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"Sustainable innovations for the urban built environment"
Built Environment Briefing, 3 May 2018
Don Ward Chief Executive
Constructing Excellence
don.ward@constructingexcellence.org.uk www.constructingexcellence.org.uk
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The Constructing Excellence International Alliance
CE International Alliance Other links Project partners
Alliance members:
Australia
Denmark
Hong Kong
Netherlands
Norway
New Zealand
Qatar
Singapore
UAE
UK
In development:
Canada
Chile
Malaysia
Saudi Arabia
USA
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Global sector trends include
Demand
Fuelled by demographics and social mobility
Recognised value of investment in infrastructure
Housing, social infrastructure
Shift from fossil fuels
Challenges
Affordability - “more for less”
Globalisation
Skills shortage, careers, ‘localisation’
Common responses
BIM and digital
Offsite construction
The intelligent client
‘Localisation’
Aspects of environmental sustainability?
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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Today’s UK macro context – a “perfect storm”?
Political
Economic
Social
Technology
Legal
Environmental
Brexit, industrial strategy (“productivity”), housing
Globalisation, Brexit growth, infrastructure investment
pipeline, industrial strategy for high value jobs,
“Transforming infrastructure performance”
Ageing population, urbanisation; skills shortages
(Brexit), apprenticeships, “GenY”, “social value”
(eg FGA), modern slavery
BIM/digital, big data, smart/IoT, offsite/pre-
manufactured delivery, robotics, 3DP, …..
Health & safety, procurement regs (Brexit), fair
payment
Energy efficiency, flood resilience, climate
change/COP21 (Brexit), ethical sourcing
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The BRE Trust group of companies
brebuzz.net
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BREEAM and CEEQUAL
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Power generation – decarbonising the Grid
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The BRE Innovation Park, Watford