This Summer has seen CCI say goodbye to several friends and colleagues at CCI: Vicky Hutchinson and Katy Harris who have now left. 

Roy Stewart, Operations Director and CEO of CCI: "I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their hard work in the past and wish them good luck in their new ventures. Both Vicky and Katy will be hard to replace, but this is a great opportunity for others to step up and I am delighted that Angela Headington and Mike Dickinson will be continuing to ensure that we give an excellent service to our clients and customers.

Someone else who will be leaving us, but only for a while (we hope!), will be Claire Hyde who is now on maternity leave - good luck Claire and see you back soon!

On a sadder note those who you who have visited our offices in the past will no-doubt join us in wishing Pat Davies a happy retirement - Pat retired from CCI at the end of July and we are sure that we can speak for everyone in saying that Pat - you will be missed by everyone!"

CCI are delighted to announce the launch of the new CCI/CE KPI Engine website.

CCI have been delivering performance measurement services for over 8 years and our KPI Engine has been used by the industry to measure and chart their KPI performance throughout this time. CCI demonstrated the new look website for the KPI Engine at the North West Launch event of the 2011 UK Construction Key Performance Indicators which incorporated presentations by Constructing Excellence, Glenigan and Mansell. 

The KPI Engine is a web based tool that can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection without the need to install costly software, delivering all of the construction industry’s performance measurement and benchmarking requirements.

The new look Engine is now available online at www.kpiengine.com and for further information on CCI's performance measurement services you can contact us on kpi@ccinw.com

CCI, the University and Salford and Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA), along with partners from University’s from other EU countries have recently completed work on an ERDF funded project that, in Manchester, looked at how energy savings could be made at Manchester Art Gallery - to read more about the Project read the latest newsletter here.

The SAVE ENERGY Project aims to transform the energy consumption behaviour of public building users - focusing on public servants and citizens - by applying existing ICT-based solutions, specifically real-time information from building management systems and serious games, in an innovative user-driven perspective.

27:09:11 - BREEAM Outstanding at Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts

28:09:11 - Manual for Streets Workshop, Blackpool

29:09:11 - Significant Changes to the Construction Act 2009

29:09:11 - An Introduction to Workspace Ergonomics

29:09:11 - RICS Networking in Property

29:09:11 - CDM Regulations

04:10:11 - Energy Performance Legislation: An Update on the CRC and EPC's

07:10:11 - RICS NW Merseyside & Cheshire Annual Construction and Property Dinner 2011

11:10:11 - Property Taxation and VAT

13:10:11 - Significant Changes to the Construction Act

13:10:11 - We've Done the Work, How Do We Get Paid

13:10:11 - JCT SBC 2005: Loss And/Or Expense

18:10:11 - Procurement, Lies and Video Tapes

18:10:11 - An Introduction to Contract Administration

18:10:11 - Legislation Affecting the Industry

18:10:11 - SCRI Forum: Making It Happen

18:10:11 to 21:10:11 - ICEBO International Conference 2011

20:10:11 - Making H&S Management Systems Work

25:10:11 - CDM: Designer's Duties and the Workplace

26:10:11 - University of Salford Built Environment Recruitment Fair 2011

01:11:11 - JCT 2011

02:11:10 - RICS NW CPD Day

14:11:10 - It's Liverpool - The Business Conference

17:11:11 - Constructing Excellence Members' Forum

25:11:11 - Constructing Excellence Annual Members' Convention

25:11:11 - Constructing Excellence National Awards 2011

Featured Event - Mediation: The Astute Way to Disolve Disputes | 26:10:11, CUBE

A FREE breakfast seminar to explain why resolving construction related disputes by mediation makes business sense in these difficult commercial times.

The seminar will also provide an opportunity to ask questions of the region's leading construction mediators to find out what mediation is really all about (Read More)

Client - Cheshire West & Chester Council
Design Team Architect - Giffords, Chester
Build Team Main Contractor - Maysand

Overview of the Project
Chester's Walls are the most complete circuit of walls in Britain, forming a remarkable 2-mile periphery around this historic city, so that Chester is quite rightly renowned as 'The Walled City.'  The Walls originate from Roman times, although they have experienced a rich history since including; Saxon and medieval rebuilding and extensions, Civil War conflict and Georgian elegance.

Maysand were appointed to restore a 30 metre section of the walkway which had collapsed on 3 April 2008 close to the Eastgate Clock.

The project meant re-using as much of the original masonry as possible, and every stone that was taken down had to be individually numbered and catalogued to ensure that it was put in its right position.

Maysand worked very closely with archaeologists, engineers and English Heritage to provide a bespoke restoration of the Roman Wall.  This included Maysand inspectors abseiling down many other parts of the wall to survey the extent of the damage.

The heritage project was a fascinating mix of engineering, archaeology and investigative work (Read More)

The Summer months saw a plethora of reports and strategy’s being released by the Government regarding our industry and it is fantastic to see that Constructing Excellence have played and major role in a lot of these. The strategy documents that have emerged from various Government departments have not just been aligned to the CE ethos - they have been complementary and show just how much CE has been influencing UK Government strategy.

• CE has published their Infrastructure Sector Strategic Report;

• CE has published their response to the BIS BIM strategy;

• The Government response to the Innovation and Growth Team report was published and CE has been identified as a key partner to take forward several of the recommendations made:

Well done to the Constructing Excellence team in London and to all of our sister regional CE Centres throughout the UK!

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IN CONSTRUCTION: The Government has drawn attention to social enterprises in the debate and policy concerning public service delivery, claiming that they can be the engine for innovation and economic growth.  However, the concept of social enterprise means different things to different people. (Read More)

BIM - How it is working for Manchester City Council By John Lorimer, Capital Programme Director, Manchester City Council and Chair of the Constructing Excellence BIM Task Group

Integrated BIM means a fundamental change in the design, construction and facility management processes and at Manchester City Council we are using BIM on a very complex Grade II-listed building, the remodelling of our Central Library, so if it can work for us it can work for the whole industry (Read More)