martin brown
Improvement advocate in the built environment with a passion for social media, wildness, music, mountains, walking, cycling, astronomy, geostuff, outdoor, inspirations, dark skies, connectivity, edge of chaos, improvement, natural environment, CSR, built environment, virtual worlds, resilience, community enterprise ... and more
Tag Archives: construction
PAS91: Update for LCBPC
Although we still await the revision to PAS91 that will align it with the Government Construction Strategy, PAS91 was included in the Lancashire Construction Best Practice Club event looking at winning work, reducing costs and adding value through adapting the … Continue reading
Social media in construction – whats happening?
Towards the end of last year the Construction Marketing Association conducted a US national survey of construction professionals regarding their use of social media. Of note is that 90% of those surveyed used social media, and of those 91% managed social … Continue reading
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Tagged be2camp, built environment, business, construction, social media, Social Media Construction
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Construction Localism – how do you compare against benchmark?
Construction ‘localism’ is currently high on the agenda. And set to grow in importance. There is, rightly, much talk and focus on localism within construction projects and frameworks at the moment, based on the principle of keeping project spend local. … Continue reading
Posted in carbon, procurement, sustainability
Tagged benchmark, benchmarking, built environment improvement, carbon emission, constructco2, construction, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, environment, fairsnape, footprint, frameworks, localism, Route to Zero, Social Media Construction, sustainability, sustainable construction
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Have we picked the low hanging fruit of Sustainable Construction?
The mid 90′s saw my first involvement with sustainable construction, as Business Improvement Manager, setting up strategy and awareness programmes for Mowlem Construction, driven it should be noted to address client bid requirements in PFI and Prime Contracting. At that … Continue reading
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Tagged #GVisChat, accommodationalist, circular economy, climate, collaborative working, construction, CSR, environment, green build, Green Vision, Healthy Product Declaration Standard, ISO 14001, Living Building Challenge, mindfulness, Route to Zero, sustainability, sustainability policy, zero
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Water Energy Nexus – a built environment mindfulness
As a lead-up to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, January 13-17, Masdar is sponsoring a blogging contest called “Engage: The Water-Energy Nexus.” The winner will be invited to Abu Dhabi as VIP media to cover the week’s high-profile events. The following … Continue reading
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Tagged built environment, CIRS, construction, energy, Living Building Challenge, Masdar, mindfulness, water, water energy nexus
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The world may not be ending today, but does the construction industry continue to waste as though there is no tomorrow?
OK, not all construction and indeed we have many exemplar, near-zero-waste construction projects , yet the industry continues to be wasteful, locked into a Take, Make, Waste attitude that contributes 40% of all waste. The last few weeks of Green Vision activity have highlighted … Continue reading
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Tagged circular economy, construction, construction projects, cornucopian, cradle to cradle, Green Vision, landfill, near-zero-waste, waste
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3 R’s for rethinking built environment sustainability
Its over ten years since rethinking construction became the driving force for improving the construction industry. Back then, in 1998, sustainability wasn’t on the agenda for many construction organisations, and didnt feature in Egans influential report. Now at the close of … Continue reading
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Tagged #Givschat, benchmarking, benchmarkwalks, circular economy, connecting with nature, construction, cradle to cradle, deep green thinking, design, designing out landfill, Earth2.0, Green Vision, GVis2012, Healthy Products Standard, Interface, Living Building Challenge, Living Building Challenge UK Collaborative, natural capital, nature, One Planet Living, Patagonia, Re-Connect, re-design, Re-Kindle, resilience, rethinking construction, sustainability, toxic materials
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UK’s first Best Practice Benchmarking Awards 2012
It was a real pleasure to sit on the judging panel for the UK’s first Best Practice Benchmarking Awards 2012, devised by the UK Benchmarking Institute in conjunction with The Best Practice Club and Ideas UK at the 2012 Ideas UK Conference … Continue reading
Construction Carbon Cost and Risk Management
Having effective scenario planning in place within a construction business is essential to developing effective forward looking strategies that protect the business into the future and provide resilience against change. One of our current uncertainties is related to the price … Continue reading
Sustainable futures require collective power of unconventional partnerships
Early today I came across this excellent quote* from Hannah Jones, Nike’s global head of sustainability and innovation: “We believe that the innovations required to create the future won’t come from a single source. Not from science. Not from … Continue reading →