All Change in Construction: Construction Sector Reform in the UK, Hong Kong, and Singapore (one-day seminar)
Date: 1 June 2011
Time: 9am-4pm
Location: CIOB Headquarters, Englemere, Ascot (directions and map)
Cost: £50
Contact: Stephanie Weller
Email: icrc@reading.ac.uk
Tel: 0118 378 8587
All change in construction booking link
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Background
It is now thirteen years since Sir John Egan published his seminal report Rethinking Construction on the UK construction sector in 1998. This was followed by similarly high-profile reviews of construction industry performance in Singapore and Hong Kong, in part inspired by the Egan Report. Despite contrasting contexts, in all three cases, the intention was to radically transform construction performance through a planned series of change initiatives.
Contents
This one-day seminar will shed critical new light on the construction sector improvement debate by drawing comparisons between structural characteristics of the three sectors, and exploring the relationship between espoused improvement recipes and the realities of change. The seminar is aimed at senior construction professionals interested in industry improvement.
Confirmed programme
09.00-09.30 Registration
09.30-09.45 Chairman's Opening Address: James Wates, President, CIOB
09.45-10.15 Professor Stuart Green, University of Reading: Construction sector reform in the global context: recurring themes and contradictions
10.15-10.45 Keynote Presentation 1 - Don Ward, Chief Executive, Constructing Excellence: Industry reform in the UK: an overview
10.45-11.15 COFFEE
11.15-11.45 Keynote Presentation 2 - Alan Crane, Vice President, CIOB: Changing mindsets through demonstration projects
11.45-12.15 Keynote Presentation 3 - John Connaughton, Director, Davis Langdon: Critical reflections on 20 years of change
12.15-12.45 Panel discussion
12:45-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-15.15 Comparative analysis of the construction sector reform in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore:
• Professor Stuart Green - Construction reform in the UK construction sector
• Dr Gangadhar Mahesh - Construction industry development in Hong Kong
• Professor George Ofori - Enacting construction improvement in Singapore
15.15-16.00 Panel discussion and closing remarks
16:00 END