CHIC Conference and Exhibition 2021
CHIC hosted a wide range of great speakers discussing the latest developments and challenges from the social housing and construction sectors at our annual conference last month.
A big thank you to all who attended the CHIC Conference & Exhibition 2021! A special mention to our sponsors Buildbase, Niyaa People, Novus Property Solutions, AKW, Nationwide Windows and Doors, Worcester Bosch and Bristan Group Ltd and to all of our many other exhibitors for allowing us to host a successful event. See you all again next year!
We would also like to give a special mention to Mark Easton for hosting yet again, prompting interesting debates and giving his unique perspective on current sector wide issues.
CHIC’s Chief Executive, John Fisher said “it was tremendous to get so many of our members and supply chain partners together again for a really interesting and vibrant conference. Our thanks to all who supported us for making the event such a success”.
Trainee of the Year Awards
We had some fantastic submissions for our annual awards this year. Thank you to all who nominated candidates.
Congratulations to Jessica Davey from Lift & Engineering Services for winning the award, a much deserved winner who was strongly supported and endorsed by many of her colleagues. A special mention also to Steve Tovey from Bell group and Kenny Robertson from Global HSE Solutions who were our runners up. Well done to them all.
Workshops and Speakers
Our conference hosted an interesting range of workshops, with a variety of great speakers. Details of all sessions and speakers are below. If you couldn’t make it or would like to revisit the content, please click the link(s) below to view the presentation slides.
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Keynote
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FUTURE CHANGES IN THE SECTOR
All delegates and exhibitors engaged in this plenary session, discussing key sector challenges such as the state of the economy, the retrofit challenge and managing data efficiently.
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Building and People Safety
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CAN WE BE DOING MORE?
It was discussed what others are doing to change their approach to keeping residents safe and the sectors response to the Building Safety Bill.
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Decarbonisation
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HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACHIEVE
Achieving net zero carbon is perhaps the biggest challenge the sector has faced for a generation. Our speakers discussed how they are tackling it and debated how the Welsh Government has forged its own ambitious path.
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Engaging the Supply Chain
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HOW FAR SHOULD YOU GO?
How clients who separate materials supply from contracting services achieve savings, improve quality and how their contractors take less risk.
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Strategic Asset Management
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WHAT DOES BRILLIANT LOOK LIKE?
We discussed what others have been doing to ensure that strategic asset management is central to their corporate planning. Existing residents need great homes, so how do we make sure they don’t get trumped by the development programme?
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Dynamic Purchasing
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HOW DOES THIS WORK?
Our speakers talked about how a Dynamic Purchasing System offers an alternative, efficient route to market to more traditional procurement solutions. Also, how it might help you to deliver efficiencies in your assets, FM and development programmes.
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Newbuild
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WHAT’S CHANGING?
Is MMC reality or bluster? We discussed some of the experiences of those who have embraced the change already and debated how the sector can really change its approach.
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The Future is Technology
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HOW IS IT CHANGING WHAT WE DO?
New technology in homes helps to monitor energy use and so improve efficiency. New technology in contract management helps to improve process efficiencies. We discussed how others are using technology to improve their customer service.
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FEEDBACK PLEASE
We think it was our best conference, but what did you think?
We would love to get your feedback about the day so we can make our next event even better. If you could take a few moments to fill out our short Feedback Form, it would be greatly appreciated.
SAVE THE DATE
Due to popular demand, we will be hosting our annual conference again at Sixways Stadium on Thursday 16th June 2022. If you would like to exhibit or sponsor our event, please send an email to ccoulson@chicltd.co.uk
