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The industry’s challenge
Construction has an important role to play in all three strands of sustainable development. It has significant environmental impacts, delivers social improvements and is important to the UK economy.

Work has recently been undertaken to identify the key issues and move towards sustainable construction. The leading players in the industry are starting to change practices on a few exemplar projects, but it is important that mainstream companies now adopt the sustainability agenda and implement good practice across all company activities.

This conference aims to increase awareness and encourage further implementation of sustainable construction techniques and practices. The industry’s forward-thinkers will share their experiences and encourage others to re-think their attitudes and approaches.

The conference includes a strategic overview by the Minister for Construction, following which there will be a summary of the DTI’s implementation of this vision. The day also provides a series of presentations from seasoned construction industry practitioners and researchers who will outline their experiences of implementing sustainable construction programmes. This includes the use of indicators in benchmarking and promoting change, and will also highlight the Environment Agency’s national construction campaign. The conference is underpinned by the central themes of resource flows, supply chain performance, company culture and corporate responsibility.

The conference will enable you to:
* improve your knowledge of sustainable construction issues, practicalities, business benefits and research developments
* gain information regarding the government’s sustainable development
* agenda and how this affects the construction industry, and the likely impacts for the future
* receive important new statistics on the construction industry’s resource use, wastes and materials
* share ideas and network with like-minded individuals
* seek collaborative opportunities.

Who should attend?
* contractors
* consultants
* clients and developers
* architects and designers
* regulators
* financial and legal bodies
* pressure groups
* research and academic institutions.

Programme
09.30 Registration, coffee and exhibition

10.00 Introduction by the chairman
Mervyn Jones, Managing Agent for DTI’s sustainable construction research programme

10.05 Keynote address
Brian Wilson, Minister for Construction – INVITED
Brian will provide a strategic overview of the government’s approach to sustainable development and the role that the construction industry has to play in implementing the sustainability agenda.

10.20 A reality check on the business case for sustainable construction
Professor Peter Guthrie, Director, Scott Wilson
Drawing upon his experience of other industries, and as a Professor of Engineering for Sustainable Development at Cambridge University, Peter’s presentation will demonstrate that the successful partnership between economic growth, the environment and society, produces benefits for the construction industry in terms of costs, resources and people.

10.45 The varied aspects of implementing sustainable construction
Charles Ainger, Sustainability Director, MWH
Charles will share his experiences of implementing sustainable construction, including the role of indicators and benchmarking in driving sustainability through organisations. He will highlight MWH’s experience of the Sustainable Construction Pioneers Club and other initiatives, focusing on people issues.

11.10 Discussion

11.30 Coffee and exhibition

12.00 The DTI’s suite of sustainable construction projects
Mervyn Jones, Managing Agent for DTI’s sustainable construction research programme
Mervyn will provide an overview of the DTI’s programme of sustainable construction projects and how they relate to specific focus areas under the Partners in Innovation funding stream. His focus will be to explore the inter-relationship and cohesion between projects within the programme.

12.10 Resources: what does the construction industry really consume?
Richard Smith, Principal, Viridis
Richard will present headline findings and supporting data from the recently completed Construction Industry Mass Balance study, which examined resources, emissions and waste flows from the construction industry and its supply chain.

12.35 Integrated Modelling Systems
Stephen Logan, Mott MacDonald
Stephen will share his experience of advanced, integrated modelling systems to produce low energy design for buildings. He will provide an introduction to a suite of low cost computer modelling packages that have been recently developed. These can assist in the early design stages of the construction process to effectively test the environmental performance of a building, including ventilation, lighting and shading systems.

13.00 Discussion

13.15 Lunch and exhibition

14.15 Welcome back by the chairman

14.20 Supply chain workshops
These interactive workshops will lead delegates through the experiences and lessons learned from recent and current projects focused on practical supply chain solutions. Delegates select which workshop they wish to attend.

Workshop 1
A successful mechanism for engaging and interacting with the supply chain
John Bradley, MD, French Kier
Peter Johnson, Quality and Environmental Manager, French Kier
French Kier will illustrate how they developed an approach to engaging with suppliers, designers, contractors, and clients on environmental and sustainability issues. John will outline the motivation of incorporating the supply chain into French Kier’s business improvement programme. Peter will then look at the practicalities of the company’s Environmental Performance Improvement Club (EPIC).

Workshop 2
The BAA Sustainable Construction Award Scheme
Mark Westwood, Projects Manager, BAA
Mark will provide an overview of the BAA Sustainable Construction Award Scheme and explain why BAA consider this an integral part of their relationship with suppliers and contractors. He will provide further information on how the scheme was developed and implemented, including an outline of the award criteria and judging process.

Workshop 3
The importance of specification and purchasing policies to achieving sustainable building
Tom Woolley, Professor, Queen's University of Belfast, and partner organisations
Tom will examine case studies of how the environmental impact of building development can be minimised with reference to the role that industry perceptions play in the adoption of new techniques. He will also discuss research on lifecycle issues, the theory behind green materials, energy use and the National Green Specification.

15.05 Tea and exhibition

15.30 Feedback from workshop sessions
CIRIA workshop facilitators

15.45 The City’s perception of the construction industry
Sarah Durham, Senior Analyst, Jupiter Asset Management Environmental Research Unit
In the context of reputations and risks, investor relationships with the construction industry are increasingly important. Sarah will outline a number of powerful factors driving forward corporate responsibility and the correlation between this and improved business performance and stakeholder perceptions.

16.15 Discussion

16.30 Chairman’s summary and close

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