News Archive 2017
Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year
Our office will be closed from Friday 22nd December and will re‑open on Tuesday 2nd January 2018.
Constructing Excellence and the Carbon Trust
Hosting a Malaysian 'Green' Delegation
14th December 2017
We were delighted to be able to support Constructing Excellence and The Carbon Trust in welcoming senior officials of Malaysian Government Economic and Planning Unit (EPU), the Ministry of Works (JKR), Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTA), and the Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDBM) to the BRE Innovation Park, at Garston, today.
Constructing Excellence
UK Construction Industry Performance Report
21st November 2017
The annual UK Construction Industry Performance Report was launched at Bloomberg’s London HQ this morning.
The report, which is published by Glenigan in association with the Constructing Excellence, the CITB and BIS, covers data from projects in 2016.
Download the report at: https://www.glenigan.com/market_analysis/construction-kpi-report/
BSI SVS/1/4 Collaborative Business Relationships
Continued Development of the ISO 44001 Series
2nd November 2017
We were back at BSI today, feeding back the results of a hectic week in Stockholm, in September, to the UK 'mirror' committee, working on the development of the ISO 44001 series of standards and guides for collaborative business relationships.
Pinsent Masons
Collaborative Construction 2: "Now or Never?"
19th October 2017
International law firm Pinsent Masons, report that the construction industry is at risk of never seeing the benefits of collaboration if it doesn't commit to strategic change - now. Download the report from the PM website.
This is a successor to PM's report 'Collaborative Construction: More Myth Than Reality?', launched in June last year.
News Resumes
16th October 2017
Apologies for the break in communications over the last few weeks. We are now resuming normal service.
ISO TC286 Collaborative Business Relationships
Continued Development of the ISO 44001 Series
8th September 2017
We have just completed a hectic week in Stockholm, helping to further develop the ISO 44001 series of standards and guides for collaborative business relationships.
Although the main purpose of the meeting was the continued development of ISO 44002, the new guide, discussions also covered the development of a summary 'principles' document and a guide to collaboration for SMEs.
The ICW has already published a principles document, which may provide a basis for a similar ISO document, and the Italian delegation are keen to provide a framework for networks of SMEs that are common in innovative industrial sectors.
We have some significant work to do on all documents before it will be worth calling a plenary meeting. Thus, we expect the next Technical Committee to be held in late spring 2018 and, hopefully, in the far-east.
ISO TC286 Collaborative Business Relationships
Continued Development of the ISO 44000 Family
23rd August 2017
We are preparing for the next round of UK and ISO committee meetings that will continue the development of the ISO 44000 family - the standards and guides for managing collaborative business relationships.
The first work item is to review the comments from the international review of the working draft of ISO 44002 ‘… Guidelines on the Implementation of ISO 44001’.
ISO TC286 Collaborative Business Relationships
ISO 44002 Guide to Implementing ISO 44001
26th June 2017
ISO has just approved a New Work Item for the developmemt of a guide to the implementation of ISO 44001. The Guide will be based upon BS 11000-2, that was released earlier this month.
British Heart Foundation
18th June 2017
London to Brighton Bike Ride
Please Help ...
19th June 2017
On Sunday, we rode to Brighton, to help raise money and reduce the scourge of cardio-vascular disease!
Its not too late for you to help save lives by donating ...
ACA and ASG Launch
5th June 2017
The Term Alliance Contract
12th May 2017
The Association of Consulting Architects and will launch the new Term Alliance Contract (TAC-1) at King's College London on Monday 5th June. This is the second top level document in the new series of PPC family Alliance Contracts. See the ACA launch invitation.
We were pleased to be part of the consultation group that reviewed the first drafts of this family, that can be used to underpin collaborative business and project relationships, in August 2015.
British Heart Foundation
18th June 2017
London to Brighton Bike Ride
Please Help Us Again
2nd June 2017
We will be riding to Brighton again this year, to help raise money and reduce the scourge of cardio-vascular disease!
Please sponsor our ride and help us save lives by donating ...
RedR and EACH
Sunday 7th May 2017
AECOM 100 Cycle Ride
1st May 2016
We will be taking part again in the annual AECOM 100 cycle ride, in Cambridge, on Sunday 7th May. The ride raises funds for RedR and EACH (East Anglia's Children's Hospices). Please support their work at: justgiving.com/RedR and justgiving.com/EACH.
Institute for Collaborative Working
Promotion of Collaboration in Specialised Industry Sectors
20th April 2017
We held several meetings this week discussing experiences of collaboration and the use of BS 11000 in specialist industry sectors, on behalf of the Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW). We also explored opportunities to promote collaboration, as a business discipline, in Malaysia and Thailand and introduced the new international standard for ‘Collaborative Business Relationships …’ ISO 44001.
International Construction Week, Kuala Lumpur
Ecobuild South-East Asia Conference & Expo
12th April 2017
Our PaulG has been in Malaysia promoting collaboration, as a business discipline, and the new international standard ISO 44001 during International Construction Week. See the news on our MY twitter feed.
International Construction Week, Kuala Lumpur
Ecobuild South-East Asia Conference & Expo
12th April 2017
We were delighted that our Paul Greenwood provided a presentation, entitled ‘Creating Value Through International Collaboration - A Framework for Working Together in New Markets’.
The presentation raised the issues of market entry and the global success/failure of JVs and alliance, then explored collaboration and the ISO 44001 model.
The presentation proved to be timely, with the Minister of Works commenting on the export performance of Malaysian developers and contractors, and the Chief Executive of the Construction Industry Development Board commenting on the need for contractors to forge JVs in order to be able to undertake major infrastructure projects in the Region.
We were pleased that we had caught the mood of the occaision; this was reinforced by robust topical questions on collaboration as a discipline and on the the use of the new International Standard.
The Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia
International Construction Week 2017
10th April 2017
We had another highly informative and productive week at the CIDB Malaysia's International Construction Week in Kuala Lumpur. This week of conferences and seminars was held in parallel with UBM's Ecobuild South-East Asia. Most events were held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
ISO 44001 Collaborative Business Relationships
ISO Technical Committee Established
20th March 2017
We are delighted that the International Standards Organisation has formally established Technical Committee 286 (TC286) to continue the development of the standards and guides for collaborative business relationships (CBR).
BSI SVS 1/5 Group
BS 11000-2 Collaborative Business Relationships Part 2: Guide to Implementing ISO 44001
10th March 2017
A draft of the new guide to implementing ISO 44001 has been made available on the BSI Draft Review System. The draft is open for you to comment until mid-May 2017, at: https://drafts.bsigroup.com/home/details/59707
British Heart Foundation
London to Brighton Ride
18th June 2017
JOIN OUR TEAM?
13th February 2017
Team Greenwood is preparing for another epic BHF London to Brighton ride. Why not JOIN OUR TEAM? Its a fun day out helping to beat the scourge of cardio-vascular disease.
International Construction Week, Kuala Lumpur
Ecobuild South-East Asia Conference & Expo
31st January 2017
We are delighted that our Paul Greenwood has been invited to give a presentation on 'Creating Value Through International Collaboration', at the Ecobuild South East Asia Conference and Exhibition, in Kuala Lumpur, in April.
We will give you more details of the presentation and exact date/time as these are agreed with the exhibition/conference organisers.
Ecobuild SEA is part of the CIDB Malaysia's International Construction Week, 2017. See http://www.ecobuildsea.com/
Institute for Collaborative Working
ISO 44001 Collaborative Business Relationship Manament Systems - ICW Guide
30th January 2017
As the ISO Committee, PC 286, approaches publication of the new ISO 44001 ‘Collaborative Business Relationship Management Systems’, look out for the Institute for Collaborative Working's new guide to the Standard.
BSI SVS 1/5 Meeting
BS 11000-2 Collaborative Business Relationships Part 2: Guide to Implementing ISO 44001
27th January 2017
In July 2016, the UK Committee that was involved in the development of ISO 44001 identified the need for a guide to help businesses implement the new International Standard.
The first meeting of the reconstituted working group met on 2nd September 2016. The UK CBR Committee met again today, at BSI in London, and continued development of the new guide to implementing the new ISO 44001.
After half a dozen meetings, the new guide is in good shape and we are hoping that it will be ready for internal review by the end-February 2017 and public review by mid-March.
Have Fun, Get Fit, Save Lives
18th June 2017
Beat the Rush to Enter the BHF London to Brighton Ride
6th January 2017
If you would like to join the Greenwood Consultants’ team for the 2017 London to Brighton Bike Ride - and have a great day out with 24,998 others - please let us know by Friday 27th January 2017. We will send you an invitation link enabling you to join our team - before entries go public.
Here are event details:
• Sunday 18th June 2017
• Start: Clapham Common, London, 0600 onward
• Finish: Madeira Drive, Brighton, 1000 onward
• Entry Fee: £40.00 (Adult)
Places are limited – don’t miss it.
Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year
Our office re-opens on Tuesday 3rd January.
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