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CONTENTS

1. ECI News
2. ECI Events - register online below
3. ECI Master Classes- register online below
4. Other Events/News - register online below
5. Publications - order online

Record number attend the Autumn Workshop day
Thirty-eight delegates from five countries attended the Autumn Workshops day held at the Sheraton, Heathrow on 17 November, the largest number in recent years. Delegates heard absorbing presentations on the Heathrow Terminal 5 agreement, the Construction Lean Improvement Programme and a spectacular presentation by Fagioli about some of its heavy-lifting feats, for example the lifting into place of the T5 control tower. Two research workshops also provided a source of lively debate. The workshop on Multicultural Team Working was led by Kristiaan Heinen, an ECI member, and that on Construction Futures was led by Chris Goodier of Loughborough University. Both will contribute to ongoing ECI research.

The workshops were preceded by a Board of Advisers meeting. Highlights of the meeting were the news that an agreement had been made with the US Construction Industry Institute (CII) setting up a steering committee to work jointly on the implications of globalisation, and that a new Europe-wide taskforce is being established to develop the ACTIVE principles. The meeting also agreed to streamline the committee structure of the Institute, and it heard that a new strategy is being planned for 2006 – 2010 to include an improved offer for members.

UK Master classes 2006
The new programme is now available on the ECI website at: http://www.eci-online.org/masclas.html. Please see below for news of new classes for 2006.

ECI ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2006
Date: 23 & 24 March 2006
Venue: Aula Conference Centre, Technical University of Delft, Netherlands
Theme: Global Construction 10 years on: adapting to change

An international panel of speakers will share their perspective on the main issues facing European construction over the next ten years.

Among them, Muhammed al Sharif of Aramco will speak about investment plans and Ed Wilson of CEL will describe the evolving Chinese market. Prof. dr Michael Abbott of UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education will speak about the empowerment of stakeholders on the Øresund Fixed Link and Joost P. van Lersel of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will show how other industries in Europe have adapted to change citing shipbuilding as an example.  

The full programme will shortly be available on the ECI website and will be published in a printed flyer to be circulated in the New Year. Delegate places are limited. We recommend that you register and book your accommodation as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

To register or for further information, please contact Anu Khandelwal at the ECI office on +44 (0)1509 228797 or visit the ECI website for further details in due course.

ACTIVE Awards 2006 – Closing date 31 Jan 2006
Following last year’s successful project management competition, the competition will run again in 2006.

Nominations are open to all ECI current member companies, including associate members, or to projects in which ECI members have had a significant involvement.

Entrants will be judged on the extent of application of ECI and ACTIVE Value Enhancing Practices (VEPs) as well as actual achieved performance.

Up to four awards will be made for projects which have been completed during the past year. The closing date for entries, which must be on an official entry form is 31 January 2006. Awards will be presented to the winners at the ECI Annual Conference in Delft, March 23 and 24 2006.

For further details about the ECI and ACTIVE VEPs, can be obtained from the ECI office by tel: +44 (0)1509 223526 or email: eci@lboro.ac.uk. Entry forms for the ACTIVE awards will be available soon.

Further details about the ECI and ACTIVE VEP's, can be obtained from the ECI office on +44 (0)1509 228797 or e-mail: eci@lboro.ac.uk. Entry forms for the ACTIVE awards will be available soon.

UK MASTER CLASSES - New for 2006

Managing Your Partnership Effectively - 9 Feb 2006
This class will study the behavioural strategies which form productive relationships. The tutor, Dr John Carlisle, advises major companies across the world on this issue.

Managing People on Projects - 7 November 2006
This class draws on the research for the recently published ECI Handbook “Managing People on Construction Projects”. It will focus on the cultivation of leadership and high-performing integrated project teams. The tutor, Stephen Weatherley, played a significant role in the Managing People task force and its handbook.

Global Safety - 23 November 2006
This class will examine the issues that affect safety in environments and cultures beyond European boundaries. The tutor, Prof Alistair Gibb, is Professor of Construction Engineering Management at Loughborough University, and plays a key role in ECI Health, Safety and Environment task force.

The full 2006 programme is now available on the ECI website at http://www.eci-online.org/masclas.html

For further information and to register for the above master classes please contact Anu Khandelwal at the ECI office on +44 (0) 1509 228797.

European Institute for Industrial Leadership December workshops:

MCE 3: Going Global – European Businesses Outside Europe
Date: 5 - 7 December
http://www.eiil.net/mambo/images/stories/Course%20Details/coursedetailsmce3.pdf
This three-day master class features inputs from leading European industry practitioners on how to undertake successful business in the global market. As well as gaining knowledge of the world’s larger, and emerging, trading blocks, participants will use the generic preparation frameworks to evaluate the effectiveness of preparation in building the necessary relationships to do business outside Europe.

HPL 70: Management by Projects
Date:14 - 15 December
http://www.eiil.net/mambo/images/stories//coursedetailshpl70.pdf
Increasingly Project Management techniques perfected in the construction industry are being applied to all manner of business change projects and programmes to beneficial effect. This workshop will look at the principles and practices of Project Management at a level with which all future leaders should be familiar.

LPG 4: Choosing the Game; an Industrial Marketing Foundation
Date: 19 - 21 December
http://www.eiil.net/mambo/images/stories/Course%20Details/CourseDetailsLPG4.pdf
The workshop will demonstrate that marketing planning must be carried out in the context of corporate and sector strategies and that the robustness of any strategy relies on it being grounded in the realities of the market.

All workshops will be held at the European Institute for Industrial Leadership, Chateau Latour de Freins. Tha chateau is situated in the forest surroundings of Uccle, about 20 mins from the centre of Brussels. For more information please visit www.eiil.net or to register for any of the above events please contact secretariat@eiil.net


Engineering Project Management Forum 10 - Current Project Management issues
It will cover a selection of very current project management topics: risk, governance, earned value, people and programme management. The unusual item this time is Hovercraft, celebrating 50 years, selected especially for our Mechanical hosts.  Can EPMF help it back to prominence?

Date: Thursday 8 December 2005
Timings: 9:00 - 16.45
Venue: Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London SW11 9JJ

For further information and to register for this event please visit the EPMF website or contact Steve Wake on telephone +44 (0)208 886 5594.

NEW PUBLICATIONS OUT NOW

Managing people on construction projects (2005)
ISBN 1 873844 61 1

This major new ECI publication will introduce a suite of practical techniques to underpin effective project teamwork, leadership and empowerment strategies. Essential for all those involved with managing teams.

This publication is now available to purchase from the ECI office at £40.00 to members and £60.00 to non-members.

Project development and definition handbook (2005)
ISBN 1 873844 61 1

Effective project definition is a cornerstone of good practice. Engineering and construction projects are important components of business investment processes. Unless projects are properly defined, their chances of success are slim, often posing a significant risk to the overall business.

This ECI manual, written by Chris Fox, will be an essential tool for clients, contractors, advisers and suppliers.

This publication is now available to purchase from the ECI office at £40.00 to members and £60.00 to non-members.

ECI Pricing system for piping works - version 2 (2005)
ISBN 1 873844 60 3

Since the initial publication in 2002, a number of owners, EPC contractors and construction contractors in our industry have applied the ECI Pricing System for Piping Works successfully on different types of project at various locations. Their contribution in providing comments and suggested improvements is highly appreciated and enabled the ECI Benelux Subcontracting Task Force to prepare this 'Revision 2005' of the system. In addition, a number of modifications were required to better support further automation of the execution work processes that interface with the system.

The system provides a structured approach designed to reduce bidding costs for owners and contractors alike, it includes a spreadsheet with multipliers on a CD-ROM, not a ready-made software package, but simple enough to integrate into any company's existing software.

This publication is now available to purchase from the ECI office at £40.00 to members and £60.00 to non-members.

A full list of publications available to purchase from ECI can be found on the publications page of the ECI website or contact Anu Khandelwal at the ECI office.

To learn more about the European Construction Institute (ECI), its members and work, please visit
the ECI website: http://www.eci-online.org/ or contact the ECI office on tel: +44 (0)1509 223526.