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This meeting is open to all digital providers in the FIS as well as contractors and suppliers working to digitalise their activities.

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Welcome and introductions, Acting FIS Digital Construction Group Chair
Diane Tocco, Founder & BIM Consultant @ Diane Butterworth Ltd

Legislation: What is the Golden Thread?
George Stevenson, Chairman www.bim4housing.com  and Managing Director at ActivePlan Consulting Ltd

Overview new FIS Guide:  Introduction to the Golden Thread and Digital Information Plans
Iain McIlwee, CEO, Finishes and Interiors  Sector

Open Discussion on Key trends:  Digitalisation and challenges in the finishes and interiors sector.
How digitalisation is supporting Compliance, Productivity, Opportunity and Priorities, the opportunities and challenges

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Douglas Masterson, Technical Manager at the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers, will present this RIBA Approved CPD on a specifiers guide to door hardware which goes through all you need to know on specification of ironmongery.

This seminar covers what the term ironmongery means and the main points to consider when specifying door hardware. It will help you to understand the following topics:

• What ironmongery is and how to recognise the key terms in ironmongery
• The main considerations when specifying door hardware and how a hardware specification is put together, looking at correct application and appropriate standards
• How to find an architectural ironmonger and how to work effectively with them during the specification process
• How to avoid risks in the specification of door hardware

Douglas said: ‘Properly functioning hardware is, of course, critical to any property’s ongoing safety, security and accessibility. In addition, while architectural hardware typically comprises less than 2% of the cost of a new building, its impact on maintenance costs can be as much as 20% of the total budget’

FIS Technical Director Joe Cilia added ‘Its easy to assume that ironmongery is ironmongery, yet specifying the wrong hinges, closer or even locks can invalidate the whole door set leading to costly refit. This webinar helps everyone in the process from designer, estimator, installer and sales, to ensure you get it right first time.’  

More details on the guides is available at www.gai.org.uk/GAI/News/News-Items/2023/new-architectural-ironmongery-user-guides.aspx

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To help support its members and to provide protection before a formal contract is issued, FIS, with the support of expert legal advisors at law firm Anderson Strathern, has produced a Client Order and Guidance Note that reflects the legislative and regulatory landscape in recent times.

This webinar will be delivered by Karyn Watt, Partner and Anderson Strathern and will introduce the new Client Order and Guidance Note which has been developed for use in Scotland, England and Wales. It is based on common issues and concerns that members have raised and is backed up by expert helplines.

Karyn will be joined by Adjudicator Len Bunton who will focus on how these terms can support your own contract negotiations.

These new contracts will support FIS members working directly for clients and include a new and fresh set of standard terms that offer a fair share of risk and reflect the latest legislative and regulatory changes.

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Date: 5 June 2024

Location: Troldtekt Showroom, 45 St John Street, London EC1M 4AN

Time: 13:00 – 17:00

A meeting to discuss the ongoing work that FIS is undertaking and a chance to raise any concerns or issues that need to be considered or additional activities that will support improvement and help members address issues that they are currently facing in the market.

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Legislative updates

• Building Safety Act / UKCA marking / Economic Update

Key ongoing activities

• Competence / Best Practice Guides review / Reuse Hub / Ceiling Reuse / Training for estimators and procurement

Issues and future projects

• Reaction to fire (wall absorbers) / Survey and Market Data Requirements

Open forum

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Welcome
H&S Group Chair, David Cant, Veritas Consulting

An overview of data and comments from FIS H&S and Accident Survey
Iain McIlwee, FIS CEO (the FIS Annual Accident Survey can be completed here)

Reducing accidents associated with movement of plasterboard on pallets
Tony Bishop, BDL supported by Palletloop

Monitoring HAVS
Andrei Feraru, Feraru Dynamics

Open discussion, Introduced with a keynote presentation, Ross Turnbull, Hilti (Gt. Britain) Ltd
Key topics to include:

Mitigating muscular skeletal issues in the finishes and interiors sector
Reducing Exposure to Dust

The importance of CPR and access to defibrillators
Paul Latham, Encon/Nevill Long

Conclusions, actions and final questions/comments
If you would like to add anything  to the agenda, please email details to: iainmcilwee@thefis.org

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Save the date for our regional meeting in Scotland on 25 April. More details and information on how to book will be available soon.

Thanks to our Headline Sponsor

You are invited to join us at our specialist Industry Day for the home builders and high-rise residential sector on 30 May in Hemel Hempstead.

This event will look at the trends and prospects in the housebuilding and residential sector, the new compliance landscape and organisational competence and managing design responsibility. There will also be an opportunity to take a tour of the BSI testing facility.

10.00 Trends and prospects in the homebuilding residential sector – Keynote speaker: Rhodri Williams, Home Builders Federation 

10.30 Building regulation reform and the Building Safety Act: What we now know and understand, pinch points, challenges and learning outcomes – National House Building Council

11:30 Break

12.00 Getting to grips with competence and fulfilling your responsibility as a duty holder – Rob Hine, BSI

12.30 How are you managing the competence of your workforce – Beena Nana, FIS

13:00 Lunch and networking

13.30 Tour of BSI testing facility

14:15 Innovation – showcasing new products in the sector

14.30 Compliant fire stopping

15.00 Design issues – Matt Taylor, Taylor Design Consultancy

15.45 Using FIS resources – Joe Cilia, FIS

16.00 Close

The day is contractor focussed and designed to give you tangible outcomes to help you to start the process (or check that you are on the right track). We hope you can join us.

KEYNOTE: Rhodri Williams – Technical & Sustainability Director, Home Builders Federation
Rhodri Williams has worked in UK housebuilding for 25 years in a Technical capacity with various national housebuilders across Northamptonshire, South Wales, Bristol and the South West. Rhodri has worked alongside the HBF for over 20 years before joining the HBF formally in 2023 as Technical & Sustainability Director.

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CoTrain – Flexi-Job Apprenticeships allow you to train for short periods without the employment and training provider commitment

Mark Pope of Co-Train will present what Flexi Jobs Apprenticeships are and how they can provide support for host contractors, apprentices and showcase the benefits of using CoTrain

Key areas Mark will be covering are:

• Support for host contractors – Recruitment and ongoing HR support from the CoTrain team
• Support for Apprentices – Apprentices are direct CoTrain PAYE employees
• Benefits – CoTrain will take care of all HR, payroll, college, management – saving time and money!

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This one-hour webinar designed to help contractors and subcontractors improve their management of building contracts. A panel of experts from the CICV, and FIS CEO Iain McIlwee will give advice on a range of best practice, including tender qualifications, payment schedules, variations, retentions, contract amendments, fluctuations and conflict avoidance.

The session will also include a Q&A.

The webinar follows a CICV survey on cashflow and payments in the industry which can be downloaded here: bit.ly/CICV-paysurvey

The CICV also created a Best Practice Guide to address some of the issues raised in the survey, which can be dowloaded here: bit.ly/CICV-BPG

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You are invited to join us at our specialist Industry Day for the housebuilding and residential sector on 28 June in London.

This event will look at the trends and prospects in the housebuilding and residential sector, the new compliance landscape and managing quality and reducing re-work.

Market Overview and New Compliance Landscape

10.30 Trends and Prospects in the housebuilding residential sector – David O’Leary, Executive Director, Home Builders Federation

11.00 The Building Safety Act: The Changing Regulatory Landscape – Iain McIlwee, FIS Chief Executive

11:30 Break

11:45 Common issues in finishes and interiors and preparing for the Building Safety Act: Insights from an Inspector – Lewis Taylor, Technical Specialist Standards, Innovation and Research , NHBC

12:15 Managing Fire Safety in Drywall – Will Pitt,  Technical Leader – MEICA Systems, Laing O’Rourke Europe, Paul McSoley, Technical Compliance Director, MAC

13:00 Lunch

Quality, Productivity and Safety

13.30 Managing Quality: Introducing changes to BS8000-8 – Joe Cilia, FIS Technical Director

14:00 Reducing re-work and improving productivity (interactive session) (competence, preconstruction and procurement)

15.00 Unravelling the Golden Thread and aligning to CDM – Russell Smith, Director for London, Project Four Safety Solutions Ltd

The day is contractor focussed and designed to give you tangible outcomes to help you to start the process (or check that you are on the right track). We hope you can join us.

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This is Me – I am a Go Construct STEM Ambassador is a fantastic initiative created by STEMFirst, the STEM Ambassador Hub for Lancashire and Cumbria,  and endorsed across the UK by STEM Learning.

• Our amazing STEM Ambassadors have wonderful, inspirational stories to tell, however often struggle to know what schools want/how they can support young people.
• Teachers want STEM Ambassador support however ask us, who are the STEM Ambassadors and what can they do / which STEM fields are they from?

Via a 1 hour virtual training session, STEMFirst take STEM Ambassadors through how to prepare a simple, impactful and memorable two slide presentation to showcase who they are as a STEM Ambassador. This resource is personal to YOU, and once prepared will save you time, help develop your confidence and ability to get active , and can be used again and again.

STEMFirst will take you through slide content, key components for a punchy two minute talk and how to talk about yourself in a simple, impactful way. We will show you how you can easily get STEM-active and showcase your own story. We will then illustrate how to ‘OFFER’ these talks via the STEM Ambassador website and highlight why this is such a step change to the way previous STEM Ambassador support has been requested by schools and youth organisations.

The session will also:

• Showcase construction specific examples of other STEM Ambassadors ‘This is Me’ presentations
• Highlight how to use This is Me to support various STEM/Construction activity
• Give you chance to hear from other STEM Ambassadors who have put together this own ‘This is Me’ talks and used them
• Ask questions

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Reducing the waste generated by the fit out process from both the removal of products/components and the installation is one of the key challenges the construction sector has to address if we are to achieve net zero carbon targets and a reduction in waste. Fit-outs are often carried out under strict time pressures which frequently means that opportunities to reuse or recycle materials are not taken, and which can lead to a substantial increase in carbon footprint.

The LINK project, funded by Innovate UK, has the aim of dramatically reducing the amount of waste produced by fit-outs by using artificial intelligence and machine learning to rapidly identify materials and products for reuse, and connect those who wish to dispose of materials to those who wish to use them, keeping these materials in circulation, a key facet of the circular economy. It aims to develop a rapid listing mobile app, and engage with all parts of the supply chain to revolutionise reuse in fit-outs, and ultimately for construction as a whole.

This event is the first of a series of industry workshops for the project and seeks to engage with stakeholders from across the fit-out and interiors sector. We will explore some of the challenges and opportunities provided by digital technology and aim to identify the key drivers and critical success factors in developing technology which enables reuse to become the norm, rather than the exception. The event is open to designers, clients, manufacturers, contractors and all those involved with promoting and encouraging reuse, and those who simply want to find out more.

Registration is free and the programme details are below:

2pm Introduction and Welcome

Sustainability for Finishes and Interiors
Iain Mcilwee, CEO / Flavie Lowres, Sustainability Champion – Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS)

Avoiding Waste in the Fit-Out Process
Dr Katherine Adams, Technical Director – Reusefully

Specifying Reused Products – the Vision
Rachel Hoolahan, Associate – Orms

Introduction to the LINK project – using AI to revolutionise reuse
Prof Hafiz Alaka, Director, Big Data Tech and Innovation Lab – University of Hertfordshire

Discussion Group 1
What are the key information needs to facilitate reuse in fit-outs?

Discussion Group 2
Who is going to drive this and how?

Summary Session and Discussion
Key points from the discussions

3.30pm – Close and Next Steps

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Agenda

1. Update of FIS activities, Building Safety Act, Competency Management, Sustainability
2. Removal of Mouldy Plaster Board and other safety issues during strip out
3. Pallet Trucks, Banksmen and placement of dunnage
4. Round table points and activities
5. Any other business (Please notify George Swann in advance)