• Clubs
  • Demo Projects
  • Waste
  • Sustainability
  • Benchmarking

Constructing Excellence in Wales

Welcome to the Constructing Excellence in Wales web site.  We are the umbrella body for the construction industry in Wales, which makes us the business improvement organisation for anyone involved with the Welsh built environment.  Funded by the Welsh Government, our remit is to improve the construction process in Wales and ensure the principles of rethinking construction outlined by the Egan and Latham reports become mainstream industry practice.

Sustainability runs through all of our work.  The built environment generates 40% of our total carbon emissions and our team is striving to educate the industry about ways to reduce carbon and minimise waste.  We run the waste programme on behalf of the Government: our goal is to help ensure 85% of construction and demolition waste is re-used or recycled.

There are three Best Practice Clubs in North, South East and South West Wales plus a young people’s Club.  They play a vital role as networking groups sharing ideas and spreading best practice.  The Demonstration Projects are central to our work and show case collaborative working, waste management, people development and benchmarking.

For more information about what we do please browse the site or call us on 02920 493322 or email  info@cewales.org.uk

BLOG: Constructing Excellence National Awards Winners

Wales once again made a significant impact on England and the rest of the UK when over 400 people attended the fifth Constructing Excellence National Awards on Friday 25 November at the Brewery in Central London. The dinner celebrated the winners from the eight regional awards that took place earlier in the year in the East Midlands, London and South East, North East, North West, South West, Wales, West Midlands and Yorkshire and Humber.

Swansea City & County won for leadership and Costain / Church Village were highly commended at the Awards. If proof was needed it is clear that Wales is setting a strong and consistent benchmark for best practice in construction.

The awards are designed to reward performance by organisations and project teams that have achieved regional acclaim and entries were made up of organisations or project teams that had engaged with the Constructing Excellence agenda and adhered to the principles of best practice. The City & County of Swansea and Costain follow previous successful years for Welsh Winners.

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