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News and views

04 Lines of communication
Paul Morrell backs an initiative to
get architects and contractors
round the same table, and Stoke-
on-Trent takes on Crewe over HS2.
06 Innovations win CIOB accolades
A structural health sensor and
lightweight concrete impressed
judges in the CIOBs International

Photograph: Carlotta Cardana

Innovation and Research Awards.
08 Leader
Why we need a climate change
election in 2015.

12
09 Feedback
Letters; and readers come clean on
management away-day disasters.

Features

18
28 Cover Story Destination retrofit
BIM is gearing up for the retrofit
Construction professional
24 Imagine theres no conflict...
market as software masters
Jeff Whitfield had an epiphany
modelling of existing buildings.
on dealing with confrontation.
12 Change management
He shares his wisdom.
Contractor Vincis leadership
24 BIM bytes
development programme is trying
The EU is pushing for electronic
to instill a shared approach across
procurement in its latest Directive.
Illustration: Adam Nickel/Synergy

the whole company. But is it

working?
18 Sustainability myths debunked
CM challenges eight commonly held
beliefs on sustainable design and
construction where the evidence
doesnt quite match the theory.
32 BIM app news
BIM for the phone, an app for
snaggers and a digital tool belt.
34 Round table feature
25 Case notes
An appeal against an adjudication
award hit timing issues.
26 A new era for EU procurement
The key points in the new EU
Public Procurement Directive.
+ Contact
47-58
Image of child labour in India wins
CIOB Art of Building competition

In a Certas Energy-sponsored
debate on construction site
emissions, panellists fear that the
industrys carbon footprint is
shrinking too slowly.
40 CPD: Translucent Polycarbonate
Panels
Why the material should be on
every facade specifiers list.
34
CMs CPD Zone has
generated huge interest
from CIOB members as the
most popular destination
on our website. Check it
out at construction-
manager.co.uk
Photograph: Edward Tyler

62 Project of the month

A solution to Oxford University
Museum of Natural Historys leaky
roof is found after 150 years.

Cover image: Severn Partnership

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News
Morrell backs dialogue with architects
Former government adviser urges contractors to open their doors for further discussion
Paul Morrell, the governments former chief
construction adviser, has welcomed an initiative
by RIBA resident Stephen Hodder to open up
communication channels between contractors
and the architects working with them on design-
and-build projects and contractor-led bids.
Morrell and representatives of several major
contractors were invited by Hodder to a round-
table discussion at 66 Portland Place, the
headquarters of the RIBA, in January. Contractors
present included Skanska, Carillion, Mace, Laing
ORourke, Willmott Dixon, Bouygues and BAM.
The participants discussed design
management of projects and the communication
of design information; and how the two sets of
professionals view each other.
Morrell commented: It is an overdue
conversation, and it is to the credit of both
Stephen Hodder and the RIBA that they reached
out. The competition that characterises so much
of what we do too often turns into tension or
confrontation between those whose attention
should be focused on our clients. But if those
who design and those who build operate in
opposition to each other and, by the way, are
frequently programmed to see life in that way
from the beginnings of their tertiary education
then whole life value is the casualty.
Learner Voice founders look to take concept to other regions
The duo behind a successful mentoring
scheme for construction undergraduates at
five universities in the north west now hope
to extend the programme to Yorkshire and
the Midlands.
The Learner Voice was launched in February
2013 by Roy Cavanagh MBE of Bolton-based
contractor Seddon, and Aled Williams, north west
chair of the Construction Industry Council.
The scheme secured a merit award in the
education and training category of the CIOBs
International Innovation and Research awards,
which recognises outstanding contributions to
education and training in the built environment.
It has so far matched 65 students from five
universities Liverpool John Moores University,
University of Bolton, University of Central
Lancashire, University of Salford, and the
University of Manchester with industry mentors.
These are drawn from 30 local companies,
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Its good to talk: Stephen Hodders (left) move has been
welcomed by Paul Morrell
This is now so embedded that there is no point
in trying to decide whose fault it is. So, lets keep
talking, and listen to others telling us how it is
from their end of the telescope.
Morrell also urged the contracting side of
the industry to respond to the initiative. I look
forward to the organisations that represent
contractors coming out of their trench and
extending a return invitation.
including Kier North West, Laing ORourke, Wates
and Lend Lease, as well as consultancies such as
Capita Symonds and GVA.
The undergraduates gain advice and support
about the industry, career opportunities and work
placements.
The Learner Voice team hopes that students from across the
country such as this group from the University of Brighton
could benefit from the scheme
Manchester-based Hodder, a former Stirling
Photographs: Morley von Sternberg (far left), Peter Guenzel
Prize winner, said the event was part of a wider
RIBA initiative to engage with architects
clients, pointing out that a large and growing
proportion of architects income came from
contractors.
Its important to inform the profession to
think about how they can tailor their services to
meet the expectations of clients, said Hodder.
The hope is we can give members the tools to
think abut their services and present to them
the opportunities that exist with contractor-led
procurement.
The industry is very complex and delivery of a
successful building is very much about the team.
All the buildings my practice has delivered have
had contributions from the contractors.
Hodder and Morrell said that participants at the
meeting discussed the degree to which architects
working for contractors controlled the flow of
design information managing the production of
drawings and the flow of information to and from
subcontractors.
Hodder says the contractors were urging the
profession to regain that [co-ordination] position
as it would lead to a more efficient process,
although Morrell cast the comments in a slightly
different light, mentioning disappointment about
Cavanagh told CM that he was meeting
representatives from Leeds Metropolitan
University and Birmingham University to discuss
extending the scheme. Were very hopeful, and
we also think that it could be extended into other
professional areas why not IT, or engineering.
He added: The major contractors who I
often take to task over training apprentices
in fairness have been very good supporters
of the programme.
Aled Williams added: It is important to our
industry and to our students to bring employers
and education providers closer together for the
benefit of future generations of built
environment professionals. I would be delighted
to see the scheme rolled out nationwide.
The mentoring scheme will be repeated in
2014. Individuals and employers interested in
participating in the Learner Voice as mentors can
email aled.williams@heacademy.ac.uk

Contractors were invited to RIBA headquarters at
66 Portland Place
the perceived lack of skill in managing the
design process itself.
He added: As more design gets
passed down to trade contractors, this
increasingly falls to contractors to
make good. So where the boundary of
responsibilities lies emerged (to me) as a
useful topic for further exploration.
If those who design and those
who build operate in opposition
to each other then whole-life
value is the casualty.
Paul Morrell
Morrell also commented on the public
sector client who said that he received
regular approaches from contractors as
to how they might align their service
to his needs, but had never received an
equivalent approach from architects.
The event was timed as the market
picks up, but Morrell said he didnt
anticipate that clients would return to the
design adds value mindset of pre-2008,
which sometimes prioritised architecture
at the expense of buildability.
Too much of what went on before
2008/9 is still perceived as irrational
exuberance, and whilst there will always
be patrons of architecture as an art, they
will always be out-numbered by clients
whose primary purpose in building is
functional or commercial.
Of course they want good design,
but they also want some security. As
the industry moves slowly towards
integration (as it must), it is generally
contractors who have the enterprise
and the balance sheet strength to act
as integrators, and it would be close to
tragic if the consequence of this is that
the real potential of good design to create
whole life value is sacrificed to the short
term needs of profitable construction.
Hodder now plans to continue the
dialogue by inviting contractors to one-to-
one sessions with the RIBAs new head of
client services, Linda Stephens.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
has submitted its proposal for
a High Speed Rail station to
HS2 and the government
Stoke-on-Trent takes on
Crewe in HS2 battle
Ryder Architecture is to join
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
at Mipim on 11-14 March to
promote a joint plan for a
new High Speed Rail station
on the HS2 line.
Plans for the western
half of Phase 2s Y-shaped
line linking Birmingham
to Manchester propose a
new station at Crewe, but not
nearby Stoke-on-Trent.
The council has now
submitted its proposal to
HS2 and the government,
arguing that the new location
would reduce the impact on
the Staffordshire countryside
and maximise economic
gains for the region.
Stoke-on-Trent councils
deputy leader Paul Shotton
told the BBC that it was
important a major city like
Stoke-on-Trent was included
in the plans. [Crewes] a bus interchange.
benefits are based on the
Victorian connectivity of
the railway, but were not by the new age of travel that
living in Victorian times
now, he said.
Stokes proposal could end
up on the desk of HS2s new
chairman, Sir David Higgins,
who takes up his post next
month. He is due to submit
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News
his report on how costs for
the 42.4bn project could be
reined back, and its thought
he could recommend that
the two phases are built
concurrently, or at least
overlapping.
EC Harriss global head of
rail, Mark Cowlard, has told
CM that the proposal could
cut costs by reducing the
impact of inflation, bringing
forward GDP benefits to
Leeds, Manchester and
Sheffield, and giving the
bidding teams a longer
pipeline of work.
The proposed Stoke-
on-Trent station includes
international and domestic
HS2 platforms, direct
connections to local and
regional train services,
facilities for airport baggage
check in, parking pods and
The form and scale of its
translucent roof are inspired
HS2 represents. It will provide
cover to the full length of
the platform environment,
allowing high levels of natural
daylight, minimising heat
gain and incorporating natural
ventilation.
CIOB News
Chris Blythe
Floods expose our
housing failings

This year will be

remembered for the

Structural sensor commended

severity of the weather and
in particular the flooding across the
south west of England and along the
rivers Severn and Thames.

in CIOB innovation awards... In addition, the January storms have

Researchers from Princeton University are
developing a high-tech type of polyimide sheeting
embedded with sensors, batteries and integrated
circuits that can be wrapped around buildings and
bridges to detect their structural health.
The new product is the work of Professor Branko
Glisic and Professor Naveen Verma who liken
their new invention to the nervous system in the
human body. It was highly commended in the CIOB
International Innovation and Research Awards 2013.
The sensor system is formed of a very dense
array of smart sensors which are interconnected and
embedded into the sheeting. The layered integrated
circuits collect and analyse the data and only alert
the remote monitors if there is a problem.
Its like the human body, nerves dont tell you you
feel healthy all the time, but once you feel sick youll
Left to right: The sensing sheet glued to concrete; Professor Branko Glisic
and Professor Naveen Verma from Princeton University
know it. And then you start investigating what the
problem is, said Prof Glisic.
Finally, flexible photovoltaics will be layered on
top, to feed embedded batteries to provide power.
When we started developing the system we
had bridges in mind, but we do see applications in
buildings as well as aeroplanes and machines," added
Glisic. Building structures deteriorate over time. In
Singapore buildings already have to be monitored
with fibre optic strain sensors. But these can only be
applied to certain parts of the structure.
You wouldnt cover a structure with our sheeting,
but you would be able to cover larger areas prone to
damage, to monitor more of it, more cheaply.
Glisic added: The aim is to improve safety of
structures, and therefore eliminate collapses of those
that are only inspected periodically.
He said that commercialisation was still
some time away, but he expected that a fully
functioning prototype could be developed
within two to three years.
The CIOB judges said: "The analogy of
the human nervous system applied for the
purposes of structural health monitoring
is a brilliant idea. The sensing sheet
technology has not only shown its
originality in innovation, but has also
shown its scope of application.
emphasised how feeble we are when
subjected to extreme weather. The way
sea defences just crumbled under the
onslaught of the high tides was both
fascinating and frightening.
There are calls for the coastal areas
to be abandoned because the cost of
protecting them might be unaffordable.
It might also be the case that it is not
just the cost; the technical solutions
might not be available either.
The scale of the flooding, especially
in the densely packed south east, does
beg questions of our housing policy. It
seems pointless building on floodplains
if the sort of devastation we have seen
recently is to be a feature of the future.
Getting flooded is bad enough but when
it is accompanied by raw sewage and
the resultant health risks, it is enough
to make us all stop and think.
Building designs need to change and
if that affects the cost of buildings then
so be it. It should be a cost borne by the
house builders as a condition for
building on dodgy land. Politically there
are issues, of course. If politicians
decided that all that flood plain land
was unfit for building and should be
used as flood plains, there would be
howls from the house builders along
with the drop in their share prices.
But the most disturbing part of the
whole episode has been the disparate
and desperate band of politicians

while lightweight concrete wins merit award

An engineer and inventor with
a passion for concrete has
developed a new lightweight
version of the material which
would help reduce the depth
of foundations needed for tall
structures like the Shard.
Philip Owens, who runs
technical troubleshooting and
research consultancy Nustone,
received a merit award in the
CIOB International Innovation
& Research Awards for the new
form of concrete.
While lightweight concrete
is not new when formed as
lightweight aerated blocks,
Owens innovation is to mix a
lightweight aggregate made
from detritus clay, such as
that produced from tunnelling,
for example from Crossrail in
London. He then mixes this
with the normal concrete
constituents of gravel, sand
and cement.
Said Owens: The weight of
concrete made with normal
aggregates is about 2.4 tonnes/
cum. With our lower density
material the weight can be
designed to be between 1.5
tonnes and 2.4 tonnes/cum.
If you were to build
structures using this lower
weight of concrete they wont
need such enormously deep
foundations, which means they
wont interfere with tunnels and
such like.
Owens has yet to receive
commercial interest in the
product, which he said wasnt
rocket science.
Cement manufacturers tend
to be ingrained in ways of doing
things, but Im optimistic it will
take off in the future in the same
way using fly ash in concrete
took a while to be accepted. But I
probably wont be around to see
it, added the 83-year-old.
Lightweight aggregate made from detritus
clay is mixed with normal concrete
looking for their own political angle on
the disaster.
The recent weather has been
unprecedented both in terms of
severity and frequency. It is not just a
UK matter either. In the US Deep South,
for example, they are having
unprecedented ice and snow storms
caused by arctic air pushing south and
moving the Jetstream with it. Atlanta
was caught out by the first snow storm
it had, but not by the second. Solid
leadership led to states of emergencies
being called, snow ploughs organised,
airports shut, schools closed and extra
support laid on from states unaffected
by the weather extremes.
Our response has been to continue to
be unprepared and believe that we can
carry on as though nothing is happening,
with a few soldiers filling sandbags.
In a peculiarly British way, we go
about things the hard way, with
ordinary people doing heroic things
whilst those in charge struggle to
get to grips with the situation.

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Views
Will 2015 be a climate
change election?
AS THE STORMS abate and the flood waters phase by 20%. The data on whether or not
recede, they have hopefully left behind a these targets have been met is still being
reinvigorated debate on climate change collated by the Green Construction Board
and the imperative to slash carbon and is due to be published around June.
emissions. For the first time in four years, But the round tables anecdotal view was
since David Cameron made his increasingly that the momentum of 2008-10 hasnt
empty claims about the coalition being been carried forward as the economic
the greenest government ever, climate slowdown diverted companies attention
change has re-entered the political arena. and energy and nor did it sweep up the
The industry, of course, has been massed ranks of the industrys SMEs. It
quietly getting on with the job of reducing will be interesting to see whether the
emissions: from energy in use; from official data matches that view.
embodied carbon in products and supply In our feature on busting sustainability
chains; from site operations, transport and myths, the focus was on energy
waste. But from two articles addressing efficiency, the performance gap and
sustainability in this months CM, different buildings operations. The myths businesses promote health & safety in
and worrying themes emerge. discussed are all linked to sincerely held
In our round-table debate on site and efforts to reduce buildings impact. But
transport emissions, representatives of if they are based on theory rather than
the Top 20 contractors round the table evidence, manufacturers claims rather
agreed the rate at which their carbon than real-life experiences, then these
footprints were shrinking was slowing. myths needs to identified and discussed
The low-hanging fruit has been picked so that best practice can move on.
the insulated site cabins, the lower use Back in the political landscape, there
of generators, better fleet and transport is another dangerous myth that
management. What remains is the hard sustainability isnt a vote winner. As the
task of driving out carbon through parties position themselves for 2015, lets
better design, better engagement and hope the imperative to step up action on
information flow from the supply chain and man-made climate change emerges as a
new innovations in plant and equipment. key policy area. As the industry gets within
The industry, via the Strategic Forum, sight of its 2025 deadline for reducing
set itself a series of voluntary targets greenhouse gas emissions from carbon
for the 2008-12 period: halving waste from the built environment by 50%, a bit
to landfill; reducing construction-related of legislative stick to go with all the CSR
carbon by 15%; reducing water usage carrots wouldnt go amiss.
in the manufacturing and construction Elaine Knutt, editor
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Feedback
The real cost of Fees for
Intervention
Mark Atkins, via website
In response to criticism of HSEs Fees for
Intervention in an online article
As a small company employing three
men and one admin staff and myself,
I had a visit in November 2012 from the
HSE inspector. It was decided by that
person that we had two material
breaches. So from that point every couple
of months I have been invoiced for fees
for intervention I have just received
another today (February 2014) up to
now amounting to 14,000 before
deciding whether to prosecute and it is
still ongoing, no doubt a prosecution will
follow and a fine.
Since when has extortion been legal
and how would bankrupting small
the workplace?
How hard would it be for anybody to
find fault anywhere if you are basically
funding your own salary at the expense
of other peoples jobs?
SMEs need help on BIM process
Rahul Shah, via website
In response to online article How SMEs can
get started on BIM Part 2
This is a slightly shallow view of BIM
implementation at business level, more
tool focused rather than process. Process
is where most of the implementation
challenges are and honestly speaking,
SMEs need help in that area.
SMEs business challenges and benefits
of BIM are not different (should not be
different) to that of larger construction
companies.
The author takes an example of a small
construction firm that builds a leisure
centre in central London. That small
contractor will have to:
Understand the impact of BIM at the
business level and how to integrate BIM
within different departments, ie design
management, planning, QA, H&S,
commercial, estimating, marketing, HR,
finance, IT and so on.
Choose the right BIM tools for their job
(Revit, Tekla, Bentley, ArchiCAD, Synchro,
 Vox pop
A member of CMs team had a bad encounter with clingfilm on a
management course. What are your best and worst experiences?
Nick Bird
Head of talent, Kier
I cant imagine why wed
want to tie up anyone in
clingfilm! We run
leadership programmes for line
managers, middle managers and
senior execs, then we also have a
programme for directors where they
attend a course at Sandhurst. Theyre
all designed to stretch and challenge
people, but for their learning needs,
not for the tutors pleasure.
On one of our senior exec modules,
weve introduced professional actors into
the fray, who work with the participants
in small groups its called forum
theatre. Because of the quality of the
actors, it seems quite real. The delegates
are given a limited brief for instance,
dealing with aggression, or someone
with personal issues then they have to
fish for information from the actors, so it
reveals their management style.
Nigel Wilson
Director of local roads,
Europe, Aecom
There are good courses
and bad ones. Ive taken lots
from the good ones and absolutely
nothing from the bad ones. The good
ones have all been founded in the theory
and fundamentals of management, why
people respond differently and how you
might apply techniques to get the most
out of people. The bad ones were what
the chairman in the business I used to
work for called candy floss fun on the
day, but with no substance.
Sometimes there are bizarre and
abstract exercises like asking you what
CostX, Navis etc).
Think about establishing (and establish)
processes for planning team, design
management, coordination, commercial,
estimating, H&S, QA, M&E.
Once all of the above is achieved then
your (real) work-winning BIM material is
ready to include in your bids. You can
include your real project experience in
your bids instead of worrying about
work-winning BIM. Having said that,
you may require Hollywood animation
to go in your bid. But dont confuse that
with BIM.
kind of animal youd be. Im gregarious,
but also quite private, so I dont want to
tell people that. On one training day in
the 1980s, there was a Polish puppeteer,
who kept dropping in on the group,
picking up on things that had happened,
and then made you have conversations
with his puppets about them... it was just
really, really odd.
Nick Wright MCIOB
Contracts manager, Kier Construction
Im on a two-and-a-half-year modular
programme, where we look at leadership
styles and skills. We recently had two
days with a psychologist who gave us a
different perspective.
We looked at the Myers Brigg analysis
personality types, then we tested our
knowledge in role plays with actors. Then
there was a push-pull analysis, looking
at the psychology of how people react in
certain environments and how you get
the best results out of them.
We were encouraged to look at the
areas where we need work and are less
rounded, but also to develop the things
were already strong at and not model
ourselves on other people.
Carol Bailey
Director, communities and
regeneration, Lakehouse
My experience of
workshops and training is
largely very good. Hands-on construction
people can be nervous going into a
training room, but very often they leave
feeling inspired by the whole experience.
Were running leadership training from
Lakehouse for around 65 or 70 managers
across the business, and we also run
SMEs need help on BIM process
Hazel McCallum, via website
In response to The art of communication
Listen to my body talk, February
As part of my coaching practice I help
people develop emotional intelligence
which, as you probably know, is great for
developing self awareness, rapport and
general self management.
I agree with the warning that not all
body language is reliable. We all have
funny little habits that could really
throw someone off track. So body
language needs to be used with caution!
Photograph: Beyond/SuperStock
The team hug: Your courses for our site managers and
worst nightmare, resident liaison officers (RLOs).
or a route to better
management? Its a cliche, but it really is a tool-box
things you can use if things go wrong.
We use role playing, where we swap roles:
the RLO will play the resident, the director
will play the site manager, so it also
shows you how youd feel in someone
elses shoes.
Talfryn Farrell
On one Senior contracts manager,
training day, Vinci Facilities
there was a One game we played was
puppeteer who having a leader and deputy
kept dropping get a team of blindfolded people to form a
in on the square shape with the rope at their feet.
group, picking Only the deputy was allowed to talk to
up on things, the team. But they forgot to clarify that
and then made the blindfolds must stay on at all times
you have so our leadership tactic was to say to
conversations the team: Okay, take your blindfolds off
with his and make a square with that rope!
puppets. We missed a few vital leadership
Nigel Wilson, lessons, but also taught a lesson to the
Aecom facilitator never leave any wiggle room.
Card scheme is a money maker
Andy Ollier, online
In response to our online news story
that the CSCS card scheme had revealed
details of a new shake-up that seeks to set
a higher competence standard for holders
Contact us
of the operatives Green card by linking it
Do you have an
to a new Level 1 NVQ from July next year.
opinion on any
of this months I think the upshot is that the new
articles? Email: card scheme is geared towards
construction- making money by making people take
manager@atom courses that they have to pay for. What
publishing.co.uk happened to experience gained through
hands-on roles!?
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ali gnment session
Meet your fellow Vinci managers at a half-day

, we akn ess es and col lea gue s per cep tio ns of you r management style
Discover your strengths
via a 360-degree appraisal.
the fi ndi ngs in mo re det ail in a one -to -on e coa ching session
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Host the training facilitator on a half-day visit

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"The approach was refreshing"

Colin Howell , project manager, building division

"The business has committed a major spend on

Empower that's several thousand pounds per
delegate and senior management are all aligned
with its objectives. So it's coming down from the
top: there's an appreciation that the business
needs to improve on various aspects of its
leadership and management.
"The course has been developed in a bespoke
way, and is focused on addressing the business's
needs, it's not like sending people to the course
around the corner. And there was no age
discrimination I'm still under 60 but I've been
with Taylor Woodrow [acquired by Vinci in 2008]
for 40 years. I was recently on a large office
scheme in King's Cross, and now I'm working
on a bid for Heathrow Airport.
"You initially start off sceptical, you've seen it
and done it before, but the approach Blue Sky
adopted was refreshing. There was a toolbox of Leadership development will divide opinion in
techniques you could use in everyday situations.
For instance, a technique to look at other people's
construction, but Vinci has found that it's bringing
communication styles are they forcing their the business together. Elaine Knutt reports.
agenda on you, ready to communicate, or are Photographs by Carlotta Cardana
they withdrawn and likely to be unresponsive?
And there's the Accountability Ladder, which is
now on notice boards everywhere. On the bottom
rung people are not taking any responsibility IF YOU RECEIVED the invitation opposite to a will often be trying to manage and
for a situation, and the idea is to get them to "leadership development" programme, influence beyond their own corporate
come up the ladder, perhaps by sitting down and how would you react? If your gut reaction teams, its doubly difficult.
working out why they're not fully engaged. You is "sceptically", youre probably with the Alternatively, people absorb the
can apply it in any aspect of your life on site, with majority. Most of us have will have first- learning, but for internal reasons they
consultants, with your family. hand experience of training programmes dont apply it. In its recent paper Why
"One of the areas I found the most useful was that were stimulating, insightful and leadership-development programs fail,
the 360 feedback where I invited 10 or 12 people possibly even good fun (although the management consultant McKinsey argues
to provide feedback. It reconfirmed a lot of things wrap-your-colleagues-in-clingfilm that interventions that dont engage
in my own self-appraisal, but it also highlights bonding exercise experienced by a people below the surface challenging
things you ought to be aware of but have perhaps CM colleague was surely just thoughts, feelings and assumptions risk
chosen not to do anything about. So I've chosen a sadomasochistic). But whether we failure. The paper gives the example of a
number of areas to try to improve on, for instance actually tackled things differently manager who might know in theory that it
spending more time mentoring young engineers. afterwards, or delivered improved makes sense to delegate, but fails because
It's something I've always done, but I'll be performance... well, thats debateable. the inner dialogue in their head is: I cant
allocating more time to it." The problem is that acquiring abstract delegate because Im accountable.
knowledge is one thing, but applying it in Closing this gap between what happens
challenging work situations is another. in a training room and how we behave in
Individuals might make a genuine effort a work situation was the fundamental
to use new ideas and insights, only to aim behind Vinci's Empower programme.
make little headway in workplaces where The idea is to give 500 "senior middle
they control just a few of the variables. managers" the skills and tools they need
And in construction, when many managers to raise their personal performance, but >
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> also to embed the new ideas deep enough
to change their thinking patterns and
behaviour. And by embarking on a such a
large-scale initiative with 50 "cohorts"
of 10 over two years the idea is that no
one manager will try to change the status
quo in isolation. Instead, the whole
business embarks on a journey towards
improved performance.
Jo Mercer, head of Vincis learning
academy, was a key architect of the
programme, developed with training
consultancy Blue Sky Performance
Improvement. A lot of standard leadership
programmes are good at imparting
knowledge, but not at changing
behaviours," says Mercer. "Empower has
given us a common language, we now
have a large body of people in the
business using the same language
It can be a fast-track to getting results.
To ensure the Empower agenda is also
embedded at high level within Vinci, 150
senior managers have been on an edited
highlights version of the programme, and
a senior manager is also invited to join the
alignment and summit events held for
each cohort. Furthermore, the delegates
identify and develop a business-boosting
project throughout the seven-month span
of the programme, and then continue to
progress their ideas once the programme
is over. Andrew Ridley-Barker [Vinci
Construction MD] gives them a licence to
run with it, says Mercer.
Two other leadership development
experts invited to comment on Empower
both said its linkage into board level, focus
on personal issues and continuation of
project work into business as usual, were
all positive signs. Training 500 is unusual,
but I think its great, theres something
about critical mass. Some organisations
do it in dribs and drabs over a long period,
but then they lose that sense of
momentum, says Elaine Wilson, a senior
consultant at development consultancy
Ask Europe. However, she stresses that
Vinci will have to find a way to retain
momentum in the coming years.
Donnie MacNicol, director of training
consultancy Team Animation, agrees that
programmes should be structured over a
number of months so that delegates can
apply the learning at work as the course
progresses. Research shows that 20%
of what we learn comes from our bosses
or mentors, 70% is on-the-job-learning,
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and 10% from listening to someone in a
classroom. So this is the right sort of
design, but often companies end up
paring back and the bulk of the focus
is on the 10%, says MacNicol.
The delegates on Empower are running
projects of one kind or another across
Vinci's building, civil engineering and
facilities divisions, as project managers,
construction managers, section engineers,
facilities managers or in support teams
such as IT. While theyre not (yet) taking
key strategic decisions, they are all
representing Vinci at a fairly senior
level. Nor is the programme specifically
geared to succession planning or high-
fliers. We wanted to raise the good
managers to great, and the great to
excellent," says Mercer.
The programme is essentially a
combination of management training, or
giving people skills and techniques to get
the best performance out of people and
projects; and leadership development
encouraging them to behave like leaders.
Elements of the management techniques
appear to have left the training suite
and gone viral: the so-called Ladder
of Accountability is appearing in poster
form in site huts and making its presence
felt in difficult conversations everywhere,
and if you are meeting a Vinci Empower
delegate in the near future, you might like
to Google Johari Window.
Sharing knowledge
In fact, Blue Sky says its management
training tools are accessible to anyone
who can go online. We believe in sharing
knowledge. You can try to create
something clever, brand it and sell it, but
we believe in sharing knowledge and
encouraging people to share it. Plus
theres a lot of stuff thats already
working well, so we dont need to paint it
blue and change the circles to squares,
says Guy Bloom, client services director.
"Leadership development" is about
encouraging individuals to develop a
vision of where they want to go, and
then building the relationships to make
it happen. But how do you develop
leadership behaviour in managers who
perhaps arent yet in leadership positions?
Blooms answer is that leadership is a
state of mind rather than a position in an
organisational diagram.
Its about challenging people to step
"It reprogrammes how you
approach things"
Bahar Maghsoudi, senior project manager,
civil engineering division
"Im an M&E enabling manager on the Crossrail
station at Whitechapel. Ive been at Vinci for
three and a half years, and before that I was at
Birse and Balfour Beatty. Compared to other
management courses Ive been on, Empower
is more in depth, its a longer programme, and
you have more of a one-to-one with the trainer.
Ive previously been on 6 Sigma courses, which
are all about analysing your productivity. But if
you want to learn how to deal with behavioural
issues, this is the perfect course.
"You have a lot of tools and techniques, and
you take the ones that are suitable at that
particular time. At Whitechapel, our director
has the Accountability Ladder on his wall and
he points to it from time to time! The more
people go on the Empower course, the more
people understand what hes talking about.
Vinci is such a diverse business, so it helps to
have a common language.
"All the cohorts watch Twelve Angry Men
and I think it had a big impact. Its about
where do you stand if you believe in
something and your belief is strong you have
to make a stand on a particular issue and
people will come round. Its also about showing
what the different characters represented and
how people are shaped by their background
and cultures, and how not everyone sees
things the same way.
"I would struggle to say Ive used a specific
tool, but it does reprogramme how you
approach things. Im working on a pressured
project, and its also a joint venture [with
Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall] , so its
a complex dynamic you cant just say 'Im
making these changes. But after I had the site
visit from Kevin, the facilitator, he challenged
me to do things differently, and thats what Ive
been trying to do. I really love my team, were
a diverse bunch from our 20s to our 60s, but
were all pulling in the same direction."

into the leadership space, and make
"Training 500 is demands of others in relation to their
unusual, but work," says Bloom. "If you are operating at
it's great. Some
the right level, you should hold that space.
organisations Are you leading the conversation? Leading
do it in dribs the challenge? Talking about the things
and drabs over no one else want to talk about?
a long period, So Empower starts by making delegates
but then they first accept theyre in a leadership role,
lose that sense then reflect on how well theyre doing in
of momentum." it. The process clearly involves heart as
Elaine Wilson, well as head, although Bloom dispels any
Ask Europe thoughts of construction managers in
group therapy. Through video and
exercises, we build a challenge: do you
recognise there are gaps to the standard
you might achieve? Its not psychotherapy,
we stay away from it being an emotional
process, but our emotions are involved,
he says. For some it can be a nudge, for
some its a kick up the pants.
These days, when every decision has to
be "evidence-based", companies investing
in leadership development often want to
quantify the impact on their business.
Structuring a leadership development programme
Elaine Wilson of Ask Europe and Donnie MacNicol of Team Animation
offer their tips on how to plan management training schemes
l A trend is for the call to action to
come from a board, underpinning it
with real business imperatives. But
the process should also get the
individual personally engaged.
l After the programme is completed,
companies should not just drop the
initiative they need mechanisms in
place to reinforce the learning, and
they need to get it on the HR agenda.
What delegates sign up to on the
training programme has to flow into
their ongoing performance objectives,
and be integrated into the
organisations goals. It has to become
business as normal". EW
l Leadership boils down to having a
future-focused vision, and the skills to
build the relationships to get people
to follow you. But companies need to
be clear on what theyre developing
leadership for. Is it about innovation,
or identifying new revenue streams,
or a focus on customer service? In
the worst case scenario, you develop
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independent thinkers equipped
with the skills to make things happen,
but this isnt aligned with corporate
objectives.
l Every organisation has the desire to
quantify the impact of the
programme, but there are a colossal
number of factors in play. So usually,
analysis has to be a mix of qualitative
and quantitative results. But
sometimes boards take the view that
this is the right thing to do and they
know its got value, even if they cant
identify every pound. If it gives people
the feeling that progress has been
made, does that actually matter?
l Work-based projects are brilliant,
but they have to be managed, and
companies often drop them when
they realise the effort involved. They
need to consider, whos owning the
project? Whos supporting it? Will it
cause friction in other departments?
It cant be coordinated by someone
part-time in HR. DMacN
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> Vinci asks every Empower manager to
self-report and evidence their own
personal "return on investment". Its
notoriously complex to validate there
are always other factors in play apart from
your programme, comments Bloom. But
you can ask delegates if theres been a
direct financial impact, or if theyve made
some kind of behavioural shift. If someone
says Im completely re-engaged with the
organisation, you cant put a value in
pounds against that, but thats great.
But in total, Bloom says that the value
added to Vinci represents 200% of the
costs which include Blue Sky, venues
and catering, and taking people out of
their jobs for seven days.
However, others believe that there can
be dangers in trying to match benefits to
costs. Elaine Wilson says: You have to be
careful companies tend to measure
whats easy to measure, not the real
indicators of improvement. She refers to a
company that asked delegates to recoup
the 10,000-a-head costs of their
training, but the initiative backfired:
Everyone claimed to have saved the
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10,000, but not because of the learning
theyd got. And all they claimed was
10,000 why not more? below the line [between being accountable
Vinci is now roughly half way through
implementation of its Empower
programme, and is finding that feedback
from delegates is extremely positive
98% say they would advocate the course
to a colleague. But perhaps more
important, theres the impact on Vinci
staff: according to its annual employee
survey, engagement among those
managed by Empower delegates is up
10%. Companies can try to quantify that
financially, perhaps in the value of
experienced staff retained or decreased
staff turnover costs. Or they can simply
take the view that such a sizeable
increase in engagement is priceless. CM
"If someone says Im completely
re-engaged with the
organisation, you cant put
a value in pounds against that,
but thats great"
Guy Bloom, Blue Sky
"Nothing I've been on has
had the same impact"
Liam Noonan ICIOB, project manager,
Vinci Facilities
"I'm head of the Vinci Facilities team at
RAF Mildenhall in Norfolk, we look after
the maintenance of the estate and also
do project work, for instance building a
new warehouse. We do a lot of demolition
work, then replace the buildings, and also
refurbishments. There's a team of directly-
employed Vinci staff, including six site
managers who report to me and I decide
on their workload, and we also use a lot of
external subcontractors.
"I've never been on a course as long as
this. At the half-day alignment session,
to be honest I was trying to get out of it.
I know how to talk to people, and I've got
good listening skills. There were all sorts of
things I thought I was doing on a daily basis,
but the course showed me I probably wasn't
doing it as well as I thought.
"The Johari Window has been a useful tool
to help build relationships when you meet
someone new, and I've also got a 4ft wide
Accountability Ladder in my office. I've got
scaffolders, plumbers, bricklayers popping
in, you never know who's coming through
the door and what issues they're going to
bring. So I'll ask them, 'where are you on
the ladder' and nine times out of 10 they're
and being a 'victim'].
"It's made a huge impact on me, in
reference to developing relationships and
dealing with some of the more difficult
people, to enable us to break down the
barriers. By getting to know people a bit
more personally, you tend to understand
them far better.
"When I first started at RAF Mildenhall,
the office was very contractual, but now I'm
trying to introduce a bit of banter. People
used to be looking at the clock, now people
are more engaged and will say 'I want to stay
and send that email'.
"If I'm honest, none of the previous
courses I've been on have had an impact like
this one because it is such a team effort,
everyone has given it 100%."
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MYTHS OF
SUSTAINABILITY
Were all on a quest for a low carbon industry, but that means
watching out for wrong turns and dead ends. Katie Puckett
finds eight examples where theory doesnt quite match the
evidence. Illustrations by Adam Nickel.
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MYTH 1
LOW CARBON DESIGN EQUALS
LOWER ENERGY BILLS

While often seen as synonymous, rather than energy use, so compliance

carbon emissions and energy
consumption can be very different
things, which can lead to nasty surprises
for the occupiers of buildings designed
to be low-carbon in operation.
People expect to have low energy
bills, but thats not necessarily true,
warns Steve Cook, principal sustainable
development manager at Willmott
Dixon. Different fuels have different
carbon intensities, but that doesnt
mean theyre any cheaper. The carbon
emissions associated with biomass, for
example, are almost seven times lower
than conventional gas (0.028kgCO2/
kWh, compared to 0.198kgCO2/kWh).
But in cost terms, it can be much more
expensive.
The propagation of this myth is partly
the fault of Building Regulations.
The 2006 and 2010 versions of Part
L set targets for carbon emissions
In a typical
non-domestic
was possible by simply changing fuel
building,
type rather than improving efficiency.
unregulated
In fact, the 2013 update to Part L
emissions
of the Building Regulations should account for 30-
help to bring reality in line with user 50% of energy
expectations, by imposing a mandatory use, and they
fabric energy efficiency standard before tend to be
low-carbon technologies can be taken electricity,
into account. which is more
Another source of confusion is expensive than
that regulations cover only emissions heat.
associated with the base building, Alasdair Donn,
rather than the unregulated emissions Willmott Dixon
produced by the many appliances
whirring away inside. It can be quite
significant, says Alasdair Donn, energy
solutions engineer at Willmott Dixon.
In a typical non-domestic building,
unregulated emissions account for 30-
50% of energy use, and they tend to
be electricity, which is more expensive
than heat.

MYTH 2
THE MORE FEATURES A BUILDING HAS,
THE BETTER IT MUST BE

Controlling a buildings M&E systems is an essential part
of reducing energy consumption. But those systems are
becoming increasingly complicated often unnecessarily
so, argues Professor Bill Gething, an architect and
sustainability consultant.
Sophistication should not be confused with
complexity, warns Gething. Unfortunately, even when
systems should be relatively simple for domestic
heating, for example we add features just because
we can, and then provide an unintelligible interface
which has clearly never been tested on real users.
Then people just end up turning the whole thing off
with the big red switch.
Domestic and non-domestic systems alike suffer from
this relentless embellishment. On more sophisticated
installations, the problem is compounded by the fact that
Adam Nickel/Synergy
buildings over the last 10 years. Now were finding out
through post-occupancy evaluations that it isnt always
the answer.
BAM recently carried out a post occupancy evaluation
on Cressex Community School in High Wycombe, which
opened in 2010. The project was aiming for a 60%
reduction in CO2 emissions, but reality failed to live up
to the targets. The design team had included an array of
technologies to meet the many regulations governing
school design, including a biomass boiler, ground source
heating and mechanical ventilation and heat recovery
(MVHR) instead of openable windows.
There was a very sophisticated building management
system to deal with the multiple technologies, but the
school didnt have anyone who knew how to operate
it, so they ended up using a lot more energy than they

design, commissioning and operation are split so no one
person has a clear understanding or responsibility for
making it work, adds Gething.
At BAM Construct, senior sustainability manager Jesse
Putzel agrees. A lot of technology has been thrown at
expected, says Putzel. Better management has since
improved the performance of the building considerably,
but for him, the lesson is clear: We now promote the use
of passive design measures on all our projects to reduce
energy and keep things simple.
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MYTH 3L
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Significant performance gaps have
been highlighted between how houses
are designed to behave and their
performance once occupied. But while
it may be straightforward enough to
find out how much energy a building
uses, measuring the actual
performance of its fabric is not as easy.
The performance gap was first
identified using the co-heating test,
which has been developed over the
past 20 years by Leeds Metropolitan
University, and which measures how
well new homes retain heat. But
research late last year from the NHBC
Foundation cast doubt on the test
itself, however, when assessments of
the same houses by seven separate
teams produced very different results,
ranging from 17% better than
predicted to 11% worse. The reports
authors claimed that this showed the
test was of limited value and needed
more work before it could be useful to
the housebuilding industry.
But such a discrepancy is hardly
surprising, says Professor Chris Gorse
MCIOB at Leeds Met. Some of the NHBC
expert teams were undertaking it for
the first time, while Leeds typically
trains researchers for between three
and six months just to carry it out, let
alone analyse the results. Its a
scientific procedure, not a commercial
test, says Gorse. The NHBC test
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undermine the performance gap.
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how robust the test procedure is,
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out by inexperienced teams under
variable conditions and still appeared
to achieve an accuracy of around 80%.
The NHBC teams still found the
performance gap, its just that their
results would not have been as reliable
as ours. As long as youve got control
over the equipment and the conditions
are right, you will get an accurate
measure of how much heat the building
is losing to within a few per cent.
The test involves heating the building
to a predetermined temperature, and
then measuring the amount of electrical
energy required to keep it there for two
weeks, so it can be expensive.
The industry argues that it wants a
cheap test, but we dont want a cheap
test if that means inconsistent results,
adds Gorse. This research was a first
attempt to see how robust the co-
heating test is when carried out
cheaply and quickly, and it showed that
it produces variations. But now
commercial tests are being developed
by us and others and those who doubt
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This is the industry norm for
calculating potential water savings in
schools, usually achieved by installing
efficiency measures such as save-a-
flush bags or hippos in cisterns and
low-flow basin taps.
The problem is that its a wild
exaggeration. According to a survey of
609 pupils carried out by consultant
ech2o, the average number of toilet
trips per day is just 1.34. Less than
a quarter of pupils did use the toilet
three times or more, and more than
half went only once or not at all.
Among the secondary school pupils,
65% never used the toilets at all.
Ech2os director Cath Hassell says
that this leads to an overestimate
Commercial
of water savings in primary schools
tests are being
by a factor of two, and in secondary
developed by
schools by up to six. She believes
us and others
manufacturers and consultants are in
and those who
danger of shooting themselves in the doubt the
foot: If we overstate the case, then performance
when those savings dont transpire, gap will be
theyll turn around and say obviously facing a real
the technologys crap. Head teachers, challenge
bursars, facilities managers all talk to when their
each other so the word will spread. buildings are
Hassells previous surveys have shown to
also debunked the five-minute underperform.
shower, revealing the average is Chris Gorse
closer to 10, and that many of us MCIOB, Leeds
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MYTH 6
AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
DO NOT WORK IN THE UK

There has been something of a backlash against many

MYTH 5
EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE
A RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM
Installing a rainwater harvesting system
is essential for meeting the higher levels
of the Code for Sustainable Homes. But
while collecting the rain to use in place
of mains water is a simple, appealing
idea, determining the actual benefit is
more complex and many suspect that in
reality these systems are delivering little
more than ticks in the box.
Rainwater harvesting systems often
stack up on a school or office building,
where there is a large collection area
and high consumption, but on a domestic
scale, they are unlikely to ever pay back
the energy they use to pump and clean
the water, or the high embodied carbon in
their tanks, foundations or pipework.
According to research by the
Environment Agency, the carbon
emissions associated with a typical
system were 40% higher than for mains
water, and 100% higher for systems
using greywater. Over 30 years, the
carbon footprint of a rainwater harvesting
system in an average 90 sq m house is
approximately 1.25-2 tonnes, equivalent
to a year of emissions for a house built to
Level 3 of the Code.
On top of this, rainwater harvesting
systems are high maintenance. Without
a diligent, hands-on owner they quickly
stop working, a key issue for both
individual homes and social housing.
Weve got to look at what makes
sense in a particular situation and
whether your money could be better
put into doing something else, says
Ech2o director Cath Hassell. You dont
say this is a great technology, lets put
it everywhere.
renewable energy technologies recently introduced to
the UK. It may be true that some systems do not live
up to the sales pitch, but for everyone who thinks a
particular technology is useless, there almost always
seems to be someone else who has implemented it
successfully. Often someone in Germany.
For example, some homeowners who installed
air source heat pumps to provide cheap, renewable
energy have been disappointed by their performance,
complaining that they delivered little heat for the mains
electricity needed to power them and were expensive
to run in cold weather. This has given them a bad
reputation among many in the UK construction industry.
At contractor Lakehouse, head of sustainability
Simon Green believes they do work if theyre sized,
installed and commissioned properly. Its often not the
technology thats to blame, its the wrong application
of the wrong technology in the wrong place, he says.
Elsewhere in Europe, things like air source heat pumps
are normal. Theyre tried-and-trusted technologies that
have been used for 50 or 60 years.
The crucial difference is that in countries such as
Germany and Denmark there is a mature supply chain
which knows what its doing. Installing an air source
heat pump is different to installing a hot water system
and there does need to be an education process for the
supplier base. Its not rocket science, it just needs
a different approach, says Green.
Mistakes are inevitable when building practice is
changing so fast, and especially when unfamiliar
technologies are hidden behind walls or above
ceilings: one consultant reports excavating an
apparently failing MVHR system to discover that
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PASSIVHAUS IS ALWAYS LOWER
CARBON THAN BUILDING REGS
The construction industry is increasingly adept at
building very efficient, high-performing structures. But
our understanding of the embodied carbon in these
structures and whether the operational savings they
deliver are worth it is much further behind.
Consultant Sturgis Carbon Profiling has been
researching different ways of delivering Passivhaus
homes, and its preliminary findings reveal that the
net carbon savings over a buildings lifespan can
vary significantly. The study compared embodied
and operational emissions of three different types of
Passivhaus construction cavity wall, external wall
insulation and timber frame with a standard Building
Regulations dwelling. The cavity wall and timberframe
buildings generated net savings of 20kgCO2/m2 and
47kg CO2/m2 over 60 years respectively compared with
the Building Regulations example. But the Passivhaus
with external wall insulation produced 23kgCO2/m2
more than the Building Regulations comparator.
The additional embodied carbon is more than the
carbon you would save in meeting the Passivhaus
standard, so youre actually doing more harm than
good, says Sturgis partner Gareth Roberts. Youd be
better off sticking to Building Regulations. There
are clever solutions that you can use to get round
this, but it shows that you have to think about the
whole-life perspective.
At the moment, there are two groups of people doing
two different things M&E engineers concentrate on
operations and architects on materials and theres not
much integrated thinking going on.
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MYTH 8
KEEPING HEAT IN IS ALL WE
NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
Modern, well-insulated homes need much less winter
heating, but there is growing evidence that they
suffer from a new phenomenon for the UK: summer
overheating.
On an anecdotal level, most people living in houses
built in the last 10 years say they can get a bit hot,
says Pete Halsall, chief executive of the Good Homes
Alliance, which is currently researching overheating. A
highly insulated building is very vulnerable to internal
heat gains. Coupled with solar gain and the inability of
the building to cool itself on summer nights, this can
result in quite dramatic overheating.
Its not the insulation itself thats the problem, says
Halsall, but the fact that building designers have not
considered how it will affect thermal comfort in the
summer. Single-sided flats are worst off, especially
where ventilation is restricted or where noise or
security concerns stop people from opening windows.
A highly
The solution is to design in solar shading and effective
insulated
building is very natural ventilation so that glare from the sun cant get
vulnerable to in and heat generated within homes can escape.
internal heat This will only increase in importance as the climate
gains. With warms, warns Halsall. If its a problem now, its going to
solar gain and become much greater in the future. Designers need to
the inability of make sure they understand the consequences and can
the building to design appropriately.
cool itself, this
can result in
overheating.
Pete Halsall,
Good Homes
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Imagine theres
no conflict...
A potential clash on a tube train led Jeff Whitfield
to rethink his attitude to confrontation and conflict.
He tells us how the lessons can be applied at work.
A FEW YEARS AGO I was attending an FA Cup
Final with my wife, and we were both
wearing our red Middlesbrough FC shirts.
At a central London tube station we saw a
packed Wembley bound tube train about
to depart, so we leaped into the end
carriage. As the doors closed behind us
we noticed the carriage was packed with
Chelsea supporters. Our two red shirts
seemed to shine like a beacon among a
sea of blue as every eye turned on us.
A tattooed and shaven headed man
at the far end of the carriage began
singing a Chelsea song that called for the
death of the opposition fans us. The
whole carriage joined in. This journey
was destined to be a long 45 minutes.
There followed two more songs before
the shaven headed leader began the
chant of Boro, Boro, give us a song, a
chant that is usually an invitation to a
thousand red-shirted young adults, not
an inappropriately dressed commercial
director and his wife.
As there was no escape, and to their
total surprise, my wife and I sang a Boro
anthem, in dialect. Expecting the worst,
we stared at the silent Chelsea fans. They,
in turn, stared at their leader, who walked
the length of the carriage in our direction.
Adopting my stoic look to mask any panic,
I found myself smiling. He smiled too as
he placed his beefy, colourful arms around
our shoulders and said to his friends,
Come on, then, round of applause, these
two are all right.
It has been my experience that in the
construction industry we often perceive
threats where there are none. Despite
my fears, were a bunch of supporters
really going to harm a man and woman
who could easily have been their parents?
Probably not. Burdened with project
pressures we can often foresee a conflict
where, with appropriate action, there
need be none.
I have given evidence in many
construction arbitration hearings since
1992 and I have had hundreds of
meetings with opposing parties. Every
such meeting offers an opportunity
for conflict, for the exacerbation of
contention and for the adoption of
unreasonably held opposing opinions.
When faced with these tense situations
the best outcome usually results from
Could a chilled out
approach help more cooperation and friendliness, and not from
managers achieve sniping and criticising.
harmony?
To resolve differences we need to
identify, with precision, what they are,
agree that these are the real differences
between us and look for solutions, not
necessarily compromise. The first step in
finding any such solution is to recognise
and occupy the common ground.
In that tube train we found common
We often ground a joint passion for football,
perceive affection for our home town team, the
threats where shared anticipation of the spectacle of
there are none. the FA Cup Final. These were the binding
Burdened ties that made us fellow travellers, rather
with project than simple opponents. I learned
pressures we a valuable lesson that day.
can often These are my rules for a happier
foresee conflict existence for project managers who
where, with regularly face contentious situations:
appropriate Examine the alleged dispute carefully.
action, there Ensure that reasonable positions are
need be none being adopted by both sides. Often

BIM bytes: Electronic procurement

The draft of the new Public Procurement
Directive was approved in January. It pushes
for electronic procurement as a way of opening
up competition but, in approving the Directive,
the European Parliament has spoken about the
care that must be taken to ensure that the
tender process is fair. There are clear warnings
for anyone tendering a project using BIM.
It is a general rule that the award of public
contracts must comply with the principles of
the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union: in particular, the free movement of
goods, freedom of establishment and the
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freedom to provide services. The principles
that derive from that are equal treatment,
non-discrimination, proportionality, and
transparency.
The European Parliament believes that
electronic means of information and
communication can greatly simplify the
publication of contracts and increase the
efficiency and transparency of procurement
processes. Standardisation of the electronic
means of communicating tender requirements
should enhance the possibilities of companies
to participate in procurement procedures
across the European market.
The key is that such communication of
requirements must be non-discriminatory.
There is a question as to whether differing
technical formats or processes and standards
could potentially create obstacles to
interoperability and therefore restrict
competition. For example, to participate in a
procurement procedure in the absence of open
formatting of a BIM model, accessible to all,
would competition be unnecessarily restricted?
The UK governments push for BIM may well
be an advantage in this respect because the

disputes arise because one side is being
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wholly unreasonable.
Ensure the alleged dispute is based on
the facts before you, and not a surrogate
for another dispute, for example a clash
of personalities, or revenge for a former
perceived slight.
If the dispute is being passed up the
line to you and the two warring parties
are being unkind to one another, try to
be a peacemaker. Set rules of conduct
and standards of behaviour that will take
some of the heat out of the situation.
If the opposition wants to fight
every point, dont engage. Try to agree
issues that are not really in dispute
and then move to the easily resolved
or minor issues first. When the less
contentious disputes have been agreed,
keep going, and the desire to resolve
the more contentious issues will have
renewed momentum.
Do not dispute for the sake of it, only
industry has an opportunity to
influence the standardisation of
technical formats that will be accepted
as open and competitive.
The European Parliament has
specifically directed the European
Commission that when it is considering
whether there is a need to enhance
interoperability between differing
technical formats or impose specific
standards (if necessary), it must take
the utmost account of the opinions of
the stakeholders concerned... [and]
consider the extent to which a given
standard has already been used in
differ where it is absolutely necessary to
do so.
Develop friendly relations with your
opposite number. Take time to be friendly,
build rapport and share interests.
Dont deceive, lie, withhold information
or mislead; trust may be lost forever.
Be complimentary where it is possible,
and it is always possible.
Be honest all of the time.
Dont resort to sarcasm, inappropriate
humour or belittle anyone.
Share the workload, share the product
of your work, and then share the success.
Accept praise and compliments
gracefully.
As a former construction director I have
worked, dined and socialised with many
former business competitors, opposing
experts, adverse companies and lawyers.
I have received recommendations and
instructions from those who I previously
worked against, and where possible I
reciprocate. Generosity of spirit is a gift
that you can freely give in the knowledge
that it will be repaid many times over.
Everyone chooses their own path,
but I choose this one: understanding,
charitable cooperation and friendship,
because I truly believe that it trumps the
alternatives. A successful project is a
wonderful destination and is all the more
fulfilling if the journey is enjoyable.
Jeff Whitfield is a director and
testifying quantum expert witness
at Hill International based in Dubai.
He is the author of Conflicts in
Construction (Wiley Blackwell) and
A Good Practice Guide to Loss and
Expense (RIBA Books).
practice by economic operators and
contracting authorities and how well it
has worked.
The government has up to two years
to implement the Directive in the UK
and this fits with the timelines for
implementation of BIM. The industry
has a real opportunity to embed tender
practices for BIM projects that comply
with the principles of the Directive and
become EU standards.
By Assad Maqbool, a partner
at Trowers & Hamlins
specialising in projects and
construction
Richard Hildricks
Case notes
Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) v Higgins Construction
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) 29 November 2013
The first instance judgement of
the Technology and Construction
Court (TCC) in this case was
reported in the October 2013
issue of CM. However, unsatisfied
with the outcome, Aspect decided
to refer that decision to the Court
of Appeal.
The dispute related to
additional asbestos contained
within buildings to be demolished
by Higgins under a contract for
the Notting Hill Housing Trust, in
Hounslow, London. Higgins had
previously been successful in
obtaining an adjudicators decision
in its favour and a sum of over
650,000 had been paid by
Aspect. The award related to the
damages suffered by Higgins
because Aspects survey did not
identify all of the asbestos.
However, the overall timeline
involved here was significant. The
asbestos survey work was done in
early 2004, but the removal work
was not done until mid-2005. The
adjudication was not brought by
Higgins until mid-2009, and
Aspect did not instigate litigation
aimed at recovering the money
paid out following the
adjudication until 2012.
The contract was not made as a
deed, so a six-year limitation
period applied. The first instance
TCC judge held that Aspects claim
for repayment of the 650,000
was out of time, as it was brought
more than six years after the
cause of action, which had
Richard Hildricks analysis
This Court of Appeal judgment
clarifies a potential clash
between the right to have a
previously adjudicated dispute
finally decided by litigation/
arbitration, and the normal
limitation period of six years
(12 years for Deeds).
A losing party in an
adjudication therefore has
a six-year limitation period
(or 12 years as the case
may be), starting at the
time of the payment of the
adjudicators decision.
It is notable, however, that
both the Construction Act and
the Scheme for Construction
Contracts include the rider that
the adjudicated dispute may
also be finally determined by
agreement. So it is possible for
contracts to be drafted in a way
which places a much shorter
time limit within which a losing
party can refer a previously
adjudicated dispute for legal or
arbitration proceedings.
Richard Hildrick MCIOB is a quantity surveyor, contracts consultant and
adjudicator. Tel: 01347 811155; email: richard@rjhconsulting.co.uk
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER | MARCH 2014 | 25
occurred at the time of the
survey work.
Aspect appealed against this
decision, which otherwise left it
with no opportunity of pursuing
recovery of the 650,000. The
Court of Appeal reviewed the
terms of the parties contract,
which included the Scheme for
Construction Contracts in relation
to adjudication. Importantly, the
Scheme stipulates that the
decision of an adjudicator is
binding upon both parties, until
that dispute is finally determined
by legal proceedings, or by
agreement.
The Court of Appeal Lords
unanimously held that the TCC
judgment was wrong. In doing so
they found that a previous TCC
decision in Jim Ennis Construction
v Premier Asphalt [2009] had
correctly concluded that the cause
of action in relation to the
payment of an adjudicators
decision accrued at the date of
the payment, as opposed to the
time of the breach. The wording
of the Scheme was held to be
clear, in that an adjudicators
decision was subject to an
entitlement to have the matter
finally decided in legal
proceedings, or by agreement.
Aspect was therefore not out
of time after all. It had six years
from the date of its payment of
the 650,000 in 2009 in which to
bring proceedings to attempt to
recover that money.
For example, the parties can
say in their contract that the
adjudicators decision is binding
until finally determined in legal
proceedings, which must in turn
be commenced within, for
example, 28 days after the date
of the decision itself. In this
way, the parties are effectively
saying that if no legal action is
instigated in this period, the
matter is deemed to be finally
binding by agreement.
Parties should also note that
whilst the losing party enjoys a
fresh limitation period from the
date of the adjudication
payment, the other party
remains restricted by the
original limitation period in
respect of any counterclaim
which they might wish to raise.
This means one party can be
within its limitation period in
respect of a desire to overturn
an adjudicators decision, while
the other party is time-barred
from bringing a counter claim.
Construction Professional
A new era of EU procurement
Rebecca Rees examines the key points in the new EU Public Procurement Directive.
THE DRAFT OF THE EUs new Public
Procurement Directive (the Directive)
has now been approved by the European
Parliament. Here is a summary of the more
thorny procurement issues the Directive
has attempted to clarify and/or simplify.
Valuation of contracts
The Directive clarifies that the value of
a contract for the purposes of deciding
whether the EU procurement regime
applies or not is the total revenue that the
contractor is likely to receive relating to
that contract. This is particularly relevant
to energy companies obligation (ECO)
contracts, with significant revenue being
paid to contractors directly by the utility
companies, rather than the client (which
will often consider that it is receiving the
works for free or at a discount).
The Directive, which codifies existing
case law, makes it clear that the value
of the ECO grant/contribution needs to
be taken into account by the client when
estimating the value of a contract. This is
useful clarification for clients, which will
now need to consider all revenue streams,
rather than simply the amount they will
be paying under the contract.
Abnormally low tenders
Given the increased competitiveness in
the current marketplace, there have been
a number of challenges before UK and
European courts concerning abnormally
low bids and the question of whether
there is a general duty on a contracting
authority to investigate a bid where the
tender prices look abnormally low.
The previous Directive simply stated
that such a duty existed only where a
client wanted to reject the tender. The
new Directive imposes a general duty on
contractors to ask suppliers to explain
the price or costs proposed in a tender
that appear to be abnormally low. A client
will, therefore, be at risk of challenge
from an unsuccessful bidder if they fail
to investigate a suspiciously low tender
price. Obviously this is more onerous for
clients, which will want their procurement
team or consultants to provide clear
guidance on whether a price is or is not
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abnormally low in the current market.
Unhelpfully, the Directive does not offer
guidance as to what might constitute an
abnormally low price or cost.
Contract variations
The Directive codifies current case law
and provides a useful steer as to the The new
circumstances in which amendments to Directive
a contract post award are sufficiently imposes a
material to amount to creation of a new general duty
contract and hence trigger an obligation on contractors
to reprocure the contract via a further to ask suppliers
EU-compliant procurement procedure. to explain the
A material change is one that is price or costs
likely to: proposed in a
l introduce conditions which, had they tender that
been part of the initial award procedure, appear to be
would have allowed for the admission abnormally low
of tenderers other than those initially
admitted and/or accepted;
l extend the scope of the contract
considerably to encompass works/
services not initially covered;
l change the economic balance of the
contract in favour of the contractor in a
manner which was not provided for in the
terms of the initial contract.
The Directive provides a list of
scenarios where post-contract awards
will be permitted without a
reprocurement, for example:
l where any increase in value/price
does not exceed 50% of the value of
the original contract and the contracting
Directive enshrines social value
The new Directive states that it aims to better integrate social
and environmental considerations into the regulated
procurement procedures and re-emphasises the ability of clients
to incorporate social aspects of the works, services or supplies
to be provided into the evaluation criteria or contract
performance conditions.
Such evaluation criteria and/or contract conditions must comply
with the EU Treaty principles of non-discrimination, fairness
and transparency and must be linked to the subject matter of
the contract. It is useful to note that the provisions of the
Directive are complementary to the Public Services (Social Value)
Act 2012 (the Act).
Further, the Directives move to embrace life-cycle costing (as
noted above) will help clients in complying with the Act by
ensuring that social, environmental and economic value forms a
standard part of the designing, developing and procuring the
relevant services.
authority publishes a modification
notice in the Official Journal of the
European Union;
l where the change is below the relevant
EU value thresholds and does not exceed
10% (services and supplies contracts)
or 15% (works contracts) of the initial
contract value.
The Directive also clarifies that where
a new contractor replaces the initial
contractor a new procurement process
will be required. (Unless the original
tender provided for an unequivocal review
and replacement procedure or a new
contractor succeeds to the business of
the initial contractor following a corporate
restructuring, takeover, merger etc.)
Life-cycle costing at tender stage
The Directive makes it clear that clients
may assess tenders on the basis of a
life-cycle costing approach, which it
defines as all consecutive and/or
interlinked stages, including research and
development to be carried out, production,
trading and its conditions, transport,
use and maintenance, throughout the
existence of the product of the works or
the provision of the services, from raw
material acquisition or generation of
resources to disposal, clearance and
end of service or utilisation.
This is a useful clarification and
hopefully will drive quality and
sustainability by encouraging clients to
move away from evaluating the lowest
delivery cost towards a consideration
of the whole-life/long-term cost of the
works or asset it is procuring.
Conclusion
We look forward to reviewing the Cabinet
Offices draft regulations in due course.
It has said that it will adopt a light touch
approach to the implementation of the
new Directive and while this remains to be
seen, it is encouraging that the Directive
has clarified a number of difficult issues
facing clients and bidders in the UK on a
day-to-day basis.
Rebecca Rees is a partner, projects &
construction at Trowers & Hamlins
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DESTINATION
RETROFIT
MENTION BIM TO MOST people and it will
conjure up ideas of crisp 3D computer-
generated models of new buildings filled
with complex MEP services concealed
inside the walls. But a new world is
emerging around the use of BIM on
retrofit projects, using various sources
of survey data to create datasets from
which to plan refurbishments, renovations
and conservation projects, or to plan new
build projects that interact with existing
structures.
New software and scanning
technologies are improving the accuracy
of BIM retrofit models, while reducing
the time and cost required to put them
together. The latest 3D laser scanners
are capable of capturing geometric data
across large surfaces to accuracies of
+/-3mm and at speeds of up to a million
points per second, while innovative digital
photogrammetry software, such as
AutoDesks ReCap Photo or its free
counterpart 123D Catch (see page 32),
enable users to develop less complex 3D
surveys using a smart phone camera, or a
camera on a flying vehicle or drone.
But BIMs move into the realms of
retrofit is not without challenges.
Contractors feel that BIM software
packages, such as AutoDesk NavisWorks
or Bentley AECOsim, need to simplify the
process of converting point cloud data
from 3D laser surveys into BIM objects
such as windows or columns, which in
most cases is still done manually. And
uploading large 3D data files to a desktop
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system is still time consuming.
There is also a lack of commonality
among BIM practitioners over the extent
of laser surveys and levels of detail the
associated BIM retrofit model should
include, explains Robert Klaschka,
director of architect Studio Klaschka.
The practice recently created a BIM model
of existing buildings on a site in Enfield
for Bouygues UK as part of its bid to
redevelop the Ark John Keats Academy.
When builders commission a 3D laser
survey from a surveying company they
often get it produced to a high level of
detail across the entire project, then find
they are demolishing or stripping out
buildings they have paid top dollar to have
modelled, complete with all their interior
fixtures and fittings, says Klaschka.
The latest laser scanning equipment
is able to deliver high levels of geometric
detail, but creating a BIM model with
that level of accuracy is pointless if, for
example, youre just redecorating a room.
Levels of complexity
The process also threatens to create
unwanted levels of complexity when
preparing a BIM model, adds Klaschka. If
the survey reveals that the walls or floors
are not entirely flat, do you take the time
to model that in BIM or simply model it flat
and add attribute information explaining
it? The industry still has a long way to go
to understand how all of this will fit
together and work effectively.
Developing a BIM model of an existing
As BIM continues to move
forward with increasing speed,
a new technique has emerged
modelling of existing buildings
for retrofits and with it comes
a whole new set of challenges.
Stephen Cousins reports.
building can be challenging as original 2D
drawings and records of any subsequent
additions are often inaccurate or missing.
A full 3D scan using a high end scanner
such as a Leica ScanStation can help fill in
any gaps, but the technology can be
prohibitively expensive and therefore not
practical on smaller jobs.
Main contractor Vinci Construction
found itself working with a patchwork of
survey information when preparing a BIM
retrofit model for development of the
Whitechapel Crossrail station, currently
under construction in east London.
The project is being carried out in
joint venture with contractors Balfour
Beatty and Morgan Sindall and involves
construction of two new 30m-deep
concrete station access shafts, an
integrated ticket hall, connections to
allow easy passenger interchange
between Crossrail and the Hammersmith
and City, District and Overground lines,
platforms, and a 1,200-tonne station
The problem
when creating concourse bridge and canopy.
historic The BIM model, produced in Bentley
buildings in BIM AECOsim, was needed to coordinate the
is the library of design and installation of services
historic objects through the shafts and highlight areas
doesnt exist as where new build elements interact with
sophisticated the existing station. It also links with 4D
parametric project planning software to coordinate
parts the ongoing construction work.
Dr Maurice Recreating the existing structure from
Murphy, Dublin different survey resources, which included
Institute of a 3D survey model provided by Crossrails
Technology designer and more conventional 2D
 Above: Autodesks ReCap software was
recently used by the municipality of Milan
in Italy to create a highly detailed 3D
model of the Teatro Lirico, one of the citys
oldest public theatres.
Below: Studio Klaschka recently produced
a BIM model of existing buildings at Ark
surveys, has been a big job, says Yazhe John Keats academy.
Li, building information modeller at Vinci
Construction. Although the files were
easy to federate because they utilise the
common DMG format, the survey
information was often conflicting, which
made it difficult to decide the most
precise information to include. Part
of the Vinci job involves diverting
existing signal cabling, but
because we didnt have survey
information around these elements,
just site photos, we had to exclude
them from the model.
Although the 3D point cloud data
provided valuable detail on some existing
structures, manually converting it into
3D BIM objects that could be tagged
with attribute information was labour
intensive, she adds: There needs to be a
more convenient way of doing it, perhaps
using software that can automatically
recognise certain shapes and convert
them into objects. I expect that will be BIM modelling is essentially based The HBIM project basically involves
where the software evolves in future. around 3D CAD software with parametric getting one 3D world to communicate
The process of converting point clouds and other information added into the with the other, says Dr Maurice Murphy,
into BIM models, more commonly known library of objects that make up a building. who heads up the research at DIT. The
as Scan-to-BIM, is still in its infancy and DIT has extended that concept and current problem when creating historic
while there are some applications on the created a BIM library of parametric objects buildings in BIM is the library of historic
market that offer some interpretation of specific to historic buildings, such as objects doesnt exist as sophisticated
the cloud, such as finding vertical faces Victorian and Georgian windows and parametric parts. We have found a
and defining them as walls, the classical ionic, doric or corinthian columns. solution to that aspect and also
technology has a long way to go. In addition, it has developed software introduced a scripting language called
Important research in this area is that is able to map the complex shapes of geometric descriptive language to
being done by the Dublin Institute of historic building details onto point clouds enable better automation when mapping
Technology (DIT), which is pioneering in a process intended to speed up the BIM 3D objects.
the concept of Historic BIM, or HBIM. modelling process. Other technologies have been >
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER | MARCH 2014 | 29
Feature The BIM journey

Severn Partnership pioneers Scan-to-BIM

> developed to speed up the surveying
process and make point cloud data simpler
and more readily available. Laser scanning
traditionally involves putting up reference
targets throughout a building before
completing a survey, which are
automatically recognised by the software
and aligned to a pre-defined grid.
However, Autodesks ReCap application
is able to align the survey data without
the need for targets, saving time on site,
and allowing an engineer to check the
captured data directly at the workface on
a laptop rather than needing to return to
the office and view it in Revit.
The ReCap system was recently used
by the municipality of Milan in Italy to
create a highly detailed 3D model of the
Teatro Lirico, one of the citys oldest
public theatres built in 1779 for opera
and ballet performances, but
subsequently converted several times
including during Mussolinis fascist rule.
Apart from creating a valuable historical
record of the theatre, the data informed
development of a detailed BIM model,
which will be used by the contractor thats
awarded the contract to carry out the
theatres forthcoming renovation.
The only records of the building
available were old 2D drawings that
were completely inaccurate, laser scans
were the only means of accurately
capturing the state of the building as
it is today, says Tatjana Dzambazova,
senior product manager for reality capture
at Autodesk.
Over four days, a Leica laser station was
moved in 550 positions to capture 10
million points and targetless registration
allowed ReCap to quickly create the 3D
point cloud, which is also in colour to
Laser Scanning involves shining a
laser line over surfaces to collect
3D data. The surface data is
captured by a camera sensor
mounted in the laser scanner
which records accurate 3D points
in space. These are combined to
form a point cloud that
represents the surface surveyed.
Point clouds can be viewed in
multi-hue colours (based on signal
intensity return) or true colour
from a digital camera (see scans,
above right). The data can also be
linked to topographical surveys,
or elevations and sections.
Scan-to-BIM involves creating
a 3D BIM model from surveyed
3D laser scan data, as with this
example of the Sussex County
Hospital site in Brighton.
Specialist consultancy Severn
Partnership scanned the Royal
Alexandra Childrens Hospital,
completed in 2004, which sits in
a complex of older buildings. The
surrounding site is due to be
redeveloped (subject to Treasury
approval) and the design and
construction team wanted an
as-built BIM model. Severn
Partnerships 3D BIM modellers
were able to accurately recreate
the site using Autodesk Revit
from the laser scan data.
Severn has now taken Scan-to-
BIM a step further in its Seeable
app, where laser scan data is
used to create 3D models in a
Unity games engine with BIM
attribute data added. The result
is a serious game that allows
users to explore the models and
read the attribute data.

Laing ORourkes BIM model arrives at Waterloo

A complete BIM model of Londons Waterloo Station
has been built by Laing O'Rourke for Network Rail.
The BIM model covers the entire station's
infrastructure, including the main platforms and
concourse, the international terminal, Waterloo East,
the underground tunnels beneath the station and the
external facades, and was created using a mixture of
existing drawings and new laser scanning data.
The model will be used by the client to plan the
future development of capital works at Waterloo over
next seven to 10 years. The model was a standalone
contract for Laing ORourke, with no building works
involved or even scheduled.
The model will have sufficient detail to include
individual elements such as columns, steel I-beams
and parts of track, each embedded with attribute
information including material, finish and dimensions.
The contractor's surveying team had to work late
shifts to avoid any disruption to commuters, setting
up an advanced Leica laser scanning station in
hundreds of positions after the last train at
around 12.30pm.
Converting the mass of point cloud data into
usable 3D object information was a challenge,
says Chris Northwood, digital engineering lead for
Laing ORourke: Our scanners recorded millions of
points that are stitched together to give a highly
accurate representation of a rooms geometry and
individual features.
Traditionally the data would have been used to
generate a mesh representation of objects, but we
had to adapt that information to create objects that
can be clicked on and embedded with information.
It makes things much smarter than before.
The BIM model was built using a combination of
Autodesk Revit and Graphisofts ArchiCAD software.
Mapping architect Nicholas Grimshaw's famous
zig-zagged roof over the international terminal was
particularly tricky and meant utilising a different
software package to deliver the required results.

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 The
time-saving
snagging
solution
help users visualise the space. The point
cloud was used as a reference by If you you are
architects to create BIM model with just streaming
material attribute data added by students 100MB of
at a local polytechnic. points to the
Meanwhile, Bentley is developing local areas of
software that will speed up the process of the model you
accessing point cloud data files, which on are working in,
larger projects can be several terabytes in it could become
size, by allowing smaller portions of data a very powerful
to be streamed directly into BIM. and fast piece
If you you are just streaming 100MB of of technology
points to the local areas of the model you Robert Klaschka,
are working in, instead of having to Studio Klaschka
reference entire point clouds into the
application, it could become a very
powerful and fast piece of technology,
says Robert Klaschka. It will also be able
to run on mobile platforms, providing an
incredible tool for working on retrofit
projects, he concludes. CM

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Pictures taken on Apple devices
can be rendered into 3D models
using Autodesks app
Survey reveals
true cost of
project defects
An online survey of UK construction
professionals carried out by software
company Accede, with the support of CM,
has found that the cost impact of

Get into BIM on your phone construction defects can be between

Autodesks free app produces 3D models for use in BIM packages
The free app 123D Catch provides many of the
functions of high-end laser scanning software by
stitching together images from an iphone camera.
Developed by Autodesk, the app creates realistic
3D models of buildings, or other objects, by analysing
a series of photographs taken at various angles.
It can be downloaded from Apples App Store or
viewed in a web browser.
The software makes use of digital photogrammetry
techniques, also employed in professional-grade
software such as Autodesk ReCap, to analyse one
or more photographs, using complex mathematical
algorithms and determine spatial relationships.
Although commonly used to create topographical
maps, the technology has previously been used by
architects, in manufacturing, and police investigation.
Similar to a 3D laser scan, 123D Catch generates
a point cloud, from which a mesh model is generated
and dressed with texture and colour from the
photographs.
A traditional 3D laser scanner can cost tens of
thousands of pounds and involves a very laborious
process of moving it into the correct positions,
recording and processing the data, says Dr Maurice
Murphy, a lecturer and researcher in the School of
Construction and Surveying at Dublin Institute of
Technology. But 123D Catch only requires the user
to walk around taking photos with the iPhones 8MB
camera and the resulting model can be imported into
the free 3D modelling package Google SketchUp to
create a very basic but useful BIM model.
The app will not support precise measurements in
the same way as ReCap, but Dr Murphy says it can
function an important tool for visualising a building
during the early design stages of a retrofit
or renovation project.
Where the average small firm has to invest at least
20,000 to gain a foothold with BIM, software like
this can provide impressive results. My students use
it in combination with SketchUp all the time and there
are other free software plug-ins to enhance the data
that can be included in the models generated.
2.5% and 7.5% of the overall construction
value on four out of 10 projects.
Estimates of the cost impact of defect
management ranged from under 1% to
over 5% of the overall value of a project,
while 40% of respondents said defects
added 2.5% or more to a projects cost.
The survey also found low use of
mobile devices for defects data capture.
Just 13% said they used mobile defects
management applications, while 68%
managed defects using paper-based
processes, email and Excel spreadsheets.
Accede chief executive Brett Winstone
said: Accede has now launched a mobile
defects application in the UK and we
wanted a view of what the market wants.
Getting a clear view of how snagging
or defects management is handled can be
difficult. Numerous different individuals
and different disciplines can be involved,
and the task is rarely discussed in detail at
professional conferences. Our survey gave
some insights into what snaggers want.
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Start-up launches digital tool belt to speed up information flow

A new start-up has recruited SME contractors
running projects in the 1m to 6m value
category to help it develop a forthcoming
smartphone and tablet app geared to speeding up
information flow and Requests for Information.
GenieBelt has been set up by Gari Nickson with
Bob Leung, who was also responsible for the
project collaboration platform Woobius.
It now plans to launch a digital tool belt for
the SME construction sector that includes the
RFI app and a programme management tool.
Nickson told CM: Information flow on small
projects isnt matched by the sophistication of
the tools available today. Everyone still uses
Excel spreadsheets to manage RFIs, it makes
me tear my hair out.
GenieBelts system, due for commercial release
32 | MARCH 2014 | CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
in May, involves creating a ticket each time the
contractor creates an RFI. The online cloud-based
system then emails the designer reminders as
the due date approaches.
GenieBelt is also drawing on the experience of
industry veteran Stuart Howie FCIOB, who said:
On a project, you can come to a grinding halt
because details are missing on the drawings. So
this seems an excellent process for getting
detailed records of RFIs, and accelerating the job.
Howie says the target project value range was
chosen because projects below 1m usually
arent tied up in contract formalities, and over
6m youre probably dealing with larger
GenieBelts RFI app companies that have a QS or site manager
will be part of a keeping an eye on the process for them.
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A CM round-table debate addressed the issue of how
much progress the industry has made in reducing its
operational emissions and how much it still has to
cut to achieve its long-term carbon goal.
Elaine Knutt and Nicky Roger report.
Photographs by Edward Tyler.
IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, sustainability has waste away is a relatively small part
had to jostle for position with many other of the overall total but a large chunk of
agendas, from simply staying in business the emissions the industry can directly
to the downward shift in average project control. So in 2008 the industry adopted
values to the BIM phenomenon. But now a voluntary target to reduce these
that we are emerging into slightly better operational emissions by 15% by 2012:
times and coinciding with a more urgent we are still waiting to hear from the Green
debate on climate change cutting our Construction Board and UKCG whether
carbon emissions has taken on a renewed that has been achieved.
focus. So is the industry on track to meet But is that an ambitious enough target
its goals, or has the recession slowed or should it have been set higher? Is the
momentum to the point where were in industry adopting the innovations in
danger of falling behind? plant, in transport, in self-organisation
The industry is working towards that will allow us to go above and
an over-arching target of cutting beyond this target? These were some
emission from the built environment of the questions CM wanted to address
by 80% by 2050, and 50% by 2025. in a round-table debate, sponsored by
Emissions directly attributed to national fuel supply company Certas and
construction operations site activities attended by senior industry figures and
and transporting materials to site and CIOB members in logistics, procurement

and manufacturing. The debate sought to
gather views on how much progress the
industry has made and still has to make.
The 15% target for 2008-12 seemed
like a good place to start. Simon Attwood
MCIOB, sustainability manager at
contractor ISG, whose brief includes
reporting on carbon management and
mandatory emissions, has concerns
that figures collated by UKCG will not
necessarily be an accurate reflection of
whats happening: As a business we have
struggled with measuring and reporting
carbon usage. What is our carbon? What
is our supply chain carbon? The biggest
problem is the supply chain getting that
information, particularly in a recession.
Alan Crowe MCIOB, procurement
manager at Interserve Construction, had
similar concerns: We feed our figures
into UKCG and various other bodies and
there are some question marks about
how valid the earlier figures are. The
large construction companies have got
their heads around what they need to
do but you take a step further down the
chain which is where most of carbon
lies and trying to get that information
out of the subcontractor, well its not
their first priority. Manufacturers seem
more committed but trying to drag the
subcontractors into it is difficult.
The problem of measuring and then
reducing carbon emissions through the
supply chain was a recurring theme. There
was a general view that Tier 1 contractors
had picked the low hanging fruit of
As a business
we have
struggled with
measuring and
reporting
carbon usage.
Simon Attwood,
ISG
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Manufacturers
seem more
committed and
have reporting
set up but
carbon reduction, and going forward would
trying to
require far more input from supply chains. drag the
David Hollywood MCIOB, construction subcontractors
category director at Carillion, noted: into it is
Certainly three or four years ago the rate difficult.
at which our carbon footprint has been Alan Crowe,
reducing has dropped off, due to the nature Interserve
of our work and the margins within it. Construction
Were finding it very difficult to get buy-in
from some of our contractors, especially at
that SME level.
And ISGs Attwood wasnt even sure
that everyone would be reporting
construction-based emissions to the same
standard. Yes, there are protocols but
within those theres scope for what can
be included and what cant be included
and its difficult to measure eggs for eggs.
It is getting better, particularly in larger
companies, but SMEs will be the harder
people to get the data from.
Push technology
Technology and innovation in plant and
machinery could potentially be a major
driver in reducing operational carbon. As
Fermin Torres, logistics manager with
Mace, points out, it should be possible
to develop a solar-powered crane, but
the plant sector is hardly leading from
the front. Cranes have been driven by
diesel for many years and although solar
power is being investigated you need
[reliable] power and you need to know it
is safe. Its a big question for us in terms
of big equipment: is it safe to use with
new technology? Manufacturers need to
When youre
investing large investigate it and the technology needs to
amounts of address more than just cost efficiency.
capital its a And where innovative products have
huge risk, and reached the market, cost is still a barrier:
you need to Interserves Crowe tells of how its Site
know those
Services plant division researched hybrid
numbers are generators (that use batteries connected
solid for five,
to solar arrays and are used to power
10, 15 years. site cabins). The gas reduction can be
Mike Cowell, substantial but I can see it struggling for
Hope investment. As for actual site equipment,
Construction the only hybrid excavator it found was an
Materials off-putting 50% above normal cost.
As Mike Cowell, chief operating officer
for Hope Construction Materials, points
out, when youre investing large amounts
of capital its a huge risk, and you need
to know those numbers are solid for five,
10, 15 years. The company is currently
investing in new Euro 6 engines, which he >
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Were finding
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from some
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contractors,
especially at
that SME level.
David Hollywood,
Carillion
> anticipates will be more fuel efficient if
driven and maintained correctly.
Jim Williams, director of national
accounts at fuel solutions firm Certas
Energy, points to an example where
todays technology can both reduce
carbon and save money. The company
offers a fuel management telemetry
system for construction sites which allows
fuel levels to be read, and eliminates the
need for dipping the tanks and reduces
over-ordering. If everyone started using
it we could make a demonstrable saving
on carbon. It also reduces administration
and associated movement of vehicles,
it helps maintain continuity on site and
provides evidence on what youre doing
to reduce carbon useage. Its a smart
technology.
The data capture side of the proposition
might be of interest to Interserves Crowe:
he refers to an analysis the company
carried out on its fuel usage, which
showed 44% of the fuel it used powered
its site generators. And 6m of that 44%
was spent on gas oil, and 3m on [hiring]
generators, he says. Why dont we just
get the power on earlier?
Of course, swapping site generators for
permanent (or temporary) power supplies
is an obvious way to cut emissions, but
Interserve, ISG, Carillion and Mace all
bemoaned the lack of responsiveness in
the utility sector that makes this harder
than it need be. Weve all been there
its a horrendous job to get permanent
supplies, never mind temporary, says
Carillions Hollywood.
One option, as Mace logistics director
Andy Brown MCIOB suggests, is asking
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The benefits [of
a consolidation
centre] are a
reduction in
lorries visiting
sites It reduces
emissions in an
efficient way.
Fermin Torres,
Mace
the distributor directly about availability.
If UK Power Networks could give you the
power earlier they would be selling more
energy to you directly. If they said we
have the capacity here, next door to your
site, come and take a feed, then we could
get in there earlier and use it. The people
who are distributing it are the people who
really understand what theyve got. They
could give us all a big map.
Generator shortage
One option that ISG has explored is lower-
emission gas generators with Calor but
supply of product was an issue, says
Attwood. The problem is that when we
have a site that needs a generator and
we try to procure one there arent many
in the marketplace so we find theyre
not available at the right time. We need
people like Calor to push their product into
the manufacturing arena.
To boost fuel economy, Certass Jim
Williams says Certas is working with its
major suppliers to develop an additive
for gas oil that would mirror the fuel
economy improvements seen in white
diesel in the retail market, a product he
expects will be available in 12 months.
That could look increasingly attractive
as red diesel becomes subject to the
Road Traffic Fuel Obligation legislation, The people who are
which will add an increasing proportion distributing it [power]
of biofuel to commercial diesel. It might are the people who
be a sustainability-driven measure but, really understand
unfortunately, the end user is getting what theyve got.
penalised in terms of cost, says Williams. They could give us all
Another route to reducing operational a big map.
carbon is examining the logistics of site Andy Brown, Mace
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The next big
step is BIM, and
the changes
that can bring
to the way we
do things.
Michael Brown,
CIOB
< consolidation centres on its central London
projects, as Torres explains: The benefits
are a reduction in lorries visiting sites, as
the big lorries one or two a day go to the
consolidation centre. It reduces emissions
in an efficient way. It is driven in London
by having more European suppliers: we
can have larger artic vehicles coming from
continental Europe but if they experience
problems on the road it means they cant
make the slot on time and its chaotic for
the site. A consolidation centre takes those
problems out of the equation.
Maces Andy Brown would like to take
the idea further, suggesting an app that
would fill empty delivery vehicles. Bricks
are all coming down from the Midlands
so logistics companies are sending back
empty vehicles. So the challenges is to fill
them to reduce CO2. In the world of apps
what if there was an agency who said
theres are all the spare vehicles going
back between Dover and the Midlands?
Another option the industry is beginning
to consider is the actual vehicles used,
38 | MARCH 2014 | CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
adds Brown. He is involved in the works of
CLOCS Construction Logistics and Cyclist
Safety which is looking at the design of
large construction vehicles from a safety
point of view, but which could have knock-
on carbon efficiencies. Theyve all been
built like Tonka toys over past 20 years.
But they dont need to have no windows
and be that heavy. If you change them
back to a design like a modern day refuse
vehicle with a low cab, lots of glass it
reduces the weight of vehicle with the
benefit that it will use less carbon.
Certass Williams supports this view: If
you reduce the weight of vehicles you can
carry more and reduce the number of trips.
The other way to reduce operational
carbon emissions is to design projects
for minimal site emissions in the first
place, using offsite fabrication, modular
construction, and increasingly BIM. But
its not quite that simple, acknowledges
Carillions Hollywood. Youre building more
efficiently and you have less logistical
issues. But modular is held back by its
If everyone
started using fuel
management
telemetry we
could make a
demonstrable
saving on carbon.
Jim Williams,
Certas Energy
ability to lock design down so we cant
use it and go back to traditional methods
and an increase in fuel. We always start
with great aspirations around modular
and offsite, but frequently either the
procurement or design process prevents it.
So will increasing use of BIM, with its
ability to identify clashes and cut out
waste, be part of the answer? The CIOBs
Michael Brown, formerly deputy chief
executive, certainly thinks so. The next
big step is BIM, and the changes that can
bring to the way we do things. Look at the
way Magnet puts a kitchen into a house
its using these principles, and theres very
little waste. We might get it at the bottom
[of the industry] and the top, but Im not
sure what well have in the middle.
Forward march
Taking the temperature of the industry
on carbon reduction, participants were
confident the industrys Top 10 or 20
contractors were achieving or over-
achieving their targets, but that the
industry as a whole needed a new
concerted focus if emissions were to
shrink at a fast enough pace. At the
principle contractor level there are not
too many differentiators any more, were
all on a particular level, says Carillions
Hollywood. The next step is onerous and
expensive are people willing to pay for
it? But Tier 1 and subcontractor level need
support, whether its from us, the clients
mandate or government agenda.
Interserves Crowe added that main
contractors and manufacturers are
making great strides but the onus is on
them and clients to put pressure on the
supply chain. Construction clients and
large contractors have a responsibility
to proactively drive carbon reduction
throughout the supply chain. The pace of
improvement so far has been driven by
cost of energy and fuel, thats been the
push factor. As clients and contractors, we
need to be the pull factor motivating this.
And ISGs Attwood also echoes these
sentiments: Government has a big role to
take. Legislation drives our clients, it drives
us. But standardisation of measurement
across industries not just ours would
help. Mandatory reporting may be the way
forward. At the moment its set for large
companies and in 2016 it will be reviewed
to maybe include smaller companies, so
perhaps thats the way forward. CM
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Tougher than glass, lighter than steel, translucent

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specifiers list, says Graham Kent-Jackson.

TRANSLUCENT POLYCARBONATE panels were

pioneered as far back as 1971 and eye-
catching examples of their use can be
found on a range of building projects
throughout the world. The toughness of
the material, durability and lightness are
some of the main advantages.
The panels are primarily used as an
alternative to glass or GRP (glass
reinforced plastic) for facade applications
for new-build and refurbishment projects
in the commercial, industrial, retail,
education, healthcare and sports and
leisure sectors.
The panels can be used to provide
large-scale rainscreens or curtain walling
that bring a monolithic element to the
building envelope, to glazing elements
such as light bands or window strips. They
can also be used for roofing, canopies,
rooflights and interior design elements.
By backlighting with LED or ambient
lighting systems polycarbonate panels
can also bring a wow factor to a building. 43dB is achievable with a double-wall lightweight support systems (which can
Polycarbonate panels are also popular construction. That said, they do not have help to reduce build costs).
because they perform well on a variety of the same sound reduction qualities as Durable, with a standard 10-year or
fronts. Thermally, they can they can be glass so consideration needs to be given if optional 20-year guarantee. The product
manufactured with U-values as low as they are being considered for a sound can also be produced with UV protection
0.71-0.77 W/mK as a single-wall sensitive area. on both the external and internal face for
construction and 0.36-0.43 W/mK as a In addition, polycarbonate panels are: double-sided walls or open screens. This
double-wall construction. As such, they Weather resistant, having been tested reduces solar gain without blocking
can be used to allow natural daylight (with for air and water permeability, including a natural daylight and negates the need
light transmission of up to 66%) into a simulated hailstorm test at Swiss testing for a separate film over the panel. A
building without compromising its thermal laboratory EMPA. They remain stable naturally high refractive index helps
integrity. Panels with U-values as low as across a wide range of temperatures, from reflect heat radiation.
0.36 W/mK, compared to double glazing -40 degrees C to 115 degrees C (up to Fire-resistant, with a very high ignition
at 2.8 W/mK and single glazing at 5.8 W/ 130 degrees C temporarily). temperature of approximately 450
mK, are capable of reducing energy Highly impact resistant, being 200 degrees C and minimal smoke production.
losses by up to 80%. times tougher than glass (and it does not Easily and quickly installed with their
They also perform to a high level crumble or splinter). Even an ice hockey tongue and groove coupling and
CPD

acoustically, despite their light weight,
with a sound insulation value of up to
27dB meeting DIN EN ISO 1640-3 in
test facility conditions. A value of up to
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puck hurled against the element at aluminium fasteners.
80mph does not cause damage. Fully recyclable, and manufactured
Lighter than glass or solid wall from up to 30% recycled material.
systems, therefore only requiring Though the material is highly flexible in

use, it can be more expensive than glass
and other plastic. Also, polycarbonate
panels are not very resistant to scratching,
marring and abrasive surfaces. As a result,
denting is possible on the surface if care
is not taken.
Polycarbonate panels are sensitive to
abrasive cleaners, alkaline cleaning
products and solvents. But the product
can be cleaned with soapy water so there
is no need for an abrasive material
which can also scratch glass. We would
always advise clients wanting to, for
instance, bond vinyl graphics to the
surface of the material to use the right
polycarbonate-compatible adhesive.
Standards
In addition to helping project teams
meet key acoustic and thermal regulations
and air and water permeability
performance, polycarbonate panels have
been tested and certified with regard to
fire resistance. Depending on the
thickness of the element and the
composition of the material, typical
products can meet DIN4102 B1 (low
inflammability) or B2 (normal
inflammability). Panels achieve class 1Y
of BS 476 Part 7: Surface Spread of Flame,
and polycarbonate ceilings meet class
B-s1, d0 (the highest rating) of EN 13501.
They are tested to European standards
for fire and have achieved Class B for ACR
fragility tests.
Aesthetics
Translucent polycarbonate panels are
available in a wide range of standard and
bespoke colours and degrees of
transparency. Blocks of coloured panels
can be designed into patterns and
Continuing Professional Development
Translucent Polycarbonate Panels
Panels get a piste of the action
FaulknerBrowns Architects was adamant it wanted to use
Rodecas translucent cladding panels on the UKs largest
indoor ski/snowboard centre, Chill Factor E at Manchesters
Trafford Park.
Some 4,000 sq m of Rodecas Deco-Color polycarbonate
panels were specified as a rainscreen system to the lower
halves of the sides of the two main elements of the 31m
centre in sky blue for the main slope (at 180m, the longest in
the UK) and raspberry red for the smaller training slope.
The 250,000 sq ft of internal floor area at Chill Factor E is
divided into two distinctive zones: a warm Alpine streetscape
containing bars, restaurants, shops and an ice climbing wall;
and the snow slopes which are themselves divided into three
pistes to cater for skiers and boarders of all abilities.
When it came to the specification of external envelope
materials the Rodeca panels were up against metal cladding
systems and GRP, but project architect/partner Ben Sykes said:
We resisted a lot of pressure to replace the cladding feature
with a lower spec option.
The Rodeca material is backlit by night and reveals the
structural depth of the construction. It also has the ability to
lift the appearance of the more basic cladding components.
Rodecas 500mm-wide panels are manufactured with a
tongue and groove coupling and are typically fixed with
aluminium fasteners.
At Chill Factor E, the exterior Deco-Colour panels were lined
with Rodecas 40mm-thick Kristall panels by specialist
contractor Lakesmere for main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine
and client Extreme Cool. Lakesmere laid them vertically onto
mill finished continuous aluminium fasteners spanning
cladding rails at typically 1,800mm centres.
Graham Perrins of Lakesmere said: The areas of Rodeca
cladding to the bottom of the ski slopes where they were
cantilevering were subject to severe wind loads from front and
back so we were tasked with providing structure to these
zones, capable of withstanding the imposed loads.
The system is usually provided with individual aluminium
clip fasteners, but a continuous fastener was specified due to
the nature/height of this project and the wind loads subjected.
illuminated facades created by combining
them with LED or ambient lighting
systems to give the ultimate design
aesthetic. As a thermoplastic,
polycarbonate can also be curved to
create completely bespoke elevations.
They can also be specified where the
Blocks of interior panel is coloured differently than
coloured the exterior panel to give a 3D effect,
where the actual panel is coloured
panels can be
differently through its own thickness,
designed into
with a metallic-look pigmentation, or with
patterns and a fluorescent surface that glows at night.
illuminated All can be backlit for additional effect.
facades
created by Roofing
combining All the qualities that made translucent
them with LED polycarbonate panels eminently suitable
or ambient for facade applications, also make them
lighting ideal for roofing ones.
systems These range from curved and flat >
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER | MARCH 2014 | 41
 Continuing Professional Development
Translucent Polycarbonate Panels

Whos a pretty poly? Oxford school sports

The Studio at
Magdalen College a new facade
School features
translucent panels Translucent cladding panels from Rodeca feature
interspersed with on a new extension to an independent school in
coloured glass Oxford. Some 1,402m of Rodecas Kristall panels
were specified by architect Original Field of
Architecture for the first floor element of a new
sports building that also incorporates three new
classrooms and a new office for the geography
department at Magdalen College School.
The sports department now features a new
entrance to the sports hall, new offices, a team
debrief and seminar area, and a sports analysis
suite. But the most exciting addition has been the
multi-function room The Studio which provides
seating for up to 200 and with its sprung floor can
be used for a wide range of activities from dance to
table tennis and fencing. Here, the Rodeca panels
are interspersed with feature windows of coloured
and bi-coloured glass.
It is this element that features the 50mm thick
Rodeca panels as cladding which was installed by
Roclad Systems for main contractor Benfield &
Loxley onto an anodised aluminium frame with
60mm clip fasteners.
The Kristall panels comprise 10 layers of
polycarbonate capable of delivering U-values as low
as 0.80 W/m2K, and in the case of Magdalen College
School, were supplied with a 20-year UV guarantee.
Original Field of Architecture had not used
Rodeca panels before and was impressed with their
use on the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and
Dance in Greenwich, London.

> rooflights and canopies, through north
lights and gable roofs, to rooflights for
corrugated sheet applications all
elements that introduce natural daylight,
and the energy savings associated with
that, into large or small interior or exterior
covered spaces.
Translucent tiles suitable for roof
pitches as low as 15 are available in a
range of colours for all panel thicknesses
between 30mm and 50mm and in flexible
widths with closed edges. These give
excellent U-values as well as the option
for a special finish to minimise solar gain.
Canopies
Translucent flat and curved canopies are
available for pitches and radiuses as low
as 5 and 3m respectively using an
aluminium glazing bar system that makes
them especially suitable for high free
spans and the bypassing of such.
Customised sizes make them especially
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easy to incorporate into existing roof
constructions with profiled sheeting or
composite panels where maximum natural
light is needed.
Rooflights
Like canopies, translucent flat and curved
rooflights are available for pitches and
radiuses as low as 5 and 3m respectively
and in customised lengths and widths
with closed edges, all of which are easily
and quickly installed using prefabricated
interlocking modules. Rooflight systems
can be accessorised with flaps to aid
natural smoke and heat ventilation while
the absence of glazing bars and minimal
use of alloy composites creates an almost
seamless interior finish.
Manufacture
Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic a
polymer that becomes pliable or
mouldable above a specific temperature
and returns to a solid state upon cooling.
It has a glass transition temperature of
about 150 degrees C so it softens
gradually above this point (the
recommended processing temperature
is around 280-300 degrees C).
It is a member of the group of
engineering thermoplastics which are
grouped together not because they are
similar in chemical structure or
morphology but more due to specific
properties that allow them to be used in
rigorous applications, particularly in the
construction, electronics, automotive and
manufacturing sectors. Polycarbonate is
used in motorcycle helmets, for example,
while acrylonitrile butadiene styrene is
used to manufacture car bumpers and
dashboard trim, and polyamides (nylons)
are used for skis and ski boots.
Translucent polycarbonate panels are
manufactured in a very similar way to
many thermoplastic products. >
Continuing Professional Development
Translucent Polycarbonate Panels
Polycarbonate
panels can be used
in a wide range of
applications
> To begin with, polycarbonate granules
are fed into an extruder which heats them
to flow temperature. The molten is then
extruded through a die head in the shape
of the panel. Colour and UV stabilisers are
added via secondary or co-extrusions.
Then, as the panel moves along the
automated line, a protective film is applied
and the panel is trimmed to length.
Polycarbonate does not require specialist
tools for cutting, a fine-toothed circular
saw is usually sufficient.
Extruding a panel uniformly, however,
requires many variables which require
strict control, primarily the cooling of the
material and the speed of the process.
If these variables are not controlled
sufficiently, the panels shape and
structure will be affected and irregular.
Polycarbonate is fully recyclable, with
up to 30% of reworked or recycled
material used in each panel produced.
Polycarbonate scraps from industries such
as luggage fabrication, car production,
electronics and household appliances,
and digital storage media such as CDs
and DVDs, are all a tradable commodity.
Installation
The tongue and groove coupling of a
polycarbonate panel is an exemplar of
modern and lean construction, with large-
scale building widths of up to 500mm
enabling facades of more than 200m long
to be erected and panel heights of up to
25m to be mounted in one piece.
A typical polycarbonate wall system
uses an air- and water-tight framing
system comprising aluminium perimeter
channels with head, base, side and corner
sections, and front and rear thermoplastic
elastomer gaskets.
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Supplied anodised, mill-finished or
polyester powder-coated to any RAL
colour, this framing is fixed to the
structure. The translucent panels are
delivered, depending on the finish, with
protective foil on one or both sides and
this should be retained throughout the
installation process.
The panel ends are sealed with a
combination of aluminium/butyl tape and
vent tape to prevent water, insects, gases
and other fine particles from entering.
All sealants and tapes have to be
polycarbonate-compatible, and all silicone
has to be neutral and solvent-free.
The first panel is inserted into the
perimeter frame and held in place by an
aluminium fastener that slots into the
panels tongue and groove joint. Clips,
continuous fasteners or translucent
mullions may be used depending on
wind loads, fixing centres and aesthetic
requirements.
Once the fastener is fixed to a
horizontal rail the next panel is inserted
and pushed into the first panel which
covers the aluminium fastener from
external view. This process continues
along the wall structure.
A key aspect of this method is that the
panels are retained rather than fixed,
allowing them to glide along the fasteners
when thermal expansion and contraction
takes place. The expansion coefficient for
polycarbonate is 0.065mm per degree C
per metre three times the expansion
coefficient of aluminium. As a rule of
thumb, it expands 3mm per metre per 50
degrees C difference in temperature. CM
Graham Kent-Jackson is managing
director of Rodeca
CPD test paper
Translucent Polycarbonate Panels
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1 What is the sound insulation value of a
polycarbonate panel:
27dB 43dB
34dB 72dB
2 What is the lowest degree of pitch that polycarbonate
panels are suitable for:
50o
15o
5o
25o
3 What is the expansion coefficient for polycarbonate per
degree celsius and per metre:
0.65mm 65mm
0.065mm 0.056mm
4 What is the lowest u-Value that can be achieved by a
polycarbonate panel in a single wall construction:
0.77 W/m2K 0.017 W/m2K
0.71 W/m2K 0.071 W/m2K
5 Across what range of temperatures do polycarbonate
panels remain stable:
4degC to 151degC
-14degC to 105degC
-40degC to 115degC
-24degC to 95degC
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COMPETITION

Desperate Measures takes top spot in

Art of Building photography competition INTHISISSUE

> A student and amateur

photographer from Canada
has scooped this years Art of
Building Photographer of the
Year title. Hundreds of people
worldwide showed their support
by voting for Kirsten Quists p48 ON THE RADAR
photograph Desperate Measures, All the latest news and developments
from the CIOB at HQ and in your
which revealed the use of child area including this years Novus
labour in Indias construction challenge and a chance to hear a
industry. futurologist talk.

As well as the title Art of Building
Photographer of the Year, Quists image
has also earned her a cash prize of
3,000. Quist said she was honoured
to win. I never imagined that I would
win a photographic competition of this
magnitude at such an early stage in
my career. Although I am only 20, and
I still have a lot to learn when it comes
to photography, its wonderful to be
recognised for my work, she said.
Thousands of votes were cast
to determine the overall outcome,
reflecting the continuing worldwide
interest in the CIOB contest whose brief
is to encourage people to explore and
discover the art of building as well as
celebrate creativity in the construction
industry. The 15 finalists hailed from all
over the world, including Indonesia, the
Ukraine, Portugal, Canada, the UK and
Desperate Measures, the winning shot that judges said has a photojournalism quality
Hong Kong.
This year, the judging panel included
broadcaster, photography critic and
editor, Sue Steward, award-winning
photographer Matt Wain, and Elaine
Knutt, editor of CM.
Speaking about the image, Matt
Wain said Quists photograph makes
for uncomfortable viewing and the
truth it tells is inescapable. It has a real
photojournalism quality to it which
voters were clearly moved by.
Quist took the shot last spring after
volunteering for two months with
the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata,
and travelling around India. I was
p52 COMMENT
Dr Georgios Kapogiannis on why
a service was needed to afford
SMEs access to sustainable
construction advice.
saddened to witness the poverty
and hardship that many Indian people
endure. In particular, I was struck by
the struggles of this young boy as he
toiled to complete an adults work,
she said. Building is an endeavour p53 IN GOOD COMPANY
The award-winning restoration of
which contains great potential for Durlston Castle
artistry, beauty, and creativity but
unfortunately it can also be distorted
and diminished by inhumane actions
such as child labour. Thanks to those
who were touched by the message in
Desperate Measures and to all those
who voted for it.
p54 LEARNING CURVE
Are you taking advantage of Career
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Operated by the
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Prior to moving from
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site visit news in brief

Students see BIM and new construction > NEW COLLEGE, NEW APPROACH
Around 600 students will benefit from a
new approach to learning construction skills

methods in action during Belfast site tour when a new University Technical College
specialising in construction and engineering
opens at Chatham Waters in Kent.
The UTC will provide a technically-focused

>
In January Members of Novus in Northern
Ireland visited the 32m Centre for
Experimental Medicine (CEM), currently under
construction for Queens University Belfast.
The tour was led by site manager Seanie
OHare and design manager Eamon Laverty
from main contractor OHare & McGovern,
one of the few Chartered Building Companies
in Northern Ireland.
Aspects covered during the tour included:
H  ow Building Information Modelling (BIM) is being
used to streamline the construction process.
H  ow new construction methods are being used to
improve the mechanical and electrical installation.
C ompliance with health & safety, quality and
environmental management standards.
D  esign and buildability challenges to achieve the
required Building Research Establishment
Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) rating.
Construction students from South
Eastern Regional Colleges (SERC)
Bangor campus were part of the
group and David Larkham, lecturer
from SERC, said the tour was an opportunity for the
students to see how the construction technology
principles they have been introduced to in their studies
is applied on a real-life project. The visit to such a
professionally organised site is of tremendous benefit
election
education for students who attend for 40
weeks of the year, with a typical working
day from 8.30am to 5pm, to reinforce its
business approach.
The UTC will enable a degree of
specialisation before the age of 16 that is
currently unavailable. Students will also be
taught core subject GCSEs, but there will be
no homework as all work will be done during
school hours.
The UTC is sponsored by the University
of Greenwich, MidKent College, Medway
Council and BAE Systems.
> YORKS AGMs
The Humber, York & North Yorkshire
Centres AGM will be held on 26 March.
The AGM will start at 6.30pm followed
by a Health & Safety Update and
Invasive Plants presentation. Venue
to be confirmed.
The Leeds & West Yorkshire Centres
AGM takes place on 3 April at 5pm
followed by a tour of Carnegie Pavilion.
Sheffield & South Yorkshire Centres
Students and Novus members tour the CEM in Belfast AGM is taking place on 30 April at the
Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in
to the students in their career development. Rotherham. There will also be a
Gerard Graham from the Novus Northern Ireland presentation on the Green Deal/
Sustainability at 5.30pm prior to the
called the tour first class. AGM at 6.30pm.
From the restricted access for site vehicles, to the To register your interest in attending
requirement to carefully manage dust, noise and a Centre AGM and/or the seminars,
please email: fevans@ciob.org.uk
vibration as the site is adjacent to a major hospital,
we got a full overview of the challenges being
carefully managed on a daily basis, added Graham.
> NORTH EAST ANNUAL DINNER

CIOB 2014 TRUSTEE ELECTION

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north west obituary

he represented CIOB

Are you tough enough for this years at a senior level at a

great number of

North West Novus challenge?

professional
development events.
He was an
Experienced

>
Assessor with the
After the success of the Novus North Higher Education
Funding Council
West challenge last year the group will be Dr MAX GRAHAM (HEFC), member of
holding another intercommittee challenge on BSc, BA, MSc, PhD, the Quality
5 July, organised by Distant Horizons. MinstP, FCIOB Assurance Agency
(QAA) Building and
Max Graham has Surveying Group,
In September last year six teams from Novus groups passed away at the and an External
around the country competed in a tough kayaking age of 60. He leaves Examiner at a total
challenge in the Lake District. his wife, Louise, and of seven institutions
The challenge this year will be The Cumbrian children Amelia, 17, throughout his
Marcus,14, and career.
Cross Lakes Route. This involves paddling the length Louis ,11. Such was his
of Windermere in tandem sea kayaks, biking from Max was assistant thirst for knowledge
Ambleside via back roads to Dunmail Raise summit and head of school at the he pursued an Open
by foot ascending and traversing the Helvellyn Ridge, University of South University degree
Wales. He was a and was awarded a
finishing in Keswick. gifted academic and BA (Hons) in 2001
This will be a competitive race with the winners being an outstanding having studied
crowned Novus 2014 National Champions with their teacher. modules in the
After graduating areas of science,
region engraved on a trophy.
with a BSc (Hons) in mathematics,
The aim is to create a great networking opportunity Construction from astronomy,
for the Novus committees as well as having fun and a Heriot Watt planetary science,
little competitive banter. University Max renewable energy
gained several years and thermofluid
The event will culminate with a hog roast.
experience working mechanics. He went
in the family on to tutor between
Take the Novus challenge: a three-part tough event Book through bbrown@ciob.org.uk business Graham 2005 and 2009.
Brothers (Builders). Max was chair of
However, he wanted governors at his
to return to childrens school
west midlands
education to where in 2006 he
research building helped deliver an
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT: physics, building extension and
THE ROLE OF BEHAVIOUR services, acoustics
and lighting. He
refurbishment
programme.
IN SAFETY went on to gain his Keeping fit was
FRESH APPROACH TO SAFETY PROVES MSc in 1980 from an intrinsic part of
POPULAR UMIST and his PhD in Maxs life. A runner
1983, also from since his teens, he
UMIST. He joined the took part in several
Polytechnic of Wales half marathons and
Safety talks often focus on points of law, so the same year. competitive events
a fresh approach was welcomed by nearly His contribution around the country
was huge and he and completed the
40 construction professionals recently who engagement and culture. Wharton talked played a very big London Marathon in
attended a presentation on safety that talked through different corporate cultural models part in the 1996. He also
about how to engage staff when addressing as well as what influences behaviour in order development of earned a black belt
the courses and in martial art Aikido
safety issues. to understand better how individuals trigger
institutions in Gakko Ueshiba.
The presentation was given by Nick Wharton safety issues and can therefore envisage the which he worked. Max will be
of consultant JOMC, arranged by Novus West consequences of their behavior. Max was a CIOB remembered by
CIOB News

Midlands and hosted in the state-of-the-art He went on to talk about how to engage Fellow and former friends, colleagues
chair of the Cardiff and CIOB staff as the
offices of Royal BAM in Solihull, a company that people in the process of safety as well as how
Centre. As deputy kindest, most gentle,
feels strongly about staff engagement. to deal with unsafe behaviour. The presentation chair of the CIOB funny guy who told
The primary focus of the event was prompted a lively Q&A session. Accreditation Panel such stupid jokes. 49
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FREE IRISH
See into the future of sustainability CONFERENCE
LAST CHANCE FOR
> Futurologist Melissa Sterry will be one
of the key speakers at an event on
sustainability in April.
INDUSTRY EVENT
The Fourth Annual International
Sterry is a leading design scientist and Construction Management Day
champion of technology whose work Conference will take place on
11 March at The Department of
looks at how technological advances Building and Civil Engineering at
will shape our futures from the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology,
potential of ICT to improve cities to Dublin Road campus. The conference
leading-edge innovations in bionics. At this event in is jointly sponsored by the Western
Centre of the CIOB in Ireland and
Coventry she will talk about Sustainable Challenges Western Branch of the Society of
within an International Context. Chartered Surveyors Ireland.
The event, run by the CIOB and Coventry University, is CPD event includes tour of ECB building This popular conference provides
part of the Sustainable Building Futures (SBF) project, a an ideal opportunity for built
environment professionals from the
unique venture that offers services and support to SMEs University Guide 2014. Guests who attend the event West of Ireland and further afield to
in the West Midlands looking to access sustainable will also be able to take a tour of the Engineering and gather and discuss the current hot
construction technologies so that they might compete Computing Building. The BREEAM excellent, 55m topics in the industry. The Conference
is of interest to contractors, surveyors,
and grow in todays challenging business environment landmark building acts as a live demonstrator for
property professionals, engineers
(see Comment on pXX for more information). sustainable construction. and architects and others with an
Professor Mark Gaterell, a professor of sustainable Sustainable Challenges takes place on 7 April at 6pm. interest in the built environment.
construction at Coventry University and director of the To book a place contact gfloyd@ciob.org.uk The conference provides a number
of plenary sessions of general
Low Impact Buildings Centre, will also talk at the event
interest and a variety of technical
about sustainable retrofit technologies. For more on SBF visit www.coventry.ac.uk/business/ break-out sessions that are tailored
Coventry University was named Modern University of supporting-your-business/sustainable-building- towards the various professional
the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good futures/ disciplines. Ample time is made
available to question the speakers
and for networking opportunities.
student challenge
Attendance is free.
The conference also provides an
ULSTER TAKES STUDENT CHALLENGE TITLE opportunity for continuous
TO GO FORWARD TO NATIONAL FINAL professional development (CPD)
and certificates of attendance can be
provided upon request.
SIX TEAMS BATTLED IT OUT IN NORTHERN CENTRES STUDENT CHALLENGE COMPETITION
For full details email martin.taggart@
The University of Ulster was Lisburn and third was Belfast ready to present it to a panel of gmit.ie or visit http://events.ciob.
this years winner of the CIOBs Metropolitan College. The judges, he said. org/events/annual-international-
Northern Centres Student report and presentation from Little added: This event is construction-management-day-
Challenge competition held in the University of Ulster team a very worthwhile exercise for conference#sthash.i2ftR4CT.dpuf
January at the University of will be judged against the the students as it gives them
Ulsters Jordanstown campus. winners report from Limerick an insight into the challenges
Ulster saw off competition to determine the Irish winner. they are likely to face in
from five other teams: Belfast David Little, chairman of the industry. Just as in a real-life
Metropolitan College; Northern CIOBs Northern Centre who construction project, the
Regional College Ballymena; headed the judging panel, key to performing well in this
South Eastern Regional College praised those who participated. event is for the individual
Downpatrick; South Eastern It is very challenging to be students to come together and
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Regional College Lisburn; and given a brief in the morning work as a team.
South West College Omagh. and by that afternoon have Thanks go to the University
In second place was South researched the options, of Ulster and to NHBC for
50 Eastern Regional College prepared a proposal and be sponsoring the prizes.
INNOVATION AND RESEARCH AWARDS

CIOB reveals the 2013 stars of innovation and research

> The winners of the International
Innovation and Research Awards run by
the CIOB have been announced after a record
number of entrants.
The awards celebrate excellence in academic
research and industry innovation. A total of
24 countries took part in the 2013 awards
submitting more than 200 entries all judged
by an 18-strong panel of leading figures from
academia and industry.
Professor Stuart Green, chair of the judging panel,
said: It has been immensely gratifying to see
the highest ever number of entries to the CIOB
International Innovation and Research Awards. I
have also been delighted with the overall quality
of the applications across all categories. Especially
rewarding this year was to see so many strong
entries from industry in the innovation categories.
Undergraduate Dissertation Award
Yu-Qian Ang from the National University of
Singapore for his dissertation Benefits and ROI of
Building Information Modelling for Multi-Disciplinary
Project Management: A Singapore Perspective.
Masters Dissertation Award
James Delvin from Queens University Belfast for his
dissertation An Investigation into the Barriers and
Challenges of Delivering a Domestic Retrofit
Programme in Northern Ireland.
Research Paper Award
Professor Craig Langston from Bond University,
Australia for his paper Validation of the Adaptive
Reuse Potential (ARP) Model Using iconCUR
(published in Facilities, Vol. 30 No. 3/4, pp105-123,
2012).
Innovation Achievers Award
Finlay White from ModCell, UK for ModCell
Prefabricated Straw Bale Wall and Roofing System.
The judges said: ModCell is a highly innovative
idea. It comprises a system level of innovation in
both prefabricated building product and process. It
has also shown a strong application and a clear
Winners of the I&R awards celebrate
commercial viability. The panel was extremely
impressed by the progress that has been achieved.
Digital Innovation Award Safety through Problem-Based Learning.
Julian Brooks from LightUp Analytics for LightUp The judges said: This initiative is not only
Analytics Software Plugin. refreshing in its simplicity, but also in its novelty.
The judges said: Julian has clearly identified a gap It provides the means of overcoming a significant
in current software provision for the computer barrier in terms of students default reaction to
simulation of daylight and sunlight effects in urban the subject of health and safety. The scenario
design. The LightUp Analytics Software is an constructed around opinions and typical reactions
innovative application that can be used at very early of students to health and safety offers a compelling
stages of masterplanning in an efficient and user- and innovative learning vehicle. There is a core
friendly way. It is an affordable product with great idea that can be replicated in other courses and
commercial potential. other institutions.
Innovation in Education & Training Award
Dr Fred Sherratt (University of Bolton, UK) for her For a full list of all those recognised in the 2013
submission Teaching Construction Health and awards please visit http://iandrawards.ciob.org

AWARDS

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Held at the Royal
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Awards are a showcase
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excellence and innovation
that are at the heart of
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industry while enjoying a
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The awards celebrate
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reflect the dynamic This years award Committed to a
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industry and highlight Committed to Renewable Committed to
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 COMMENT
dr georgios kapogiannis
T
he West Midlands has long been
a strong manufacturing area,
but the recession that began in
2007 brought with it the decline of the
construction supply chain in the area. The
European Union and the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF) set up a fund for
architectural, engineering and construction
(AEC) SMEs to help keep those businesses
and their markets thriving.
One result of this funding is the
Sustainable Building Futures (SBF) project:
a unique venture at Coventry University
According to the 2020 Construction
Industry Report three elements can
resurrect architectural, engineering
and construction SMEs: innovation,
collaboration and sustainability
that engages with eligible SMEs in the
collaborative development, assessment,
and implementation of innovative
environmental technology products and
services for use in sustainable construction.
The project endeavours to provide support
to SMEs, based in the west midlands, to
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help them compete and grow within todays
challenging business environment.
According to the Government report
Construction 2025 published last July,
52 three elements can resurrect AEC SMEs:
Tooled up
Dr Georgios Kapogiannis outlines an initiative to
help SMEs compete in sustainable construction
innovation, collaboration and sustainability.
As a result the SBF project provides access
to a number of events, ranging from topic
workshops and networking events to new
technology demonstrations. In addition, it
provides one-to-one business support in
areas such as research and development;
concept development; marketing
strategies; developing business plans for
new products or markets; market research;
prototype development and student/
graduate placement for a specific project.
The SBF team is working closely with
the Faculty of Engineering and Computing
at Coventry University. I have worked with
Coventry-based architectural practice SD
Studio to undertake a feasibility study of an
online portal which resulted in an extensive
partnership with the universitys Serious
Game Institute for its development. We also
placed a third-year architecture student
with SD Studio for an internship for mutual
benefit.
To receive funded assistance, businesses
must meet the criteria below as defined by
the ERDF:
Have fewer than 250 full-time employees;
Have less than 50m (35m) turnover;
Have less than 43m (30m) balance
sheet net worth;
Be less than 25% owned or controlled by
a non-SME;
Be based in the West Midlands region;
Be active within the building technology
sector;
Be evaluating environmental
technologies or reducing the environmental
impacts of current products;
Be investing in new technology and looking
to grow the business;
Be likely to increase market share;
Be looking for support that is within the
scope and capability of the Sustainable
Building Futures project.
The CIOB Coventry and Warwickshire
Centre is holding a joing event with SBF
at the state-of-the-art Engineering and
Computing Building at Coventry University
on 7 April. Futurologist, Melissa Sterry, will
talk along with Professor Mark Gaterell.
See page 51 for details.
For more information about SBF
see www.coventry.ac.uk/business/
supporting-your-business/sustainable-
building-futures/
View the Construction 2025 report at:
www.gov.uk/government/uploads/
system/uploads/attachment_data/
file/210099/bis-13-955-construction-
2025-industrial-strategy.pdf
>
Dr Georgios Kapogiannis is an
associate lecturer in Engineering,
Project Management & Finance,
Civil Engineering, Architecture and
Building in the Faculty of Engineering
& Computing at Coventry University.
He is also the chairman of the CIOB
Coventry and Warwickshire Centre.

Specialist craftsmen were key to the award-winning renovation of a listed castle
IN March 2013 Greendale Construction
was named National Winner for
Commercial Projects in the Federation of
Master Builders 2012 Master Builder of the
Year Awards for its restoration and extension
of Durlston Castle, Swanage.
After a long and competitive OJEU tender
Greendale was awarded the main contract
as principle contractor for the Durlston World
Heritage Gateway Project on behalf of Dorset
County Council. Greendale worked very closely
with the councils historic environmental manager
to meet the fairly onerous heritage requirements
and conditions on the project. Award-winning
London architect Long & Kentish designed the
renovation and new build extensions.
The overall value of the project was 5.5m,
a large proportion of which was funded by the
Heritage Lottery Fund and other benefactors
including the Fine Family Foundation. Many other
local and national companies and organisations
contributed to the project. The contract value
Greendale undertook was around 4.3m.
The castle was originally built by George Burt
between 1887 and 1891. Burt was the nephew
and business partner of John Mowlem and he
inherited the Mowlem building firm when John
died. Much of the materials used by Burt were
leftovers from his sites in London and used as
ballast on the boats returning to Swanage.
The castle and country park are populated by
cast iron bollards with London Boroughs inscribed
on them and the two large granite bollards at the
entrance to the castle are in fact rejects from
Trafalgar Square.
The castle was the first stage in developing
a high-class residential estate built to attract
buyers to the area, which is now the Durlston
Country Park. George Burt died before the estate
could be built and the castle and Great Globe are
all that remain. The renovation and conservation
project started in April 2010 and finished in
November 2011.
Beyond repair?
The castle was in a precarious state and at a
tipping point, needing urgent major conservation
and restoration works to save it. It had serious
structural defects, including wet rot, dry rot,
and water ingress. Many of the timber and steel
structural elements, particularly on the south west
elevation, were completely rotten and one could
INGOODCOMPANY
GREENDALE CONSTRUCTION
RESTORATION MEN
literally stick a screwdriver through the timber or
rusty steel work.
Greendale, with its experience on working at
Highcliffe Castle and other grade I and grade II
listed buildings, had the skills and capability to rise
to the challenge.
Three dedicated site managers oversaw specific
areas of conservation work. One of the major
elements was the stabilisation and strengthening
of the level four roof and the strapping back of
heavy stone cornices. A stainless steel ring beam
was introduced within the floor zone from which
straps supported the cornice stones.
Around the perimeter of this level, balustrading
was formed using ornate terracotta elements
between stone piers. At the outset one poorly
degraded bay existed from which moulds were
taken to cast new elements and they were
installed in four fired colour shades to restore the
original balustrade feature. In public observation
areas the original height was below current
health and safety requirements which required
a secondary galvanised handrail and balustrade
system to be installed inside of the original.
The new shop bank had to be stabilised with
gabion cages to provide a solid foundation base
for the new build steel frame construction.
The project demanded many traditional
craftsmen including terracotta experts, stone
masons using lime mortar products, lead workers,
coppersmiths, ceramic tilers, carpenters and
joiners. Greendale either used its own experienced
labour for this or carefully selected specialist
subcontractors to work within the cost and time
parameters of the contract.
The derelict castle has been restored with care
The castle was in a
precarious state and at a
tipping point, needing urgent
major conservation and
restoration works to save
it. It had serious structural
defects. One could literally
stick a screwdriver through
the timber or steelwork.
Other project works included:
The refurbishment of the interior of
the existing buildings, including the
transformation of the existing observatory
into a new function room.
The building of new spaces, such as a
the timber-clad Exhibition Gallery and
a rock room for displaying fossils and
geology.
The demolition of a 1930s extension, to
be replaced with a new stone-clad space
for a shop, which in turn will recreate the
symmetry of the original frontage.
The demolition of a 1970s extension and
transfer of the award-winning Lookout
cafe into the refurbished main building.
The improvement and restoration of
external hard and soft landscape areas.
Construction of two cantilever look out
areas around the East Keep.
Improvements to aid pedestrian circulation
and car parking, with new links to the
public transport network.
A new exhibition centre with external
amphitheatre has been built.
A cafe/restaurant has been built within
the castle as George Burts original
concept. The walls of the restaurant
are adorned with backlit glass panels
displaying all of the flora and fauna that
exists in the park with descriptions in
both Latin and English.
Case Study
The public and visitors now benefit from a
spectacular country park in a unique environment
with visible spectacular geology and diverse flora
and fauna. 53
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MEMBERS BENEFIT FROM BENEVOLENT FUND HELP

Last year the CIOB Benevolent Fund offered
grant assistance exceeding 46,000 to members
facing uncertainty or hardship.
The CIOB Benevolent Fund provides information
and advice to hundreds of members and families every
year. This is made possible as a direct result of the
support of CIOB members. We take this opportunity
to extend our thanks to all those members and
supporters who have donated to the work of the
Fund so generously over the years.
How the Benevolent Fund helps
members and their families:
It can address concerns about
employment and offer advice on
entitlements and options.
It offers help and confidential advice
on financial issues, alternative sources
of income, and financial commitments.
It can provide direct grant assistance to
members facing hardship.
It can offer home visits and continued liaison with
members where this might help.
One member had been unemployed for a year and
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Fund was able to provide a one-off grant to meet the
costs of that short-term course.
In another case a young family faced crisis because
of unemployment and illness. The Benevolent
Fund visited this family, advised them about
finances and provided regular grants until their
circumstances improved.
And when a retired member living in conditions
of hardship needed some help to obtain essential
household items, the Benevolent Fund provided
financial help to ensure that this member was able
to improve his day-to-day quality of life.
How can we help you?
The CIOB Benevolent Fund is here to help
members. It is a resource made possible
by members and for members. Whether
MANAGE IN A MINUTE
HOW TO STOP PUTTING IN LONG
it is practical advice with employment HOURS AT THE OFFICE
matters, addressing housing issues or
facing consequences of ill-health or early
STAYING LATE AT WORK has become
retirement, the service is available and the norm: 9-5 is more like 9-8.
can offer confidential advice and support. According to one survey 82% of us
All enquiries are entirely confidential. work more than 40 hours a week (up
If you would like further information about from 68% in 2011), while 28% clock
up more than 50 hours a week (a 9%
the work of the Fund or if we can be of service at any increase from two years ago). Staying
time, please contact us or visit our web page at late might be unavoidable if youre on
www.ciob.org/ciob-benevolent-fund deadline, but if its happening regularly
you need to tackle it.
Frank MacDonald, CIOB Benevolent Fund,
1 Arlington Square, Downshire Way, Bracknell RG12 1WA BE REALISTIC
fmacdonald@ciob.org.uk 01344 630780 Be honest about what you can achieve in a day.
Dont automatically say yes to work projects if it
means staying behind for ages to get the work done,
and ask yourself whether youre delegating enough.

STEPHEN LINES FCIOB BE PRODUCTIVE

BE Senior commercial manager, Qatar Rail, Doha,
chairman of the CIOB Middle East and North
Assess how much youre actually getting done.
Break bigger jobs down into smaller tasks to make it
INSPIRED Africa regional council and regional president. feel more manageable. And if you genuinely need
more time get in earlier when your brain is fresh.
WORKING IN CIOB membership has definitely NARIC, which verifies Youll get the work done much faster.
THE MIDDLE EAST helped me get work in the Middle
East. Having MCIOB helped me
qualifications from around the
world, concluded that MCIOB LET GO OF THE GUILT
get a visa to work in the UAE as was comparable to a degree Finished your days work but feel too guilty to leave
director of operations for a and FCIOB to post-graduate level. while colleagues are still at it? Think about if they are
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property development company
based in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
I moved to Qatar in 2012
with Turner & Townsend, where
I was seconded to Qatar Rail.
When the opportunity to work
for Qatar Rail on a permanent
basis came up, I jumped at the
chance, but needed to prove I had
54 a degree. Fortunately by this time
I love the multicultural
working environment here, and
the lifestyle suits my family.
There are huge opportunities
here with so much investment
being made in infrastructure.
Doha is like Dubai 10 years ago,
though the development is
being carried out in a more
considered way.
making you feel bad or if its coming from you.
REMEMBER THAT WORK DOESNT
ALWAYS HAPPEN AT WORK
Entrepreneur, author and major advocate of the
benefits of being away from the office, Martin
Bjergegaard, says: All the important ideas Ive ever
had have been conceived either while on holiday or
when out running, not at my desk.
 ONETOWATCH
Jose Cava
BSc Hons ICIOB
Vice chairman
for CIOB East
of Scotland
>

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Since I was in high school I
wanted to become a building
professional. There are other
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hard I will turn into Grandmaster
before I turn 50.
Q Whats the best bit
of advice youve ever

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painting, cycling or poetry,
but sometimes I get tired
or frustrated. That never
happens with construction
it has something enigmatic
that attracts me.
Q Whats been your worst
professional mistake?
I decided to broaden my career
chances by studying project
management when the
recession began. Although
I quite enjoyed my years in
uni and gained valuable
knowledge, I think I should
have stayed on the path of
building design.
Q What would you have
done if you hadnt worked
in construction?
I probably would have became a
painter or photographer.
Q How do you relax when
youre not at work?
I like to wake up early and go
out for some running, cycling or
swimming. At the moment I am
been given?
My dad always taught me to
work hard and with
professionalism, whether I am
involved in a skyscraper design
or building my dog house.
Q Whats your most
embarrassing work
moment?
The first day on a building
site, the site manager told
me to leave because of my
haircut and sent me to get
him some coffee. So I did. I felt
very ashamed. Once I came
back, he and rest of the joiners
were laughing at me. That was
the best joke someone has ever
played on me.
Q If you were starting
your career again what
would you do differently
and why?
I think I would be pretty much
the same. Although I would
dedicate more of my free time
to learn new skills to
apply to my job.

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you can register for Chartered Construction Manager
status. It might be that the designation Chartered
Builder doesnt quite capture your job: perhaps youre
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reduction, or you might be on site, or equally be sitting
at head office, supervising teams and setting corporate
strategy; or you could be working at any point within
the lifecycle of a structure, from inception to recycling,
then the new designation might be more relevant.
Go online for more details.
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BIM files for window products from NorDan

will see greater optimisation of glazing
properties in future buildings
BIM (building information modelling) files for use with
Autodesk Revit software are now available to download
from www.nordan.co.uk to enable architects insert NorDan
window and door product information directly into their
drawings.
Still a fairly new concept in the UK, this approach to
architectural CAD referred to as Building Information
Modelling BIM provides parametrically defined interacting
building objects.
BIM software will enable traditional building drawings with
an intelligent layer of information in addition to the outlines
of windows. John McMenamy,
of NorDan, says As this Download the new Polyflor iPad App
information layer develops it Polyflor has launched its first App!
will greatly assist the design The Polyflor app for the iPad is free and can be
team in their energy analysis downloaded via the Polyflor website or directly from
of the building. We envisage the Apple Store. The App allows the user to look
greater optimisation of through hundreds of installation images by sector or
glazing properties to control by colour. High quality sample scans of all colours can
heat transfer through the also be viewed, along with product details and technical
building fabric will result in specifications. Samples can be added to the sample
cost savings for heating and basket as the user browses through the content and at
cooling systems. the end of the session, address details are entered and
www.nordan.co.uk the samples are dispatched free of charge. There is also
a My Gallery section which allows the user to collect
images whilst browsing through installation shots, these
images can then be viewed and emailed in a pdf format.
Tom Rollo, Polyflors Marketing Manager comments the
DULUX TRADE LAUNCHES App is a great tool for the flooring contractor and specifier
SPECIFICATION CREATOR TOOL alike, allowing instant access to product information,
imagery and sample requests and is a useful addition to
Dulux Trade has launched Polyflors online presence.
a handy online tool to
help professionals in http://www.polyflor.com/ipadapp
building construction
and maintenance create
detailed paint and
woodcare specifications
quickly and easily.
Classified
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tool allows specifiers to
search and filter through
AkzoNobels decorative portfolio, access product information
and select the right coating for the job.

The simple and easy-to-use format aims to make product

specification more straightforward and can be used as
either a quick reference guide, or as a resource to produce
in-depth specifications, which can then be saved and used
during the tendering process. By asking a series of questions
about factors such as the in-use requirements, substrate,
condition and finish, the tool directs users to the most suitable
coating options and offers tips and advice, including detailed
information on all aspects of painting, from preparation and
priming to achieving the best finish.

The Dulux Trade Paint Specification Tool can be accessed via

dedicated specifier website, www.specifytradepaint.co.uk,
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NEW ACADEMY IS TAKING THE ENCON GROUPS CUSTOMER SERVICE TO HIGHER LEVELS
The interface between specialist distributors superior service to their specialist contractor
and manufacturers and installers of insulation customers.
and interior building products, including The Encon Group claims to be one of the first
suspended ceilings, partitioning and drywall companies in the industry to offer an academy
systems, has been taken to a new level with approach and has invested over the last few
the launch of a training academy by the years in training its workforce in the areas of
Encon Group. sales, leadership and operations. The academy
The Encon Group companies, which include building itself takes this to a whole new level
specialist distributors Encon Insulation and and was recently shortlisted in the AIS
Nevill Long, have unveiled the academy at (Association of Interior Specialists) Best Practice
their North West branch in Chorley, to help Awards Training Best Practice category.
their employees provide added value and www.encon.co.uk

LEVOLUX CHANGES GEAR IN SWINDON
A new multi-storey car park in the centre of
Swindon, boasts a revolutionary terracotta
screening solution from Levolux. The
solution comprises vertical aluminium and
terracotta fins, which satisfy a number of
specific performance criteria. The vertical
Fins protect the core structure from
excessive weathering, while providing shade
to occupants and their vehicles.
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GEZE GOES GREEN WITH ISO 14001
The UKs leading door and window
control system manufacturer, GEZE
UK, is demonstrating its green
credentials by achieving ISO 14001.
ISO 14001 is the worlds most
recognised environmental
management standard. To achieve
it organisations need to measure
their impact on the environment
and set goals to improve their
performance.
www.geze.co.uk

SENIOR STRENGTHENS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Glazing systems designer and manufacturer Senior Architectural Systems has
continued to strengthen its senior management team in order to handle the
companys anticipated growth.
James Keeling-Heane and Michelle Damms have new roles on the board at
Senior, while Mark Burton has joined the company from Norking Aluminium.
James has transferred from his post as General Manager at Senior Glass
Systems to join the board of Senior Architectural Systems as Sales Director.
Meanwhile, Michelle has replaced James to join the board of Senior Glass
Systems (SGS) as Operations Director and take full board responsibility for
SGS operations. Mark has become Paint Line Manager at the firms Denaby
site, replacing Michelle.
http://www.seniorarchitectural.co.uk

PROVIDE SIGNS ON DEMAND WITH THE NEW JEPSIGN SYSTEM

A new system for making quality, materials, which include White PVC; Self
personalised signs on demand has been adhesive vinyl; Aluminium sign backings in
launched to the construction industry by bronze, silver, gold and white; & Clear
JepSign. It will save time and money in acrylic.
producing many kinds of signage, The finished signs have no screw holes,
including site and building signs, allowing for greater flexibility in the
directional and health and safety signs. All printed image, and can be attached to
can be personalised with logos, colour most surfaces using self-adhesive fixers
schemes, names, numbers, even provided. Signs are suitable for both
photographs, using the JepSign system. outdoor and indoor use, with excellent
Quality, durable signs can be designed and colour fastness and weather resistance.
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WASHROOM WASHROOM SHAPES UP WITH FITNESS FIRST
Leading washroom manufacturer,
Washroom Washroom has
demonstrated its flexibility for
producing bespoke design, during
a refurbishment project for Fitness
First, which features its stunning
Luminoso range manufactured
in vibrant blue for the first time
in the UK.
The recent project to refurbish the
South Kensington branch of Fitness
First, one of the largest private
SENIORS SYSTEMS COMBINE TO STUNNING EFFECT
AT WORTHING HOSPITAL
A new Clinical Block at Worthing Hospital rooms on the ground floor, also has two
has benefited from innovative Hybrid
casement window systems and
aluminium entrance doors from
manufacturer Senior Architectural
Systems and also incorporates Seniors
own glass, ensuring the use of a
complete system.
The 8 million building, which provides savings due to the specification of a
a new outpatients department, 24
consultation rooms and three treatment www.seniorarchitectural.co.uk
A GIANT STEP FOR HYDROTECH HOT MELT
Alumascs Hydrotech Hot Melt
Waterproofing System has been used
on the roof of the new National Trust
Visitor Centre at the world-famous
Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland.
Created by architects Heneghan
Peng, the brand new Visitor Centre is
part of an 18.5m investment at the
site and boasts a striking design,
inspired by the bold material and
geometric lines of the Causeway itself.
The tried and trusted Hydrotech
health and fitness clubs in the world
with over 80 clubs in the UK alone, is
expected to be rolled out to half the UK
branches over the next two years as
part of a large scale refurbishment
programme. Overseen by Admiral
Construction as main contractor with
Antarchitecture leading the design,
Washroom was tasked with
refurbishing the shower and changing
room facilities.
www.washroom.co.uk
19-bed wards on the first floor and room
for offices in its roof space. Specifying
Seniors glass system, with ClimaGuard
A+ coating, in conjunction with the
companys Hybrid system ensured the
smooth logistical running of the project,
not to mention a host of cost and time
complete system.
AIRBLOC ENSURES LOW ENERGY COSTS AT SCOTLANDS
OLDEST UNIVERSITY
Maintaining the energy efficiency of internationally renowned university every
buildings is a challenge at the best of times day, heating and air conditioning demands
but with the entrances of two state-of- would be greatly increased through the
the-art buildings at the University of St opening and closing of doors. Situated
Andrews facing the full force of strong above the main entrances, the AC and ACR
North Sea winds, the university turned to series of air curtains from Airbloc proved to
revolutionary Airbloc air curtains to ensure be the ideal cost-effective and energy
significant cost savings and up to an 80% efficient solution for the Gateway Building
reduction in heat loss. and new multi-storey Medical Science
With more than 9000 students and Building which both face the sea.
staff passing through the doors of this www.ambirad.co.uk
system which has had zero product
failures in over 50 years of use
worldwide was specified by main
contractor Gilbert Ash and installed by
GBS Roofing of County Down.
Covering a total of 1800m2, Hydrotech
provided seamless waterproofing ideal
for highly detailed schemes such
as this.
For further details on Hydrotech
structural waterproofing please visit
www.alumascroofing.co.uk
SIKA SINGLE SOURCE FOR CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS
Sika a global leader in products professionals taking on
and solutions for the increasing amounts of work
construction industry has within their individual roles,
developed a new Key Project comments Ivo Schaedler, General
Management Team to provide Manager of Sika Limited. Were
support for professionals able to offer a full range of
working on large construction products and so why not also
projects. provide a service that allows
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Project of the month
Oxford University
Museum of Natural
History

A PROJECT TO REPAIR the leaking roof

and refresh the interiors of the Oxford
University Museum of Natural History
has been completed by regional contractor
Beard and architect Purcell.
The grade I listed building has been a
tourist attraction and centre of learning
since it first opened in 1860, and houses
the University of Oxfords scientific
collections of zoological, entomological
and geological specimens.
The Gothic Revival museum building is
characterised by its three dramatic glass
and cast iron roofs, four storeys high,
which span the main exhibition quad.
Over the past 36 months, Beard has
carried out an extensive restoration
project to clean and repair the vaulted
glass roof, with each of the 8,500
diamond-shaped glass panels removed,
cleaned and resealed.
The roof has leaked from completion
150 years ago, despite many attempts
to fix it. The problem is the inconsistent
thickness of the sand-cast glass tiles,
which were cast to a nominal thickness of
10mm, but actually ranged from 8-12mm.
These were nailed to the timber batons in
an overlapping design, which created gaps
that water could penetrate.
An effective solution was devised
using a mastic silicone adhesive which As well as the roof work, the museum
proved ideal for both adherence and interiors required extensive cleaning and
accommodating the tolerance required conservation. During the works, graffiti
for the rough surface texture of the sand- was discovered on the timber beams of
cast glass. This innovative solution is fully the roof, thought to have been daubed by
reversible and allows the glass tiles to the Victorian roof painters. As a gesture
move and the building to breathe while to this, the present day project team was
maintaining the original aesthetic. honoured with a plaque in the roof.
In addition, the lead has been With a new lease of life, we hope the
replaced on the ridge and hips of the museums newly-restored glass-tiled roof
three glass roofs and the slate roof will continue to be admired and enjoyed
The roof of the museum had
has also been relaid around the roofs leaked for 150 years. Beard used by many generations of visitors to come,
perimeter, extending down to the mastic silicone adhesive to seal said Stephen French, Beard site manager
the sand-cast glass tiles.
adjoining Pitt Rivers Museum. for the project.

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PERSPECTIVE
ON LOAD SPACE.

ALL-NEW FORD TRANSIT CONNECT

Load-through Bulkhead
Many things make Transit Connect the backbone of business, like the
ingenious Load-through Bulkhead or the fact that it won Van of the Year 2014.
However you look at it, nothing else helps you go further.
ford.co.uk/transitconnect

Transit Connect International Van of The Year 2014.