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WEBINAR - Methodology for quantifying the benefits of offsite construction

We are delighted to invite you to a FREE online webinar exploring the report titled, ‘Methodology for quantifying the benefits of offsite construction.

Working with over 20 industry and government partner organisation, the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology at the University of Cambridge and CIRIA have proposed a methodology for quantifying the benefits of offsite construction, by thoroughly researching and describing construction performance metrics for the first time. 

This report serves as a call to action to unify project performance monitoring, opening the door to evidence-based decision-making to establish best-practice in the construction industry. Join with academics, industry professionals and government representatives interested in gathering evidence to support decision-making regarding offsite construction.

Attend this webinar on the 5th June 2020, from 11am – 12:30pm, to:

  • Discover the key outcomes of this report, presented by the research team
  • Explore how you/your company might make use of this framework
  • Hear perspectives from experts including Professor Lord Robert Mair, University of Cambridge, and CIH Programme Director Keith Waller
  • Learn how the methodology is being applied in different sectors
  • Participate in a Q&A session with academics and key industry players

 

Register for this free webinar, today

 

Download the report

Download your free copy of the report, 'Methodology for quantifying the benefits of offsite construction', here.

 

Programme

11:00

Welcome from the Chairman of the project steering group.

Matt CooperARUP

11:05

Welcome and brief overview of CIRIA.

Kieran TullyCIRIA

11:10

Welcome and brief overview of the Laing O’Rourke Centre, University of Cambridge. 

Professor Campbell Middleton Laing O'Rourke Centre, University of Cambridge.

11:15

Presentation of the report - Methodology for quantifying the benefits of offsite construction

Tercia Jansen van Vuuren –  Laing O'Rourke Centre, University of Cambridge.

11:45

Perspective and case study from the transport sector.

Joanne Geddes Network Rail, Secondee to the Department for Transport -Transport Research Innovation Board (TRIB) Working Group

12:10 Q&A with panel of speakers including:
Professor Lord Robert Mair, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Research, University of Cambridge
Keith Waller, Programme Director, Construction Innovation Hub
12:30 Closing remarks

 

Speakers and Panelists

Matt Cooper

Matt Cooper is a Chartered Manager with expertise in a diverse range of business he has operated at director level for companies within the UK and internationally.  

He is a specialist in business and operations strategy, modularisation in manufacturing, organisational effectiveness & new venture development.

In addition, Matt is a recognised industry expert in off-site manufacturing and Modern Methods of Construction (MMC); He is the primary Arup contact within Build Offsite, works with the Construction Leadership Council and, internationally, and has advised companies and government departments throughout the UK, US, Middle East and Asia on strategies for increased uptake and improved delivery of both residential and non-residential buildings through the use of MMC.  

Kieran Tully
Kieran is the CIRIA project director for ‘C792 Methodology for quantifying the benefits of offsite construction’. He is a chartered engineer, member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and alumnus of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Kieran joined CIRIA in January 2015 as Associate Director and works with the CIRIA membership, client groups and knowledge transfer networks to help improve the performance of the construction industry. He leads programmes of research focused on civil engineering infrastructure, geotechnical engineering and process and technology.

Prior to joining CIRIA Kieran worked for Heathrow Express delivering projects at Heathrow airport and Paddington station. He managed the installation of the first digital advertising system in a UK railway tunnel and his project teams achieved a zero accident rate over a period of 9 years. He also led airport teams through railway assurance requirements during airport modernisation.

Earlier in his career he worked for specialist geotechnical contractors and managed projects with varying levels of risk and complexity.

Professor Campbell Middleton

Campbell Middleton is the Laing O’Rourke Professor of Construction Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Prior to Cambridge, he worked for 8 years in professional practice in infrastructure design and construction in Australia and with Arup in London. He is Chairman of the UK Bridge Owners Forum, a member of the Design Panel for High Speed 2, and has acted as an advisor or consultant to a number of organisations including the Department for Transport (UK), Infrastructure UK (now IPA), the Highways Agency (now Highways England), Ministry of Transportation Ontario and the National Transport Commission in Australia. Awards include the IStructE’s Henry Adams Award (1999 & 2014), the ICE’s Telford Premium Award (1999) and Telford Gold Medal (2010) and the ASCE’s J. James Croes Medal (2019). His research interests focus on a range of topics related to bridge engineering including modern methods of construction, digital engineering applications, satellite and smart sensor applications for structural performance monitoring, risk & asset management and non-destructive testing. He is a member of the executive team responsible for overseeing the EPSRC/Innovate UK funded Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction and co-author of a recent book titled Bridge Monitoring – A Practical Guide.
Tercia Jansen van Vuuren
Tercia is a Research Associate at the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. She is a professionally registered engineer with over five years’ experience in structural design and construction supervision within a South African context, followed by two years as a sustainability advisor working in London in the construction industry. Her undergraduate BEng is complemented by a Masters in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge.
Her current role at the Laing O’Rourke centre is to lead the research project, undertaken in collaboration with CIRIA, to quantify the benefits of off-site construction. The aim of this project is to develop a methodology for quantifying the benefits and to create an evidence base demonstrating the impacts of off-site construction through systematic evaluation of projects across a consistent set of metrics. This project is backed by a project steering group comprised of interested parties from industry.
Joanne Geddes
Jo Geddes has worked for Network Rail for 9 years, currently in the role of Lead Engineering Capability Manager, where she is developing a change portfolio to deliver business change improvements.
 Jo has recently undertaken a part-time secondment with the Department for Transport as a research resource for the TRIB committee, researching how the DfT could approach the measurement of innovation across its portfolio. Her experience in project and programme management has been invaluable in the research, as had the fabulous support from Professor Middleton and his team at the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology at the University of Cambridge.

 Jo is currently in the final stage of a Master’s degree in Project and Programme Management at Warwick university.

Professor Lord Robert Mair
Professor Lord Robert Mair is Emeritus Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Research at the University of Cambridge, where he is also the head of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure (CSIC). He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society and, in 2018, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Prior to his appointment to a Professorship at Cambridge, he worked in industry for 27 years and has advised on numerous tunnelling and major civil engineering projects in the UK and worldwide, including the Jubilee Line Extension, Crossrail, HS1 and HS2. He is Chairman of the Department of Transport's Science Advisory Council and was appointed an independent crossbencher in the House of Lords in 2015. Lord Mair is a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology.
Keith Waller
Keith Waller is the Construction Innovation Hub’s Programme Director. A Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Keith has been involved in construction and infrastructure projects for over 30 years, leading many major projects in both the UK and overseas.

In 2010, Keith was seconded into government with Infrastructure UK (the predecessor to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority). He has served on several boards and cross-Whitehall groups, including the Infrastructure Client Group, the Offshore Wind Programme Board, Infrastructure Working Group of the Green Construction Board and the Government Construction Board. He has also advised a number of foreign governments on strategic infrastructure planning and delivery.

A keen advocate of driving innovative and productive solutions, his work in government led to the publication of the UK’s first National Infrastructure Plan, the development of the Infrastructure Cost Review and the IPA’s Transforming Infrastructure Performance programme, published in 2017.