Events

CKE Masterclass

Wednesday 23rd September 2009, Innovation Forum

CKE Masterclass: Sustainability, the Environment & Green Issues for Managers of Projects

23rd - 24th July 2009
Innovation Forum
Salford University Business Park
Frederick Road
Salford M6 6FP

This is a two day, intensive, participative course for managers of projects who have specific interests or responsibilities for sustainability, the environment and green issues.

This course will explore the opportunities and obligations of managers at every step of the project cycle: from establishing the client customers’ ethos on such matters in context, through interpretation in briefs, application in team selections, strategy options, design solutions, procurement, into delivery stages and on to end user briefings and debriefings – with potential pitfalls and difficulties along the way. We will look at the issues of layering of upward and downward greening of products, projects, frameworks, supply chains and communities.

This course will include a variety of presentations, group activities, discussions on interpretations and practicalities, an external excursion, guest speakers, opportunities for networking and social exchange. It will be intensive, entertaining, demanding, educational and all in two days!
Delegates will leave with a range of ideas, tips, techniques, and sources which will enable them to provide valuable MANAGEMENT to these vital issues.

The course will be delivered by:
Prof. Tom Taylor, Vice-President APM

The course leader is Tom Taylor, Visiting Professor at Salford University, principal of dashdot, founding partner of BuroFour, Vice President of the Association of Project Management. Tom is an experienced project manager who for a number of years has researched and promoted the role of project managers in sustainability. He is also a consultant, advisor, speaker, lecturer, broadcaster and author.

Prof. Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn, Visiting Professor

Tom will be support by Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn, a visiting professor in the Salford Business School with experience across a range of industries and projects. He has recently been involved in the design and delivery of the modular MSc in Construction Management which promoted the publication of his second book ‘Risk and Financial Management in Construction’ earlier this year.

Course Content
> Introduction and welcome
> Scene setting
> Briefs and statements of requirements
> Team selections - past, present, future
> Benefits, bottom lines and life cycles
> Benchmarking and measurement
> Standards and regulations
> Reflection in design
> Incorporation in specifications
> Project sequencing
> Off site aspects
> On site delivery
> On and after completion
> Conclusions and departures

Registration

For further information on the course and how to book here or visit; here

For more information on this short course contact Hazel Palmer via email h.m.palmer@salford.ac.uk or telephone 0161 295 5944.