Welcome to this week’s e-news.

I hope you all enjoyed your bank holiday weekend and for those of you who have been off for the half term break. I certainly made the most of it!

This week has been pretty busy in the CENE office putting the finishing touches to the CENE Awards and we are now counting down the days until the ceremony. With only 8 days left before the awards please contact Leanne as soon as possible if for any reason you haven’t received your electronic tickets, menu and wine list.

This morning we supported the NAWIC North East Wildlife in Construction: Issues and Implications event at Hardwick Hall Hotel. We heard from E3 Ecology, Durham County Council and Durham Bat Group on the different types of surveys to be carried out, how to conduct them and issues on surrounding sites. I would like to thank all the speakers for their enjoyable presentations and an interesting insight into this subject matter.

This evening G4C North East are holding ‘Managing Construction Contracts – A Lawyers Guide’ with Stephen McLellan, Associate from DAC Beachcroft at their offices in Newcastle. Stephen will be holding two further seminars in June and July covering different aspects of construction contracts and details of those are below.

I will then be attending MDA Consulting 65^th Celebration and would like to thank them for their kind invitation.

Tomorrow is the First Friday Club in association with Watson Burton LLP being held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. There are still places available so if you haven’t yet registered please see below for the link on how to reserve your space.

We would like to welcome Aptus Shopfitting and AB Heritage who have both recently joined the North East Club and look forward to seeing them at our forthcoming events.

Best wishes

Catriona

First Friday Club
 

Date: Friday 3rd June 2016
Time: 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Cost: Free

Watson Burton and Constructing Excellence in the North East would like to invite you First Friday Club on Friday 3rd June 2016. The leading networking event for construction, architectural and built environment professionals in the North East, First Friday Club gives you the opportunity to catch up in an informal environment with others in the industry.

The event will be held at The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3SA.The event will take place in the restaurant area and light refreshments will be provided.

Watson Burton is sponsoring this First Friday Club. Partner David Spires will be welcoming you to the event and saying a few words on behalf of Watson Burton and the Construction team.

To book for this event please go to https://www.watsonburton.com/knowledge/article.cfm?ARTICLEID=2302

NE Referendum – Opportunities for the Young Professionals

Date: 13^th June 2016
Time: 17:30 to 19:00
Venue: Cooper's Studios - 14-18 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3NN

We welcome Ross Smith, Director of Policy, NECC to chair the event which will also include a question and answer panellist discussion between 'Stronger In' and 'Vote leave take control' representatives.

Alongside a valuable networking opportunity and questions from the floor, this event aims to fully inform and engage with north east young professionals ahead of the EU Referendum vote on the 23 June.

Asset Management

Date: 23^rd June 2016
Time: 8.30am – 11.30am
Venue: Offices of Ward Hadaway, Newcastle upon Tyne
Cost: Free to CENE Club Members, £40+VAT Non Members
(Cancellation policy is within 48 hours notice)

Constructing Excellence in the North East Club are delighted to be working with our Constructing Excellence Asset Management Group in delivering you this half day seminar surrounding Asset and Facilities Management on a construction project.

Some say the single most damaging mistake in industry today is the common practice of overlooking asset management concepts during the design, construction and start-up of major new facilities. The global cost of this poor management practice is truly astronomical. New facilities experience excessive unplanned downtime, resulting in excessive costs and loss of critical production due to quality and quantity issues. These losses can be avoided by implementing proper business processes and good operational planning prior to facility start-up.

But, where do we start? Operating practices? Maintenance practices? Design?

At this seminar we will hear from:
- Tom Cudmore of the Constructing Excellence Asset Management Group. In February Constructing Excellence joined Whole Life Plus (WLP+), a project which has secured Innovate UK and EPSRC funding to research how building performance can be improved to enhance worker productivity and well-being to create happier, healthier and more productive workplaces. Tom Cudmore from LCMB will talk about the details of the WLP+ project and share the initial research findings from the first quarter, which has looked at the impact of different environmental changes on workplace performance

- Michael Anderson of Esh Facilities
- Richard Farrey of Silverstone Building Consultancy

If you wish to register for this event please contact Leanne McAngus on 0191 5007880 or leanne@cene.org.uk

'Non-Performance – liability, making good defects and excuses/exclusions for non-performance"

Date: Tuesday 5^th July 2016
Time: 8.00am – 9.30am
Venue: Offices of DAC Beachcroft LLP, Newcastle upon Tyne
Cost: : £15+VAT CENE Members / £30+VAT Non Members
(Cancellation policy is within 48 hours notice)

DAC Beachcroft in conjunction with Constructing Excellence in the North East will be offering a series of Breakfast Seminars during 2016. Each seminar will cover a subject or subjects as part of the overall theme of "Construction Law – key issues for commercial managers".

The seminars will take place at DAC Beachcroft’s Newcastle office and this one is entitled 'Non-Performance – liability, making good defects and excuses/exclusions for non-performance’. 
 

This will cover:-

• Quality and fitness of materials / Quality and fitness of workmanship
• Reasonable fitness for habitation / Liability for design (to client)
• Liability for design (to third parties) / Defects Liability Period
• Duty to Mitigate / Excluding Liability & Insurance

To register please contact Lauren Proctor on 0191 5007880 or lauren@cene.org.uk