News Archive 2013

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

We will re-open on Thursday 2nd January.

British Heart Foundation
London to Brighton Bike Ride

15th June 2014

We Have Entered Again ...

9th December 2013

Our Paul G has entered the BHF London to Brighton again.  We will shortly be sending out invitations to join Team Greenwood for the ride.  If you would like to join us, please email us at GC.

Update to ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems

BSI Webinar

19th December 2013

ISO 9001 will be revised and re-issued in 2015. BSI have produced a webinar explaining the revision process and how it may affect your business. BSI

Constructing Excellence

5th December 2013

Christmas Reception

1st December 2013

Hope to see you at the CE Christmas Reception at the House of Commons on Thursday.

Birmingham City University

20th November 2013

Blowing the Whistle on Collaboration

26th November 2013

A great reception for our Paul G at the BCU/CQI conference on whistle-blowing, corruption and collaboration.  Speakers, below.

Collaborative Business Relationships

BS 11000 Starts the Journey to Become ISO 11000

21st November 2013

BSI has just announced that work to develop the new International Standard for Collaborative Business Relationships will commence in February 2014. BSI

Birmingham City University

20th November 2013

Blowing the Whistle on Collaboration

18th November 2013

Our Paul G will be speaking at a joint BCU/CQI conference.  The conference covers whistle-blowing, corruption and collaboration.  Hope to see you there.

Constructing Excellence

Friday 15th November

CE National Convention and Awards

16th November 2013

A great day out at the annual Convention and Awards at the Tower Hotel in London.

See the awards winners list at CE.

Constructing Excellence

Friday 15th November

CE National Convention  and Awards

12th November 2013

Hope to see you at the annual Convention and Awards at the Tower Hotel, in London, on Friday.

Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration
Chulalongkorn University

8th November 2013, Bangkok

Entering New Markets Through Collaboration?

11th November 2013

Great reception from the Exec MBA class for our introduction to collaborative business relationships with clients, competitors and supply-chains.

Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia

7th November 2013, Petaling Jaya

Partnering and BS 11000

8th November 2013

Excellent feedback for our first professional training modules, in Malaysia with the RISM, nurturing knowledge, motivation and skills for collaboration.

British Heart Foundation - London to Brighton Bike Ride

17th June 2013

THANK YOU - £1002 Raised

31st October 2013

Another big thank you to everyone who sponsored Team Greenwood to ride from London to Brighton for the British Heart Foundation this year.  We have just been told that we raised £1002 (not including Gift Aid) toward reducing the number-one cause of premature male death. More on our Social Responsibility page.

HSE UK

Industry H&S Statistics

31st October 2013

The UK Industry Health & Safety Statistics for 2012-2013 have been published by the UK Health and Safety Executive.  See HSE H&S Statistics.

Copies of 'all industry' reports and breakdowns of 'construction industry' statistics, are also available on our Knowledge page.

New ISO 37500 Outsourcing

Draft for Comment

4th October 2013

A new international standard, ISO 37500 'Guidance on Outsourcing', will be released shortly.

The draft ISO 37500:2013 is available for public consultation on BSI's Draft Review System (DRS).

You may submit comments on the draft via BSI's DRS 37500 - by end-October 2013.

Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia

7th November 2013, Petaling Jaya

Partnering and BS 11000 Training

18th September 2013

Places now available for our public training modules: 'Introduction to Partnering' and 'Building Successful Collaborative Business & Project Relationships', which is based upon BS 11000. Please book via the RISM website.

Moving from Partnered Projects 
to Collaborative Business Relationships?

BS 11000 - Link to PPC 2000

7th August 2013

See our recent presentation, to the ACA PPC/TPC Steering Group, which introduces BS 11000 'Collaborative Business Relationships' and shows its compatibility with the PPC/TPC series of contracts. SlideShare

Update to ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems

Draft for Comment

8th July 2013

ISO 9001 will be revised and re-issued in 2015. The 'committee draft' ISO/CD 9001:2015 is available for review on BSI's Draft Review System (DRS).

You may submit comments on the draft via BSI's DRS 9001 or via the CQI's SurveyMonkey - by early-August 2013.

British Heart Foundation London to Brighton Bike Ride

THANK YOU
... for Helping Us to Save Lives

17th June 2013

A big thank you to all our clients and colleagues who sponsored us to ride to Brighton this year. We will let you know how much we raised as soon as we are notified.

If you did not sponsor us - its not too late - just click justgiving.com

CQI Construction Conference

25th June 2013

Hope to see you at the Chartered Quality Institute Construction Special Interest Group (CQI ConSIG) Conference, hosted by Lend Lease, on 2nd July.

Constructing Excellence London & South-East Awards

Winners

13th June 2013

The winners of the Constructing Excellence London & South-East Awards were announced this evening at a gala dinner at Church House in Westminster. Details of the winning businesses and projects have been published by SECBE.  Brochure

CE London & SE Awards 2013
SECBE, 13th June 2013
Brochure showing the winners of the Constructing Excellence London & South-East Awards.
SECBE_CEL+SEAwards2013_20130613.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [6.2 MB]

British Heart Foundation London to Brighton Bike Ride

16th June 2013

Help Us Save Lives

20th May 2013

We will be riding to Brighton again this year, to help raise money and reduce the scourge the number-one cause of premature male death - it can kill women too!

Please sponsor our ride and help us save lives by donating at justgiving.com

BS 11000 Collaborative Business Relationships

Accredited Facilitator

17 May 2013

Our Managing Director, Paul Greenwood, has been accredited as a BS 11000 Facilitator by the Institute for Collaborative Working and the Institute for Leadership and Management.

RedR and Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust

AECOM 100 Cycle Ride

7th May 2013

We are taking part again in the annual AECOM 100 cycle ride, in Cambridge, on Sunday 12th May, which raises funds for RedR and Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust.  Please support their work at: justgiving.com/RedR and justgiving.com/ACT.

Housing Contractor

Business Development Services

22nd April 2013

We are now providing a range of business development services to an SME housing contractor.

Constructing Excellence in the SE

Awards Judge

18th April 2013

Our Managing Director, Paul Greenwood, is a judge for these robust and desirable awards. The winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner, at Church House, on 20th June.  Awards

BS PAS 91:2013

PQQ Standard Updated

12th April 2013

The updated publicly available specification 'Construction Pre-Qualification Questionnaires' PAS 91:2013, is now available for download, free of charge, from BSI.

London Constructing Excellence Club

Co-Opted Committee Member

5th March 2013

Our Paul Greenwood has been

co-opted as a member of the

Committee of the London

Constructing Excellence Club.

CIH South East Conference

28th February 2013

Hope to see you at the Chartered Institute of Housing South-East Conference, in Brighton, on 6th March.

CIH SE

EcoBuild

28th February 2013

Hope to see you at the EcoBuild exhibition/conference, at ExCeL, on 5th March.

EcoBuild

Operational Services Provider
Process Management Services

17th February 2013

We are now providing process management services, for a major property services project, to an operational services provider.

Ambassador for Excellence

22nd January 2013

We are proud to have been accepted as an Ambassador for Excellence by London Excellence. We are looking forward to learning from and contributing to the Excellence community.

London Excellence

Green for Growth

18th January 2013

Please join us in supporting the Building News GREEN FOR GROWTH campaign, that is trying to persuade the Government to stimulate green construction.  We are the 23rd company to support the campaign.

Please sign up: Green for Growth

Happy New Year

1st January 2013

Best wishes for a happy, decisive and prosperous New Year.  Our office re-opens on 3rd January.