8 April 2009 | Luca Del Buono

 

This key 2-day global summit at the Business Design Centre, London, aims to develop win-win strategies throughout the construction industry, to improve profit, enhance competitiveness and manage environmental risk.

The event hopes to define what sustainability means today (in terms of clients and their responsibilities) and to deliver tangible benefits to the triple bottom line.

The summit will bring together leading project developers and industry partners in various sectors and regions such as, Governmental Agencies, Commercial, Transportation, Energy and Utilities, Environment, Middle East, China and USA.

Amongst others, key speakers include Shri D S Sachdev, Director General CPWD from the Government of India; Nirmal Kotecha, Head of Major Projects at Highways Agency; Mark Sowter, Head of Environmental Construction at Tesco and Dan Epstein, Head of Sustainable Development and Regeneration for the Olympic Delivery Authority.

Attendants will be able to engage, network and build relationships with clients, contractors, sub-contractors and raw material supplies to work towards critical financial and environmental goals: working together to find solutions to the current economic crisis.

This is the first event from a client and supply chain perspective that works to demonstrate how to make sustainability happen, on the ground, in a way that links it to making and saving money

Engaging supply chain partners on aligning sustainability with cutting costs & engineering efficiency gains and developing standards and measurements for construction raw materials

A key feature of the event will be its regular Round Table Sessions which draw upon the expertise of major infrastructure developers, bringing together all parts of the global construction supply chain.

As a result, by joining these sessions you will be able to expedite the process by which you can locate specific expertise and materials and find the right solutions for you.

Obtaining better quality materials with a narrower embodied carbon, and a higher recycled content is a key challenge for the industry to help drive down waste reductions and enable the more efficient use of materials.

In the roundtable sessions on 'Life Cycle Assessment of Construction Raw Materials', contractors and subcontractors in the supply chain together can develop standards and measurements, (including embedded carbon measurement) for the following raw materials: concrete, steel, cement, timber, plastics, recycled materials, aggregates, plasterboard and chemicals.

Summary Of The Summit Benefits:- Learn From Early Adopters With Practical Experience Of Orchestrating Win/Win Partnerships

• Clearly Define Sustainability And Link It To Making Money In An Economic Downturn
• Successfully Communicate The Key Sustainable Business Drivers All The Way Through To The End Of The Supply Chain
• Implement Materials Usage Efficiencies And Waste Reductions On The Ground
• Re-Think The Entire Life Cycle Of A Construction Project
• Demonstrate How The Triple Bottom Line Can Be Profitable And Look At Reductions In Carbon, Waste, Water And Energy Usage In Key Infrastructure Development Projects

You will see from the agenda that this is not another conceptual green event preaching theories and re-stating problems.

The value proposition for this event is all about the actual practical solutions for implementing precise, properly defined, sustainable development concepts on the ground.

To book or for more details, please visit the website or call Emma Bown on 0208 920 1400

Source: Press Release

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