'Building a strong, sustainable construction industry: developing partnerships, empowering clients'.

Nick Wood-Dow, Chelgate’s deputy chairman, is to chair the forthcoming Westminster Briefing Conference, entitled 'Building a strong, sustainable construction industry: developing partnerships, empowering clients'.

To be hosted by the House Magazine in Westminster on June 17 keynote speakers include Paul Morrell, the Government’s chief construction adviser, Mark Farrer, chief executive of ConstructionSkills, Philip White, HSE’s chief inspector of construction, Peter Mawson, chief executive of West Northamptonshire Development Corporation and Dr Ann Heywood, principal of the College of Estate Management.

The Issues
Engaging with the panel, key issues to be addressed at this policy and practice briefing include:
• The work of the CCA: main aims for 2010, how these goals will be achieved
• A new role for the client: investigating how public sector construction procurement can create savings and improve standards
• Integrating the supply chain: outlining what needs to be done to establish effective formal relationships and encourage informal exchanges of best practice
• Training and skills: developing training routes into the industry, enhancing skills possessed by the current workforce
• Health and safety: assessing how efficient regulation can be effectively enforced
• Achieving environmental sustainability: implementing the Strategy for Sustainable Construction

For further details please click here to view a full agenda.

Who should Attend?
All public and private sector stakeholders with the following job titles: construction directors, strategy directors, business development managers & directors, framework managers & directors, contract and pre-contract managers, project leaders, project sponsors, project managers, planning managers, senior responsible owners, investment decision makers, client advisers, procurement directors, housing directors, members of relevant professional bodies and academic departments, representatives from relevant central government departments and agencies and trade union representatives. 

Further Information and Registration
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