Cordially invite you to attend Public Lecture organised by CIB MENA on “Improving the construction industry of the GCC” By Don Ward Chief Executive, Construction Excellence Date: Monday 25th May 2015 Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm Venue: The British University in Dubai (BUiD) Auditorium, 1st Floor, Block 11, Dubai International Academic City Huge investment is being made across the GCC to upgrade infrastructure and develop modern cities. This brings challenges and opportunities, including:  Deliver on time, on budget, fit-for-purpose infrastructure and built environment  Manage high-profile programmes subject to intense international scrutiny  Demonstrate improving delivery and sustainable development  Build communities, not just homes  Showcase existing and future best practices  Maximise benefit from this investment for the national economy, local people and jobs  Develop a high-quality internationally-rated construction industry. Don Ward, Chief Executive of Constructing Excellence in the UK, will speak about some of these challenges, drawing on UK and international experience, and ask how ready is the industry in the UAE and wider GCC to deliver best practice, what would help the industry to improve, and what would clients and governments need to do to enable this? DON WARD, BSc FCIOB FRSA Chief Executive, Constructing Excellence Don Ward has been Chief Executive of Constructing Excellence for nine years. He is a leading figure in the UK construction industry reform movement, and is a passionate champion of collaborative working in all its forms. He specialises in industry change, supply chain integration, collaborative working, benchmarking and sustainability, with thirty years’ experience of studying, implementing and learning from best practice and change programmes in the construction and infrastructure industries in the UK and overseas. He is an advisor to the UK government’s Cabinet Office, and is Co-Director of the Centre for Infrastructure Development at Manchester Business School. About Constructing Excellence The organisation charged with driving change in the UK construction sector. It is a crosssector, cross-supply chain organisation operating for the mutual benefit of the industry, its clients and stakeholders. Our mission is to enable the improvement of industry performance through collaborative working, with a vision of a high quality built environment delivered by an excellent customer-focused industry. We are a not-for-profit think tank and best practice organisation funded by the industry and its clients, and provide a unique bridge between leading edge industry firms, clients, government and the research community. Web: http://www.constructingexcellence.org.uk Annual review: http://bit.ly/1yJch9K For registration or more information visit our website on www.buid.ac.ae or call 04-279 1400