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Tag Archives: LCBPC
Lancashire: Green Deal, BIM, Green Building and Social Media events
Hi, here is a quick update of Lancashire Construction Best Practice Club related events in the NW region over the coming months which may be of interest: Green Deal: If you have been following the news you will have seen that … Continue reading
#Greendeal and the @LCBPC balanced view
The following great article written by David at DIEMLtd appeared on his blog (well worth reading, liking and subscribing to by the way) The impending Green Deal is really whipping some people up into a frenzy, but I’ve been here … Continue reading
Green Deal Thoughts: Is green deal missing the behaviour measure?
Could Green Deal fail it its core objective of reducing CO2? Green Deal is a necessary and welcome approach to funding improvement to our built environment fabric, increasing the use of renewable energy, and importantly providing structure to eco-fit work … Continue reading
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Tagged benchmarking, co2, energy, energy effecient, Green Deal, greendeal, iphone, LCBPC, Pachube, strava
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Green Deal November
*Updated 11/11/11* Seems Green Deal is high on my agenda for November! Here is a round up on ‘happenings’ and events: On the 2nd I attended an interesting Green Skills in construction event hosted by teh Guardian. I blogged here on the Great … Continue reading
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Tagged be2camp, BIM, Green Deal, GVis2011, LCBPC
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best practice procurement and support
The Lancashire BPC event last Thursday saw a good number of organisations exhibiting and discussing procurement and support issues with around 70 delegates. The objective of the day was to allow organisations in the Lancashire area to showcase their procurement … Continue reading
Posted in best practice, comment, events, procurement, sustainability, web2.0, women in construction
Tagged ACCROS, Bid to Win, bidding, BSRIA, footprintfriends, LCBPC, sustainable stars
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free event – best practice procurement and support
UCLAN will host the free Lancashire Best Practice Clubs event this Thursday 10th July. Visitors to the event will be able to discuss with their clients and supply chain what elements of best practice in todays construction industry are important … Continue reading
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 →