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The Next Generation of
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CAB’s Supersonic
Success at
Concorde!
More than 130 CAB members
and guests recently attended
the first CAB Regional
Members’ Meeting of 2014
at the spectacular Concorde
Runway Museum in
Manchester.
The first speaker, Neesha
Gopal, Associate Director,
Meinhardt Façade Technology
spoke about the recent changes
to the RIBA plan of work.
Recognising the large presence
of aluminium fabricators in
attendance she was keen to
point out the opportunities
that she believed existed for
CAB members, especially
in projects under £4M. She
encouraged members to engage
in conversations with companies
such as her own at an early stage
even if it was simply a ‘heads up’
about a project in the pipeline.
Mike Hitchmough,
Divisional Director, Head
of Offices for architects
3DReid, then presented some
spectacular images and an
excellent commentary on the
construction of the award
winning Co-operative Group
HQ, One Angel Square at
NOMA53. Members were
particularly interested to learn
about why the practice had
specified aluminium over
competing materials, the offsite
manufacturing techniques used
and the onsite assembly. Mike
also highlighted how the double
skinned façade had acted like
a ‘duvet’ on the BREAAM
Outstanding building.
Finally, David Pickavance,
Director, Consortium for
the Built Environment spoke
about the advantages of good
communication throughout
the supply chain and urged
members to embrace the digital
communications age - but
stressed the importance of face
to face contact.
Before Dinner, Members
enjoyed expert guided tours
of Concorde which flew
commercially between 1976 and
2003 and was manufactured
substantially from aluminium.
CAB Chief Executive, Justin
Ratcliffe commented, “We
have been delighted by the
feedback from members to this
event. Not only did Concorde
create an awesome backdrop
to the CAB mini-conference
and Dinner but the level of
interaction between members
and speakers was brilliant.
Since the meeting, we have
had some excellent feedback
from the speakers about follow
up engagement during the
evening itself and in the days
following in the form of CPD
presentations being booked.
This epitomises the added value
that we endeavour to bring to
all our Regional events.”
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