CIBSE NEWS


Tel: 020 8675 5211 | Fax: 020 8675 5449 | Email: secretary@cibse.org President: Andy Ford CEng FCIBSE BSc Eng | Chief executive: Stephen Matthews


Procurement strategy aimed at cutting costs


A government construction procurement strategy is aiming to cut costs by up to 20% by the end of this parliament, in an effort to stimulate growth. Accordingly a new government construction board, chaired by Paul Morrell, chief construction adviser, will be established to co-ordinate and lead construction and infrastructure procurement. The strategy renews the commitment to publish forward spending plans, to give industry advance notice of workload, and to ensure that government procurement is consistently served by a high level of skills across the whole programme. It commits government to benchmark costs to ensure value for money, and to reduce waste and improve efficiency. Building information modelling (BIM) will be required across government to deliver project and asset information, data and documents electronically by 2016. A staged plan, with milestones, will be published and updated annually to show measurable progress. Government sees the


introduction of BIM as a means to enable alternative design proposals to be evaluated with comparative ease, and to allow projects to be modelled in three dimensions to eliminate co-ordination errors and subsequent expensive changes, among other benefits.


Diary date


Summertime heating in buildings and the built environment conference


l 21 July 2011, London www.cibsetraining.co.uk


YEN’s cruise to inspire


l Young Engineers Network call to help promote maths and science subjects


Seventy CIBSE young engineers gathered aboard a boat on the Thames to find out more about the STEM Ambassador Scheme. The scheme calls on volunteers to use their


skills and experience to act as ‘ambassadors’ to inspire young people – helping them to see STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) and careers with a fresh perspective and engage their interest and imagination. Speaking at the May event, Nicola


real-world context for learning. Students are often not aware of how important subjects like maths and science are to their career prospects, and we are always looking for enthusiastic engineers who can help show students how to use their skills.’ Karen Settle, from the YEN London centre, spoke


Kane from YEN London, said: ‘YEN is committed to working with youngsters. The STEM Ambassadors Scheme is an excellent gateway to realise this.’ Also speaking on the night, Vickie Bazalgette,


London manager for STEMNET, said: ‘STEM Ambassadors can make a difference to young people’s future by helping teachers to provide


‘ Students are often not aware of how important subjects like maths and science are to their career prospects’


of her own experience of being a STEM Ambassador, and explained that through this role she can inspire young people. She added: ‘Share with them your passion for the industry and the important role that engineers of the future will need to play in making a real difference.’ The event, which was sponsored


by Ruskin Air Management and Elta Fans, was a huge success, with 22 potential new Ambassadors signed up to the scheme.


For more information about the scheme, visit


www.stemnet.org.uk For more information about YEN and their events, visit www.cibse.org/yen l London YEN had a presence at the London and South East Big Bang Fair in June. For more information email k.settle@cundall.com


Have plans, will travel Anderson


Barcellos... winner


Congratulations to Anderson Barcellos, winner of the Ken Dale Travel Bursary 2011. The bursary is open to CIBSE


members in the developmental stage of their career, and makes an award of between £1,500 and £4,000 for the winner to research an aspect of building services outside their home country. Barcellos plans to travel to


China and Japan with his bursary to research ‘Building for the


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future: How China and Japan are implementing energy efficiency towards their building industry’. He plans to spend two weeks


in each country visiting offices to see what steps are taken in the design process to achieve energy efficiency. His trip is planned for the summer, and he will report back to council later in the year. For more information about


the Ken Dale Travel Bursary, visit www.cibse.org/awards


Industry needs young talent


More young people need to enter the industry if it is to meet the challenges ahead, said incoming CIBSE president Andy Ford during his presidential address (see interview, p26). He said industry needs to


evolve to combat issues like climate change and energy resource pressure: ‘Being a building engineer is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference and to shape a new integrated industry. We need your brains here to create this new industry.’ He also emphasised the need


for mutual respect, stating: ‘We must respect the wisdom and knowledge accumulated by years in the industry. But we must also respect the new knowledge and research acquired by our graduates. Put the two together and we have a powerful team.’ His full address can be seen at


www.cibse.org www.cibsejournal.com


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