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| 3 November 2005 | PR 05/104 |
New handbook aims to guide construction projects to success
A new handbook designed to help ensure construction projects meet business objectives has been published by the Loughborough University-based European Construction Institute (ECI).
The book, entitled ‘Project Development and Definition’, has been written by Chris Fox. It contains tools to enable best practice, as well as a wealth of information and good advice based on the author’s long career of responsibility for projects, mostly with the Royal Dutch Shell Group. Experienced professionals from other major ECI client members, including Air Products, AstraZeneca, BP, Procter and Gamble and Shell UK, also helped compile the guide.
The book was officially launched in September at the British Nuclear Group premises at Risley, near Warrington. Representatives from a number of leading companies attended the event, which included special presentations from Shell UK, who gave detailed examples illustrating some of the issues covered in the guide.
ECI is Europe’s only transnational learning and improvement network covering the entire project implementation supply chain. Established in 1990, it brings together experienced professionals from over 60 private and public sector organisations representing the whole spectrum of the construction industry. Its headquarters and UK base is at Loughborough University, and it also has operations in Italy and Benelux.
Copies of the handbook priced £60 (members £40) can be obtained
from ECI, Sir Frank Gibb Annexe, West Park, Loughborough University, Loughborough,
Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK. For further information call 01509 223642,
email eci@lboro.ac.uk, or visit http://www.eci-online.org
where details of all ECI publications can be found.
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For further information contact:
- Erica Owden, ECI, T: 01509 223642, E: E.Owden@lboro.ac.uk
Notes to editors
Loughborough has an established reputation for excellence in teaching and research, strong links with industry, and unrivalled sporting achievement. Assessments of teaching quality by the Quality Assurance Agency place Loughborough in the top flight of UK universities, and industry highlights Loughborough in its top five for graduate recruitment. Around 45% of the University’s income is for research. The University has been awarded four Queen’s Anniversary Prizes: for its collaboration with aerospace and automotive companies such as BAE Systems, Ford and Rolls Royce; for its work in developing countries; for pioneering research in optical engineering; and for its world-leading role in sports research, education and development.