The delegation takes place from 29th Sept to 1st Oct 2010 and will include:
On
Thursday 26th August, members of local construction best
practice group FORCE visited Sampson Close, a sustainable housing
development in Coventry. The
23-home scheme is being built on a brown field site in north-east Coventry
and combines a mix of terraced housing and apartments. When complete it will be the Midlands first and the UKs largest social housing scheme to obtain PassivHaus Certification
West Midlands Centre for Constructing Excellence (WMCCE) is supporting growing construction company, Ecostruct develop a long term expansion strategy.
The stratgey includes a key focus on innovation in sustainable construction methods. In particular, the company has developed a number of new products in offsite building and the 'Retrofit for the Future' social housing market.
Network Rail is
rebuilding New Street station – a project which will generate over £2bn in
transport and wider economic benefits for the region.
The project was started in April 2010 – to redevelop the 1960s-designed
station, which is now used by more than double the number of passengers it was
built for (140,000 passengers use the station each day).
Over
200 local business leaders came to the finditinbirmingham.com breakfast
networking event at the ICC earlier this month.
The
event discussed ‘Birmingham Energy Savers’, Birmingham City Council’s
£1.2m green retrofit project. There were free bacon and egg baps, tea
and coffee, Danish pastries and fruit and yoghurt for everyone.
Since the July's edition of the WMCCE Newsletter which reported the charitable work of several local contractors and suppliers in the Black Country to renovate the home of Ryan, a severely disabled boy, the Black Country Constructing Excellence Club has continued to offer a busy calendar of events to its members.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) is inviting firms to participate in a tender process for fast-track fit out for a volunteer recruitment venue.
Successful bidders will be required to commence on site within the next 3 months and complete within a maximum construction period of a further 3 months.
LOCOG is seeking responses from companies who can provide a minimum of the following fit out services:
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) is inviting firms to participate in a tender process for a Site Investigation Contractor framework.
LOCOG is seeking a site investigation contractor to provide assessment of existing ground conditions at various venues; the following investigation and testing works will be required:
The West Midlands Centre for Constructing
Excellence (WMCCE) is offering 20
innovative SMEs in the construction sector the opportunity to take a subsidised
place at the industry event of the year. The BEST show, formerly Interbuild,
will take place at the NEC between 18th and 20th October.
The West Midlands Centre for Constructing Excellence (WMCCE) and Business Link West Midlands (BLWM) would like to offer you a golden opportunity
to exhibit with us at this year’s BEST exhibition (formerly Interbuild) at a
reduced cost.
The event is taking place at the NEC, between 18th – 20th October and we would be very pleased if you would join us.
