NEWS In Brief
CONSTRUCTION STRUGGLING The UK construction industry saw almost no growth in September, according to the latest CIPS/Markit survey. The September CIPS construction index was 50.1, just above the 50 contraction/expansion line, and below analysts’ forecast for a 51.7 outturn. The September reading was down from 52.6 in August. But the survey did show construction employment rising for the first time in four months.
www.markiteconomics.co.uk
MODELLING SURVEY A survey of quantity surveyors and project managers has found that nearly a third have had some experience of building information modelling (BIM). But only 10% of QSs and 3% of managers are using BIM regularly. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), which published the survey, said further research is needed as part of the government’s proposal to require the use of BIM on certain projects by 2016. www.
rics.org
CARBON CAPTURE ‘FARCE’ Environmental group, the WWF, has attacked the government decision not to proceed with a carbon- capture and storage (CCS) test scheme in Longannet, Scotland. WWF said: ‘Almost four years after launching its funding competition, plans for carbon capture in the UK have descended into farce.’ The government said it was pursuing alternative projects.’
The UK Green Building Council-led body will target the UK construction and property sectors
Task group to combat industry ‘greenwash’
l New body aims to establish a framework for sustainability best practice
A new task force has been launched to create a comprehensive framework that recommends the best information and advice for ‘green buildings’. The UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC)
Green Building Guidance Task Group was created in response to the proliferation of information, tools, guidance, products and services around green buildings. The group aims to provide a
profitable, by directing businesses to tools and metrics that work and that are most relevant to their organisation, and allow benchmarking against peers. The Task Group, which has already met, is made
up of UKGBC members representing a broad spread of organisations from across the built environment sector. Paul King, chief executive of UKGBC, said: ‘Even
comprehensive framework for the construction and property sector that will signpost businesses to the most appropriate information and advice to help make their organisations sustainable. The group is due to report early in the New Year, and
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will explore issues such as how products and services can meaningfully be compared, what constitutes best practice in sustainability, and what evidence currently exists that provides a business case for organisations to become more sustainable. According to the UKGBC, its intention is to help combat ‘greenwash’ and to help make sustainability
‘ People looking to demonstrate good or best practice need practical, clear guidance’
for the most committed, the sustainability landscape can be confusing and sometimes overwhelming. People looking to demonstrate good or best practice – wherever they stand in the building lifecycle or supply chain – need practical and clear guidance, to help them embed sustainability in their business, and benchmark themselves against their peers.
‘The Green Building Guidance Task Group will
develop a framework populated with the most important targets, tools, metrics, and examples of best practice for each sector – as assessed by industry professionals for industry professionals.’
For more information visit:
www.ukgbc.org
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