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East Midlands Construction Environmental Improvement Club Launch
With Government Funding (Envirowise) support, the EMCBE and Responsible Solutions founded and ran the REC (Resource Efficiency Club) for 2 years, specifically to address the challenge of site waste minimisation.
In those 2 years, and through collaborative working between the REC Members and their selected pilot project teams, circa £490K was demonstrably saved or otherwise not spent on, for example, waste disposal.
The work of the REC was applauded by Envirowise, but Funding has subsequently been withdrawn.
Nevertheless, the success of the REC demonstrated the value to be achieved from collaborative working amongst the regional supply chain, and the potential for further success in a more generic ‘Construction Environmental Improvement Club’, which would address issues other than just site waste minimisation.
On the 19 December 2008, the potential was explored and tested with an audience of 30 stakeholders, who enthusiastically participated in an exercise to shape the possible structure and agenda for the CEI Club.
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Lafarge Landmark
Property development group, Raynsway, has seen its first customer at the Watermead Business Park in Thurmaston - building materials giant Lafarge - celebrate five years at its new headquarters.
A world leader in building materials, Lafarge moved to the site in 2003. During the five years in operation the building has become the focal centre for Lafarge's UK operations in aggregates, concrete and asphalt.
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Master Builder of the Year Award
It's Official - Leicester builder is best in Britain!
Leicester builders Ellis & Hughes of Aylestone Road in Leicester beat the cream of Britain’s builders and were crowned the Best Builder in Britain at the Master Builder of the Year Awards 2008 which took place in November.
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RICS East Midlands Awards 2009 call for entries
In their nineteenth year, the RICS awards are widely regarded as the ‘Oscars’ of the built and natural environment and recognise excellence, value for money and a commitment to sustainability.
RICS East is now calling for entries for next year’s prestigious awards.
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Jobs and Skills Top of Regional Agenda
Employment and skills will be top of the agenda when the Prime Minister meets leading business and regional figures at the Regional Economic Council today (Monday 5th January).
The Council's second meeting will bring senior members of the government together with business, union and regional representatives to discuss regional economies.
The Department for Business also announced today that more than 10,000 businesses across the UK have already taken the opportunity of free Business Health Checks launched in October last year.
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CURVE
One of the most exciting cultural projects in the region has opened its doors to residents and visitors in Leicester for the first time.
The city's new theatre, Curve, hosted a number of 'Lift Off' events to reveal the exciting and unique design of the facility.
A £62m flagship project, Curve represents the latest stage in the work to turn the St George's area into a buzzing cultural hub, but it also marks the most important arts and cultural development in Leicester.
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Innovation in Construction Task Group
EMCBE are inviting senior representatives from business to take part in a contractor focussed Task Group investigating innovation in the built environment.
In partnership with Loughborough University, we are planning an evening event for early in the New Year, the outputs from which will be fed back to emda and the Government department responsible for innovation in the workplace DIUS.
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Survive and Thrive - Support for businesses in tough times
Practical advice to sustain and grow your business in tough times
In response to the economic downturn and to further demonstrate emda’s support for business, emda will be hosting, in association with Business Link, a series of Business Support events.
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Construction Commitments
Formerly known as the ‘2012 Construction Commitments’, the Construction Commitments is a charter that sets out six generic principles which aim to create a better industry and promote best practice.
The principles apply to clients, contractors and consultants alike, and include pledges to 30 day payment, project integration and collaboration, and use of local employment.
The charter was signed up to by Jeff Moore, emda’s Chief Executive, on 7 November 2007, and the Commitments have subsequently been consolidated into the region’s Sector Implementation Plan by the EMCBE.
The Strategic Forum for Construction will be setting targets for better rates of new member sign-up early in 2009, in order to move the membership up from a stagnant total of around 600.
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Apprentice Matching Service - 0844 875 0086
- Our apprentices, the numbers of whom we have fought very hard to attain together with the infra structure to support them, are particularly vulnerable during these times and consequences of the economic downturn.
- Already, over 130 in the combined East and West Midlands area have been made redundant, which represents approximately 16% of all the apprentices employed in the combined area.
- The situation is predicted to worsen, and the fear is that once they have been laid off and not found re-employment, then they will be lost to the construction sector.
- A ‘task force’ has been established by DIUS and the LSC, with ConstructionSkills leading the ‘Apprentice Matching Service’ – with support from other Managing Agencies – in a big effort to save skills affected by the economic downturn, particularly in the housebuilding market, and to help apprentices complete their training.
- The initiative is working hard to identify alternative employment opportunities, sometimes in related trades, and provide funding support where appropriate.
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William Davis and Batch One
In partnership with East Midlands Housing Association Loughborough based developer William Davis has started work on a new scheme to provide family housing across five derelict city council infill sites.
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Shirebrook and Bolsover Schools Project
A £750 million transformation of secondary education is set to begin following the selection of a bidder to help carry out Derbyshire's largest school building project.
Derbyshire County Council has chosen Equitix as the preferred bidder to work in partnership with the authority to build the first six schools in the Government's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
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Central Square - Plans Unveiled
Developers behind the plans to create Central Square, a £12m high quality office building in the heart of Derby have showcased details of the scheme to local business leaders.
The development will transform the former Sixt Kenning Car Hire site on Cathedral Road into a five storey, high specification building, offering up to 50,000sq ft of office space.
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