The Assynt Water Treatment Works team receives an 'Excellent' CEEQUAL award.

CEEQUAL International to be launched in January

Development of the International Version of CEEQUAL has progressed very well, and we are planning its launch in January 2011. We will send a round-robin email announcing the launch, explaining how CEEQUAL International will be operated, how to acquire a copy, and how training will be arranged.

Launch event and Awards Dinner at the ICE on 14th March 2011

Monday 14th March has been confirmed as the date for the launch of the CEEQUAL Term Contracts Version for maintenance and multiple small works framework contracts. The event will also include a presentation on CEEQUAL International following its launch in January.

The launch event will be at the Institution of Civil Engineers, and be followed by CEEQUAL’s first ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Awards’ dinner (see below for more details on these new awards). The provisional programme is as follows:

16.40–18.00: Seminar launching CEEQUAL for Term Contracts and presentation about CEEQUAL International
18.30: Drinks reception followed by dinner and presentation of ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Awards.

Booking forms for the event will be circulated within the next few weeks. Please note the date in your diaries now.

CEEQUAL Outstanding Achievement Awards

For some time, we have been exploring ways to extend the benefits to CEEQUAL and to assessment users through adding extra awards to our standard end-of-project certificates. In particular, we wanted to recognise outstanding achievements in each section of the assessment question set, whatever the overall score achieved.

As a result of this we have decided to introduce ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Awards for project teams that have demonstrated pinnacle best-practice performance in any of the twelve sections of their CEEQUAL assessment.

Assessors who have completed a Whole Project, Design & Build or Construction-only Award since the start of 2007 will shortly be invited to nominate their projects for one or more ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Awards. Verifiers too will be asked to nominate projects they have verified if they feel the project warrants it. Deadline for submissions will be noon on 10th January 2011.

A panel of our most experienced Verifiers and TAG members will then judge the nominations with the CEEQUAL Technical Manager, and the first winners will be announced at the drinks reception and dinner at the ICE on 14th March.

So, the next step will be an invitation soon to Verifiers and qualifying Assessors and we look forward to further celebration of excellent practice next March.

Are you interested in becoming a CEEQUAL Verifier?

The increasing uptake of CEEQUAL has prompted us to start our process for adding to the cohort of CEEQUAL Verifiers. To qualify, Assessors need to have completed a full CEEQUAL assessment (i.e. not an Interim Award).

If you have already, or are expecting to have an assessment verified by the end of February 2011, and are interested in becoming a Verifier, please as a first step register your interest with Charlotte Taylor at Ian Nicholson’s office. We will then send you details in the new year of the full entry requirements and the Verifier training process.

Growing international interest in CEEQUAL

In October and November, CEEQUAL Chief Executive Roger Venables attended a series of meetings and conferences in the USA, Australia and Argentina. The trigger for the trip was the development of sustainability rating systems for civil engineering projects, and collaboration was high on the agenda at these meetings.

The trip involved annual meetings and conferences of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Australian Green Infrastructure Council (AGIC) and a number of related meetings around these. Read more…

A page has been added to the CEEQUAL website highlighting our relationship with collaborating organisations in the UK and worldwide.

CEEQUAL Awards presented to two Water Treatment Works in Scotland

The Assynt Water Treatment Works construction team from Morrison Enpure Joint Venture was presented with its CEEQUAL Award at the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) Annual Dinner in Inverness on 5th November. The project was assessed as a Construction-only Award and achieved a CEEQUAL ‘Excellent’ at 88.4%. The Awards were presented by Chris Jackson immediate Past President of the CIHT.

On Tuesday 23rd November, the Glencorse Water Treatment Works project team was presented with its ‘Excellent’ CEEQUAL Interim Client & Outline Design Award. The Scottish Water project, designed by Black & Veatch with ERM and BDP, achieved a score of 83.5% in the CEEQUAL assessment. The Award was presented by ICE President Peter Hansford at the ICE Edinburgh Area Branch Annual Dinner in Edinburgh.

Assessor Training Course programme for 2011 and introduction of mentoring

Building on our experience over recent years, the Board has agreed to introduce a new element to the training process for CEEQUAL Assessors.

In addition to the two-day training course, we are introducing a ‘Part 2’ to the training in the form of five hours personalised mentoring by Verifiers during an Assessor’s first assessment. This will enable the learning from the two-day course to be applied consistently on that first Assessment, thus minimising the time the assessment takes and maximising the value to the project team.

The mentoring will commence with an extended scoping-out meeting to ensure Assessors are confident in what they need to do. Beyond this the remaining hours can be used flexibly to ensure that the Assessor receives the most appropriate support.

This mentoring will be a requirement for Assessors from the first course in 2011, but will also be available as an option for all other Assessors who have not yet undertaken their first assessment. In addition, the two-day training course remains available to anyone who does not plan to assess projects but who needs a detailed awareness of how CEEQUAL works and the benefits that can accrue from its use.

The price of the two-day course has been held at £795 + VAT for 2011, with the new additional ‘Part 2’ mentoring priced at £600 (+VAT).

Dates for the first four CEEQUAL Assessor Training Courses in 2011 have just been announced. Booking forms for all these are now available on the CEEQUAL website.

• January 25th & 26th – London
  
• February 16th & 17th – Exeter
  
• March 22nd & 23rd – London
• April 12th & 13th - location/venue to be decided
  

Excellent Award for Derry City Centre Public Realm project

Do you write a blog or have a relevant article about CEEQUAL on your website? Please send its URL to Betti Moser and maybe we can include it in one of our next e-newsletters.

East End Community Transport Improvements Scheme
Design Only Award - Excellent
Design: Plymouth Transport and Highways (Amey Consulting)

M25 DBO
Interim client and Outline Design Award - Very Good & Excellent
Client: Connect Plus / Highways Agency
Designers: Atkins, Gifford and WSP
Contractor: Skanska and Balfour Beatty Joint Venture

Glencorse Water Treatment Works
Interim Client and Outline Design Award - Excellent
Client: Scottish Water
Design: Black and Veatch, ERM, BDP
Construction: Black and Veatch

Extension to the Granville Industrial Estate, Dungannon
Construction Only Award - Excellent
Main Contractor: PT McWilliams Ltd

A45/46 Tollbar End Improvement
Interim Client and Outline Design Award - Excellent
Client: Highways Agency
Client Supervisor: Arup
Contractor: Morrison Construction
Contractor’s Designer: Hyder Consulting

Ayssnt Water Treatment Works
Construction Only Award - Excellent
Client / Design: Scottish Water Solutions
Design / Construction: Morrison & Enpure Joint Venture

CEEQUAL Assessor Training Courses

8 & 9 December 2010, Birmingham

25 & 26 January 2011, London

16 & 17 February 2011, Exeter

22 & 23 March 2011, London

12 & 13 April 2011, location TBC

Seminars

CEEQUAL Development Agenda & Update Seminar with Awards Presentations
8 December 2010, Belfast

Click here to see all forthcoming CEEQUAL events and training.