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The Construction Study Centre Ltd are able to provide training to suit you in a variety of formats. You could attend one of our popular public courses at a venue around the UK; we could present an off-the-shelf course at your premises in-house, or we could tailor a bespoke course especially to suit your training needs.
Below are just a small selection of our many satisfied customers and the courses we’ve put on for them.
After attending another in-house course with Coventry Council, Mouchel approached us and asked if we were able to provide an NEC3 course slanted towards the needs of a joint venture team with Mouchel, Carillion and Highways agency staff working together on the Birmingham Box ATM project. Our speaker Michael Rowlinson of Alway Associates put together and presented a course based on our popular ‘Getting to Grips with NEC3’ course using his vast experience using such contracts on large infrastructure projects.
Customer feedback from this course included... ‘Very much appreciated and well presented’, ‘useful forum to discuss queries and issues regarding NEC contracts’, ‘very interesting’, ‘examples given were relevant to my work’, very informative and well informed’.
Kier approached us and asked if we could provide an NEC course as part of their new-staff inductions. We now provide NEC courses at venues for them around the country every quarter as well as PPC2000 courses when required using a number of speakers including Lorne Alway and Michael Rowlinson, both from Alway Associates.
Customer feedback from these courses included... ‘A good introduction to NEC’, ‘very useful for implementing NEC’, ‘well presented & a good overview of the conditions of contract’, ‘Mike did a good job keeping a long subject interesting’, ‘I felt the speaker understood our requirements’, ‘Good all-round, informative speaker knows all aspects’, ‘Good overview of NEC procedures’
Dominion Housing Group understand that it  is more important than ever to demonstrate a commitment to their staff by providing training and asked us to present a series of staff training courses. We put together a programme of courses on ‘A Practical Guide to Construction Contracts’, ‘Keeping up to speed with JCT 05-07 Contracts’ and ‘Project Management Training Camp, 50 things a PM needs to know’ using our speaker Richard Silver of Silver Shemmings.
Customer feedback from these courses included... ‘very well delivered, in-depth knowledge of the subjects’, ‘Good presentation. Good use of case study examples’, ‘very eye opening’, ‘very lively delivery. Lots of discussion’, ‘very good overview of law surrounding contracts’.
The City Surveyors Department of City of London Council attend many of our public courses on a regular basis; however since they had so many delegates wanting to do a CDM course we ran one at their premises, using a course drawn up and presented by our speaker Peter Andrews. In the thank you letter received after the course they said ’... the presentation was well received and staff found the subject both interesting and informative’.
Tent and Dove Housing recently approached us looking for a course on Value Engineering, to include cost efficiencies and value for money in relation to building and maintenance projects. In particular they asked us to include: engaging effectively with the team; negotiating skills; value for money, how is it measured, how do you know you have it; effective analysis, evaluation, alternatives etc. and effective partnering. We asked Chad Murrin of Murrin Associates to develop and present a brand new course specifically for Trent & Dove which was very well received.
Customer feedback from these courses included... ‘very good insight into & background into the finance mechanisms used in the housing industry’, ‘concise course, filled with valuable information - enlightening’, ‘well paced and informative’, ‘very interesting, covers a complicated subject matter’,
If any of these courses are of interest to you, please browse through the courses that we have available for ideas and when you’re ready get in contact and we’ll develop a course that meets the training needs of your organisation.
We look forward to working with you.
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Building Regs to get red tape challenge
13/01/2012 10:46:16
Statutory construction regulations, including the Building Regulations, are to be made open to public scrutiny this month. They have just been released on the government's Red Tape Challenge website (www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk ). This is despite the fact that some parts of the Buildings Regs will be out for consultation in 2012.The objective of this challenge is to reduce red tape to increase business efficiency, without compromising on safety. Housing, Construction and Planning is the latest sector featured on the website, allowing comment on regulations, from those it affects.
At the end of the consultation period, all comments will be forwarded to a "Star Chamber" chaired by Oliver Letwin, Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, where he and his team will decide upon which regulations need strengthening, and which should be abolished.
The common thought is that this will not have much effect on the existing regulations in the short term. The industry has threatened to radically change Building Regulations over the years but as yet we have only seen increased regulation, not de-regulation. Proposed revisions to the Building Regulations are expected in draft form early this year, to be implemented next year, in 2013.
Ensure your team is up to date with the Building Regulations, changes and proposals, with our one day course 'Keeping up to speed with the latest Building & Fire Regulations'.
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