
colleagues through the desktop
Claire Handby MCIOB, a director at
Deloitte Real Estate, spoke to more
than 50 women working in the built
environment at a Women in Business
Network (WiBN) event in North
Yorkshire at the end of May.
The CIOB had been invited to speak
following the institute’s speech at the
New Statesman Northern Powerhouse
Conference in February. Handby
(pictured) presented on the value of
construction in the north of England,
as well as current and future trends.
“From my point of view the north
region continues to be an exciting,
innovative and career-enhancing
place to be. It is an anchor destination
to help the UK continue to drive up its
construction industry productivity and
skillset,” she said.
“The region is a growing home to a
host of talented people, startups and
technology companies that are inspired
to step up and seize opportunities,
increasingly embracing and leading the
way in areas of construction innovation.
“Through these networks,
collaboration and analysing data to
drive up performance, confidence
can remain high that the industry will
continue to be a progressive, growth
sector, making a tangible difference
to citizens, who use the built
environment in one way or another,
every day, to go about their daily lives.”

1947-2019 of England, where he worked for
his qualification as a member
of the then Institute of Building,
later becoming a Chartered
Builder and working for
companies such as Bovis, Gilbert
FORMER HONG KONG Ash, Cubitts and Trenthams.
BRANCH SECRETARY He took up a position as lecturer
DIES AGED 71 at Hong Kong Polytechnic in
computer revolution of the 1980s,
when also secretary for the
Hong Kong branch of the CIOB.
The family left Hong Kong in
1995, and David returned to the
UK contracting industry until
his retirement to Wales in 2015.
He is survived by his wife Linda
and sons Richard and Daniel.
It was agreed that there is a huge
amount of potential for construction
across the north. Data from the
speech will be included in the CIOB’s
economic report in October 2019.
The event was held at Ilke Homes in
Knaresborough, and featured a tour of
its modular building factory.

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Education Novus
Outstanding
CIOB Academy builds up student wins work
investment in online CPD experience
UEL’S NED MORIARTY SPENDS
A WEEK ON SITE WITH
VOLKERFITZPATRICK

Over the last two and half years the
CIOB Academy has consistently grown
and developed and is now the home
to a variety of offline and in-person
training. Many CM readers have been
through CIOB training and possibly
worked towards CIOB membership
and chartered status with the help of
these courses.
The academy is also home to the
CIOB’s online CPD offering, which
includes numerous online CPD learning
packages that have been available – to
all – for free. CIOB says that the move
into online CPD has been a tremendous
success, with nine out of 10 users citing
a positive learning experience.
The institute is now making some
changes to the academy’s CPD portal
to invest in more online learning.
All CIOB members will continue
to benefit from unlimited free access
to the hundreds of pieces of CPD
learning already produced plus the
new learning yet to be published.
H o w e v e r, f o r n o n - m e m b e r
customers, they will be introducing a
charge per piece of CPD. This charge is
intended to support the investment of
new content to keep users ahead of the
competition, while demonstrating the
value of CIOB membership. From July
2019 the institute will charge non-CIOB
members £10 per CPD package.
Members can continue to access
the CIOB’s CPD by logging in to their
members portal account at www.ciob.
org and find the code. This code can then
be input at the checkout on the academy
website: www.ciobacademy.org.
The CIOB is also going to continue
producing free learning, available
to all, such as the Massive Open Online
Courses (MOOCs), including the
forthcoming MOOC on construction
quality. ●
“The move
into online
CPD has been
a tremendous
success, with
nine out of 10
users citing
a positive
learning
experience” Left: Winner Ned Moriarty (right) on site
with VolkerFitzpatrick’s Aidan Harris
February’s CIOB Novus Bright Futures
challenge London heat saw Ned Moriarty,
a University of East London student, win
the Outstanding Student prize. 
Part of his prize was a week’s work
experience on sponsor VolkerFitzpatrick’s
77 Coleman Street site in the City. Moriarty
spent time with assistant site manager Aidan
Harris, getting an insider’s view of the project,
and has been invited back later in the year.
Sally Hill, VolkerFitzpatrick’s emerging
talent manager, said: “We are delighted to
work with the CIOB Novus group.”

Legal London Hub collected some of Experts talking were Nick

the country’s leading contract Woodrow, Cemar chief operating
Contract experts to talk about the recently officer; Ian Heaphy, from the

experts explain published NEC4 contract.

Widely used in the public
new NEC4 sector, the form is starting to
appear on new projects. There
are many changes, particularly in
dispute resolution and assessing
compensation events.
To keep members up to date,
LONDON HUB HOSTS the London Hub hosted a CPD
CPD EVENT event in May.
NEC Contract Board and director
of IN Construction Consulting;
Anneliese Day QC, barrister from
Fountain Court Chambers, who
was Construction Barrister of
the Year in 2018; Lucinda Levy,
associate director of Turner &
Townsend; and Garima Singh,
senior consultant with Turner &
Townsend.

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Event
Novus Bristol
gets it right for
Mates in Mind
CIOB/CIAT QUIZ RAISES
THOUSANDS FOR CHARITY
The CIOB Novus Bristol Hub raised
nearly £5,000 from its Mental Health
Masterminds Charity Pub Quiz, which
was held in collaboration with CIAT
aspirATion Wessex.  featured a charity auction and raffle.
The event, held during Mental
Health Awareness Week in May, set
out to raise funds for the charity Mates
in Mind, which increases awareness
and improves conditions for those
in the construction industry who are
struggling with mental health issues.  organisations,” he said. ●
Members puzzle over the nature table quiz
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CONSTRUCTION MANAGER | JULY/AUGUST 2019 COMMUNITY
Site visit
Members meet
master mason
at York Minster
The Mental Health Masterminds
team of hosts from CIOB and CIAT INSIGHT INTO RESTORATION
The quiz evening, which took
place at The Drawbridge in Bristol,
was attended by 125 participating YORK
guests and was successful in focusing COLLEGE
AWARDS
the attention of local construction
industry professionals, contractors York College
Construction Awards
and operatives on the cause.
were held this spring
A total of £4,813.72 was raised for with two categories
Mates in Mind, which includes like- sponsored by the
for-like fund-matching generously CIOB. The Brian
Randall Memorial
pledged by the Mace Foundation.
Award for a student
Daniel Samson MCIOB, who helped to who has overcome
organise the evening, was pleased with a challenge or
the success of the event, which also adversity on the
Level 3 BTEC
Programme was
“For me the organisation and awarded to Lorna
delivery of this event has been a Howard. The CIOB
success in both the fundraising Shield for Best
achieved for such a fantastic cause, Achievement on
the Level 4 HNC
and in the demonstration of teamwork in Construction and
and collaboration between two Built Environment
went to Sophie Riley.
The minster’s intricate stonework
Event Members in York explored the
Northampton Hub masonry restoration work to the at
York Minster on a recent site visit
members get close that included meeting John David,
the master mason.
to endangered newts David explained about the ongoing
work to restore the minster’s
deteriorating stonework and the
processes involved – including the
difficult task of replacing sections
ECOLOGIST LEADS CPD of the windows, while ensuring all
EVENT ON DEVELOPING LAND sections match perfectly with the
original pieces that are retained.
The visit included a trip around
In May Northampton Hub ran an Members could take the stonemasons’ workshop, to
interesting and interactive CPD a look at live newts see the masons at work carving re-
event on ecology, looking positively placement grotesques and statues.
The masons were happy to discuss
at opportunities and value when their work, the sources of their
developing land.  inspiration and the processes and
Ecologist James Simpson from training they use.
environmental consultancy ADAS ran Members also viewed the work in
progress, climbing the scaffolding
the session, which featured a nature
around the South Quire to see work
table quiz and encounters with live that had been completed as well as
endangered newts. The event was held the areas waiting to be restored.
at SDC Builders in Bedford. ●
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Site visit Developer U+I Group recently hosted
a site visit for Dorking Hub members
Brighton’s big to the current development of
Preston Barracks and the University
regeneration of Brighton’s Moulsecoomb Campus –
one of Brighton’s biggest ever
MEMBERS SEE PRESTON BARRACKS mixed-use regeneration schemes.
DEVELOPMENT UNDER WAY Working in partnership with
Brighton & Hove City Council and the
university, U+I is transforming three
sites on Lewes Road: Preston Barracks,
which was once owned by the Ministry
of Defence and has been derelict for
decades, and the Moulsecoomb
campus’s Watts and Mithras car parks.
The project will create over 1,500
jobs and inject more than £280m into
the local economy over the next 10
years – and will establish the area as
a thriving new academic and economic
corridor in Brighton.
I n c l u d e d i n t h e s c h e m e a re :
369 homes including 534 student
bedrooms; a new academic building;
an entrepreneurial hub for startups
and SME businesses (supported by
grant funding from Coast to Capital);
shops, cafes and workshops; and
a pedestrian bridge across the busy
Lewes Road. ●

“The project will create

over 1,500 jobs and inject
more than £280m into the
local economy over the
next 10 years”

Left: Dorking Hub members visited U+I

Group’s Lewes Road development

Contracts The CIOB Academy is holding a on how the scope, roles, owners, the requirement and importance of
one-day course in Bristol in July timelines, costs, payments and administration and record-keeping.
Learn your JCT to enlighten members on the risks are allocated.    Those attending will walk away

Fundamentals
JCT contracts.
There is a wide range of
contracts available to construction
businesses, including the many
JCT forms. Choosing the most
appropriate to the size and
characteristics of your project
and managing it efficiently is key
CIOB ACADEMY OFFERS to the success of the project.
ONE-DAY COURSE To do this, you need to be clear
The new course, on the
fundamentals of JCT contracts,
will focus on providing a clear
understanding of the contents
of the JCT suite and how it
should be applied.
The course will define the roles
and responsibilities of all parties
connected with the construction
process and inform participants on
with a greater knowledge of where
the risks lie with the JCT suite
of contracts, together with an
understanding of what a business
is committing to when it enters into
a JCT construction contract.
For more information and bookings:
www.ciobacademy.org/product/
fundamentals-jct-contracts

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Events
Diary dates
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CIOB
CALENDAR FOR THE COMING
MONTH. FOR MORE EVENTS
VISIT CIOB.ORG
Canterbury Cathedral site visit
13 July, 2.45pm-4.30pm, Canterbury, Kent
This five-year project to restore the roof
of Canterbury Cathedral is being carried
out by Kent-based heritage construction
specialist Coniston.
The Grade I listed cathedral is a historic
landmark, dating back to 1020 and part of
a World Heritage Site. The project involves
the installation of a temporary roof over the
nave to allow removal of the existing roof.
The full project is to replace the roof
over the nave, adjacent aisles and the
roof over the towers.
This site visit will allow the exclusive
opportunity to view close up the work being
carried out. Please note that, due to the
location of the work and access to the site,
all attendees will require a good head for
heights and it is not suitable for those with
mobility restrictions. Places are limited.
Contact Beverley Lawrence at
blawrence@ciob.org.uk
Revisit to India Buildings, Liverpool
16 July, 5.30pm-7.30pm, Liverpool
India Buildings is a Grade II* listed building
which commenced construction in 1924,
completing in 1932. The building was badly
damaged by WWII bombing and restored
during the 1950s. The scope of works
includes: asbestos abatement; demolition
of existing cellular offices; renewal of steel
windows; wholesale services renewal; and
the Cat A office fit out to eight floors.
The scheme includes flexible breakout
zones, a “townhall”-styled meeting space
and a full clean and repair of the facades.
There will be a brief overview by architect
Falconer Chester Hall followed by a walk
around for approximately an hour. The event
is free but booking is essential.
Contact Katrina Percival at
kpercival@ciob.org.uk
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Zak McCombie FCIOB
Meet a member
Zak McCombie FCIOB, managing director,
McCombie Construction
Novus: Joint Organisations Annual
Boat Trip 2019
July 25, 6.30pm till late, London
Join CIOB Novus, SCL Astra, and ICE for
an evening out on the River Thames. This
annual event gives members of all three
organisations the opportunity to meet in
a fun and friendly environment. This event
is always popular, so please book early to
avoid disappointment.
The Jewel of London sets sail from
Festival Pier at 6.30pm and travels down
the River Thames towards Docklands
returning at 10.30pm, when the party will You are ex armed forces, The implications that the
move to the Topolski bar on the South Bank. an FCIOB, run your own collapse has had on the
The ticket price includes a cruise down CBC business and keep whole supply chain is huge
the River Thames, a Pizza Express buffet and clocking up the academic and the systemic risk that
a selection of draft beer, cider, spirits, house qualifications. And you’re retentions create within the
wine and non-alcoholic drinks. only 31. Tell us about this construction supply chain
This event is £40 to CIOB, ICE and SCL meteoric rise to success. were identified way back in
members, and includes river cruise, My path has been varied 1994 in the Latham Report,
drinks and pizza. To book tickets visit: and not one taken by most. yet nothing seems to have
www.scl.org.uk/boat-trip-2019 I gained an honours degree changed.
in business management,
CIOB and Chase de Vere FootballGolf served with the Royal Marines You are passionate about
networking event and saw active service in entrepreneurship and speak
26 July, 4pm-6.30pm, St Austell, Cornwall Afghanistan. to business students at
The first CIOB and Chase de Vere I founded McCombie a number of universities
FootballGolf Networking Event takes place Construction in 2012 with my across the north west. Why?
at Cornwall FootballGolf, St Austell.  brother Arron, and have since Entrepreneurship is what
FootballGolf uses the same rules as golf gained an MSc in construction drives innovation and
but, instead of using a club, players kick a management and been change in all aspects of our
football into a hole. There are hazards and awarded a scholarship from modern life and without it we
obstacles along the way helping make the Alliance Manchester Business certainly wouldn’t have what
game fun and enjoyable for everyone. The School to study on its MBA we have today.
game is suitable for anyone from five to 80 programme in September 2019. Entrepreneurship is
years, and of all abilities! I have also been fortunate also the path that has led
The cost is £10 per person which enough to have achieved me to where I am today
includes 18 holes of FootballGolf followed MCIOB status, and then and allowed me to create
by a drink and a pasty. subsequently Fellowship, beautiful homes for people
Contact Emma Streames at which has helped my to live in and to give jobs to
estreames@ciob.org.uk  company to continue to people within my hometown.
grow in size, capability and Entrepreneurship at all ages
ISG site visit, Darlington professional competence. should, in my opinion, be
23 July, 2pm-4pm, Darlington, nurtured and encouraged
County Durham What would you like and if I can help that in
Take a trip around nearly 140,000sq m of to change about the anyway possible, then I am
industrial building including offices, ancillary construction industry? more than happy to do so.
buildings, external works, infrastructure The practice of retention
roads and drainage. payments. It has become How do you spend your
The project consists of a ground level even more relevant with the spare time?
and two mezzanine levels and is being built recent collapse of Carillion Sorry… what is spare time?!
under a design and build contract which owing circa £800m in Joking aside, I enjoy skiing,
commenced in July 2018. retention monies owed to travelling and reading in any
This event is free. Contact Diane Moore at subcontractors. time that I do get.
dmoore@ciob.org.uk
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N e t wo r k R a i l i s
currently investing
billions of pounds
in its infrastructure
throughout the
UK. Scotland is
benefiting from this
especially. The objective? To build “the
best railway Scotland has ever had”.
One of the major projects I’m
blessed to be part of is the Aberdeen
to Inverness project. The long-term
aspiration of the project is to deliver
enhanced commuter services,
increased capacity and much, much
more. To achieve this requires quick,
significant civil engineering works.
I first came to Network Rail two years
ago, moving from the utility industry
where I was still managing civil engi-
neering projects but with a heavy
electrical engineering focus. I joined
Network Rail as scheme project manager
(SPM) and was instantly fascinated by
the sheer scale of the civil engineering
works ongoing and in the pipeline.
As an SPM my role is to project
manage the civil engineering works
on behalf of the client Network Rail.
One of my first projects was the relo-
cation of Forres station, which didn’t
mean simply picking up and moving
it – if only! This project (phase one of the
Aberdeen to Inverness project) required
close working and collaboration with
principal contractor BAM Nuttall and
designer Aecom, which demonstrated
the meaning of effective collaboration –
along with other key stakeholders such
as Transport Scotland and ScotRail.
The project scope was to build a new
station, two platforms and a link road,
along with a footbridge, car park and a
new road bridge over the railway which
links the station to the town, improving
connectivity. The station car park was
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a significant increase in size, including
electric vehicle (EV) charging bays and
disabled spaces.
The new station works benefited
from being built outwith the (opera-
tional) railway line, however, there was
going to come a time when the opera-
tional rail line would be closed to allow
final alignment works to finish – which
was always at the back of my mind.
Closure challenges
I had many challenges in phase one
but none more so than the closure of
a section of the Aberdeen to Inverness
line, during which the railway was
moved on to a straighter, double-
tracked alignment to the north of the old
station. It involved the removal of a level
crossing and installation of two new
bridge decks, requiring a 1,000t crane
Building the new station at Forres (above) was just one of the tasks which took two days to put together.
BAM Nuttall worked around the clock
to deliver this safely and on time.
I enjoy being part of a project that is
making a difference to communities and
reconnecting Scotland and the UK. Which
is why I’m delighted to be in the thick
of the remainder of this phase, which
will realise benefits such as increased
services, longer trains due to platform
extensions, and shorter journey times.
On a personal note, from this project
I’ve learned the importance of commu-
nicating and not to panic when the
Me and my project
potential of missing a deadline means
Highland gig no trains will run on a Monday morning.
Lastly, negotiation. From the
outside it’s easy to think that Network
MARTIN MCFADYEN OF NETWORK RAIL
Rail selects a piece of land and starts
TALKS US THROUGH WHAT HE HAS
building, in reality, this takes a lot of
LEARNED ON A SCOTTISH RAIL BUILD
hard work and negotiation with stake-
holders to find the right balance between
cost and value for public money. ●
Martin McFadyen MCIOB is scheme
project manager with Network Rail.
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Partnership
CLOCS saves
lives and money
CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS AND COMMUNITY
SAFETY (CLOCS) ON THE CRITERIA FOR SAFE
CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE JOURNEYS
Did you know that three times more
people die from collisions with HGVs than
from accidents within site hoardings?
Over 500 pedestrians, cyclists and
motorcyclists are killed or seriously
injured every year on GB roads in
collisions with HGVs, most of which
are servicing construction projects.
Construction Logistics and Community
Safety (CLOCS) is a national campaign
to ensure the safest construction vehicle
journeys. It is led by progressive regula-
tors, clients, contractors, fleet operators
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CONSTRUCTION MANAGER | JULY/AUGUST 2019 COMMUNITY
Above right: and professional bodies that recognise
Types of vulnerable the benefits of raising industry standards.
road users killed or
Together they have developed a national
seriously injured in
collisions involving industry standard that uses influence
HGVs in 2017 and information and strives to achieve:
l zero collisions between construction
vehicles and the community;
l improved air quality and reduced
Below: Vulnerable emissions;
road users l fewer vehicle journeys; and
(pedestrians,
l reduced reputational risk.
cyclists and
motorcyclists) in
collision with HGVs Ensuring the safest journeys
The CLOCS Standard sets out require-
ments expected of key stakeholders for
a construction project. These include:
l Ensure potential impact on the
community is properly risk assessed.
l Develop and/or implement the agreed
Construction Logistics Plan (CLP).
l Procure site and fleet operations that
comply to the CLOCS Standard.
l Ensure the safest fleet operations,
including “last mile” routing, stable
loading/unloading areas, effective
delivery management systems and
competent site access traffic marshals.
l Ensure effective and efficient site
access gate checks of HGVs.
l Ensure effective independent
monitoring of compliance with the
CLOCS Standard and appropriate action
taken to address non-compliance.
l Review all collisions resulting in harm
that occur on associated journeys –
ensure actions to prevent recurrence.
Challenges
Most good sites already incorporate
many CLOCS requirements but there are
some challenges. For example:
Traffic marshals are vital to monitoring
compliance, yet this role often lacks
status and investment in training. The
CLOCS competency framework is useful
to identify any skills gap. Download
now from https://bit.ly/2JXkyZm to
complete a self-assessment. If you
need help in addressing any shortfalls,
contact CLOCS for support.
Procurement of compliant fleet
operations can be difficult where
supply is limited due to lack of customer
demand. Case studies demonstrate that
the commercial benefits of implementing
good practice significantly outweigh
investment. Consistent demand will
drive supply and benefits for all parties.
Cost of inaction
How much do you think a fatal or serious
accident costs? Answer: £2.3m. This
example is a 24-year-old female cyclist
who sustained a below-the-knee
amputation of her right leg – an office
worker earning £27,000 net per year, able
to return to work and requiring moderate
care and prosthetics for life. This insured
sum doesn’t account for uninsured
impact on family, driver, witnesses or
reputational damage to a business.
The power of positive action
The incidence of fatal injury in
construction workers fell from 154 in 1990
to 32 in 2016. So, we know positive action
does work. Where CLOCS is implemented
we’ve seen a significant reduction in
casualty rate too – but we need more
positive action across the country.
Become a CLOCS Champion today. ●
Contact support@clocs.org.uk or
call 0118 920 7204.
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Training & Recruitment
Job spotlight
Lawrence Beach
Construction operations manager,
Acorn Recruitment
NO OFFENCE
NICOLA PENFOLD
ACORN WORKS WITH EX-OFFENDERS,
THE HOMELESS AND THOSE ON THE
EDGE OF SOCIETY, TO HELP THEM
FIND A FUTURE IN CONSTRUCTION.
LAWRENCE BEACH EXPLAINS
Tell us about the work you do with School
of Hard Knocks? What is a typical day?
Acorn has worked closely with charity School
of Hard Knocks (SOHK) for three years. From
its locations in around the UK, SOHK uses
sport to tackle unemployment, crime and
poor health, by helping ex-offenders and the
homeless to take responsibility for their lives.
The ultimate goal is for people to gain secure
employment with Acorn’s support.
The day is split into two – rugby in the
morning and employability work in the
afternoon. We meet with course participants
to deliver mock interviews, educate them on
the construction sector and ultimately plan
their routes into the industry.
We regularly bring construction companies
along, who are open to employing ex-offenders,
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so participants get a first-hand account of the
work environment. It’s really about improving
their self-confidence and motivation to keep
them on the straight and narrow.
It must be rewarding work. What skills do
you need to do your job? 
This work is massively rewarding, being able
to offer someone a job or an opportunity, for
possibly the first time in their lives, is incredible
– to feel like you have helped in some way.
Many of the participants have challenging
backgrounds – perhaps they’ve struggled
with substance misuse or got trapped in
reoffending. There is usually a barrier that
needs to be overcome, so you need patience
and understanding.
Seventy-nine percent of those who get a
job through SOHK keep it, which is fantastic,
but the understanding needs to be there that,
for some, this may the first part of a longer
journey. You must be open-minded, because
there are some amazing people out there who
just need some help.
How hard is it to convince employers to
take on those who might get overlooked?
With CSR high on our construction clients’
agendas, it’s easier than you think. Even large
employers are warming up to the idea of
offering opportunities to ex-offenders and the
homeless. Acorn has placed 40 ex-offenders
into permanent construction, manufacturing
and engineering roles since 2017, cutting the
cost of reoffending by an estimated £427,990.
Society at large can benefit from attracting
these candidates to the labour market and
I would encourage more to do the same. ●
Hundreds of the best jobs in construction.
Recruitment news and insight.
www.constructionmanagerjobs.co.uk
Online and upwards
Danny McGough, lecturer in
BIM at the School of Energy,
Construction and Environment,
Coventry University, on how its
immersive online master’s degree
courses could deliver a step
up the career ladder
One of my friends, a senior
manager in Dubai, is facing a
big dilemma: he has recruiters
scouring the planet but he just
can’t find the right talent for his
building projects. Construction companies across
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