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Despite over 1,300 academic papers citing the benefits of modern methods of construction and five central government departments now adopting a presumption in favour of offsite, uptake of offsite solutions has been intermittent.

Why should this be?

To try and answer this question, commentators have sought to analyse the logic behind it, often to no avail.

To unlock this, Kier has sought to consider the illogical, applying behavioural science to understand the status quo and develop small practical steps forward that can create a big impact.

By exploring why human nature can be one of the biggest stumbling blocks to change,

The Choice Factory examines how it can be harnessed, by putting in place strategies to address these habits setting out a six-lever approach, with the aim of embedding the adoption of offsite manufacture.

In what is certain to be a popular and well attended

“the choice factory” seminarOFFSITE CONSTRUCTION - UPDATE

KIER’S JOHN HANDSCOMB TO PRESENT ‘APPLYING THE CHOICE FACTORY TO PRISON TRANSFORMATION’ DRAWN FROM KIER’S OFFSITE TRILOGY INITIATIVE, THE CHOICE FACTORY.

seminar, procurement lead for Kier Strategic Projects, John Handscomb, will be sharing innovation and best practice from The Choice Factory’s most recent application at the Ministry of Justice’s new prison development at Wellingborough, where Kier is driving a component-led approach, centred around integration and collaboration.

Thursday, 21st of Novemver, 2019, 12.00pm in Seminar Theatre 2 at The Offsite Construction Shpw 2019.

SHOW SEMINAR LISTINGSSeminar 1

Wednesday 20th November, 2019

10:45 - 11:15

An expert view on the UK economy

Speakers

Host: Joe Dyde, buildoffsite

Tom Hall, Barbour-abi

11:30 - 12:30

Residential Developers share their offsite experiences & expectations and prospects

Speakers

Host: Tom Eshelby, Buildoffsite Residential Hub Alun Macey, Pocket Living

Adam Challis, JLL Chris Spiceley, Places for People

For more detail on these sessions, go to: https://www.buildoffsite.com/events/day-1-at-the-offsite-construction-show/

13:00 - 14:00

Achieving design quality with offsiteSpeakers

Host: Nigel Ostime, Hawkins Brown Tom Kyle, Sheppard Robson

Andy Heath, BPTW Stephen Wilson, Stride Treglown

14:30 - 15:30

Delivering the new skills the industry needs

Speakers

Host: Nick Whitehouse, Buildoffsite Joanna Vezey, Laing O’Rourke Charles Naud, Action Sustainability

Declan McDonnell, Cadcoe Anne Nortcliffe, Canterbury University

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Seminar 1

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Thursday 21st November, 2019

10:45 - 11:15

Delivering radical change

Speakers

Host: Tim Carey, Buildoffsite Jade Lewis, CLC and Saint-Gobain Fergus Harradence, BEIS

11:30 - 12:30

A productivity revolution through smart manufacturing

Speakers

Host: Graham Cleland, Berkeley Homes James Smith, Majenta Royston Young, DASYS Colin Dixon, Berkeley Homes Fabien Crochetet, coBuilder

For more detail on these sessions, go to: https://www.buildoffsite.com/events/offsite-construction-show-day-2/

13:00 - 14:00

Achieving design quality with offsite

Speakers

Host: Nigel Ostime, Hawkins Brown Tom Kyle, Sheppard Robson Andy Heath, BPTW Stephen Wilson, Stride Treglown

14:30 - 15:30

Residential Developers share their offsite experiences & expectations and prospects

Speakers

Host: Tom Eshelby, Buildoffsite Residential Hub Alun Macey, Pocket Living Adam Challis, JLL

Chris Spiceley, Places for People

SHOW SEMINAR LISTINGS SHOW SEMINAR LISTINGSSeminar 2

Wednesday 20th November, 2019

11:00 - 11:30

11:45 - 12:15

Digital

Grows

UP

Chris

Gatehouse,

Trimble

13:15 - 14:00

Buildings that don’t cost the earth

Speaker Chris Williams,

Green

Life

Buildings

Speaker

Renovating for near zero energy buildings: the RenoZEB project

Speaker

Alex Rathmell, EnergyPro

14:15 - 15:00

Developments in Offsite Concrete TechnologySpeaker

Bernard Graham,

Creagh

Concrete

The offsite news november 2017

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SHOW SEMINAR LISTINGSSeminar 2

Thursday 21st November, 2019

10:00 - 10:45

11:35 - 12:15

Digital Grows UP

Speaker Chris Gatehouse, Trimble

12:00 - 13:00

Applying The Choice Factory to Prison

Speaker John Handscomb, Kier

14:15 - 15:00

Use of Calcium Nitrate as a Corrosion Inhibitor for Construction

Speaker Adam Reid, Yara

How to find Land Development Opportunities

Speaker Lloyd Girardi, Whitebox

10:50 - 11:25

To be confirmed

Speaker Details awaited, Evinox Energy

13:15 - 14:00

Innovative Steelwork Connections for Modular & Offsite Construction

Speaker Matt Taylor, Lindapter International

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SHOW WORKSHOP LISTINGS Workshop Zone -

Wednesday 20th November, 2019

10:30 - 11:15

13:00 - 14:00

Ensuring confidence in innovative house building

Speakers

Host: Nick Whitehouse, Buildoffsite Brian Minchin, Lloyds Register Terry Mundy, Lloyds Register

Jeff Maxted, BLP Marcus Fookes, First Start Homes

Delivering projects ahead of time and budget – Yes we can!

Speakers Keith Branwhite, Procter & Gamble

Damian Kelly, Graham Construction

11:30 - 12:30

Innovation in MEP – delivering customer value

Speakers

Host: Karen Shanks, Buildoffsite David Bradley, E+I Engineering Group Phil Henry, Polypipe Paul Hopps, Apex Wiring Mark Watkins, NG Bailey

14:35 - 15:30

Tall building masterclass

Speakers

Alex Hyams, Alinea Steve Watts, Alinea

For more detail on these sessions, go to: https://www.buildoffsite.com/events/day-1-at-the-offsite-construction-show/