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We are pleased to announce our first collaborative forum 'Collaboration in the Nuclear Sector', which has been set up together with our Executive Network member Sellafield Limited.

The forum will be chaired by Eirini Etoimou, Msc, MBA LS, Head of Corporate Sustainability & Supply Chain Development at Sellafield and will be open to all ICW Executive Member organisations.

The aim of the forum is to identify the key areas where improved collaboration can deliver additional value regardless of the specific nuclear activity or area and to work collaboratively to realise that value. The insights gained will be integrated into our overarching Infrastructure Collaboration Forum to ensure that best collaborative practices are shared among our members, regardless of their sector.

Stephen Abrahams, CEO at Stirling-Holbeck, will be acting as secretary to the forum. Stephen Scott, Project Delivery Directorate at Sellafield, will be supporting the chair.

We are pleased to announce that Andrea Madgwick joined the ICW core team this week in the role of Events Coordinator. Andrea has a wealth of experience as an organiser and personal assistant and will be a fantastic addition to the Institute’s team. With her help we plan to expand and improve our portfolio both for in person and online events. We would like to thank our specialist talent recruitment members Copello, for their invaluable help in Andrea’s recruitment.

We are happy to announce that the Chevron Group - a leading provider of traffic management, arboriculture & soft estate services and digital services companies in the highways sector - has joined the ICW Executive Network. The Chevron Group has an excellent pedigree in collaborative working holding ISO 44001 certification and working in partnership with National Highways, local authorities and delivery partners to provide deliver an outstanding service for end users.

ICW CEO Frank Lee said "I look forward to working with Tim Cockayne, CEO and Matt Morphet, CCO and the whole Chevron team to explore how an effective collaborative approach can bring better results for road users and the highways sector generally and to explore how we can raise the level of collaborative behaviours and competence not only within the highways sector but also overall."

We are pleased to announce that Yokogawa UK has joined the ICW Executive Network. Yokogawa has a culture of working collaboratively with its customers across multiple sectors for many years, and collaboration is essential to its strategy going forward.

Frank Lee, the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Collaborative Working, said "I am delighted that Yokogawa is joining the ICW. I look forward to working with Carl Ramsden and Robert Purchase in our Thought Leadership forums and exploring with Yokogawa how we at the ICW can support their collaborative working."

Carl Ramsden, Managing Director of Yokogawa UK, commented "We are pleased to join the ICW and look forward to working with Frank and the team to enhance our collaborative working capabilities."

Sophie Howard, Paul McBride, Leo Arnold, and Bryan Halsey joined with Lorenz Hagenmeyer - who had travelled from Germany to sit the Leader's Course - in becoming the newest individual members of ICW where they all passed the ICW Leaders Course held at Warwick University last week.

All five (seen here with tutor Leigh Lawry and course examiner Dr Paul Connor) can now use the postnominal letters MICW after their name.

If you would like to take the course or find out more information about it, please follow this link or contact the ICW office.

We are very pleased to announce our change of address to lovely new offices in the vibrant Barbican in London. Here is our new address:

CentralPoint
45 Beech Street
Barbican
London EC2Y 8AD

Please update your records - our phone number is unchanged.

ICW is pleased to announce that Its CEO Frank Lee has been appointed as one of the International Judges for the Big 5 Global Impact Awards 2023.

Big 5 Global Impact Awards, now in their 3rd year, recognise sustainable development, technological, and digital achievements in the construction industry in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA).

As CEO of ICW, Frank Lee said that he is honoured to be asked to be a judge at these important awards, which recognise innovation and sustainability in the construction industry, and is very much looking forward to seeing the submissions.

For further information on the awards follow the link below:

https://www.big5global.com/the-big-5-impact-awards

ICW has for the 2023 Awards added a new Category:

Collaboration enabling Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

This award is to recognise the growing work being done in all industries in pursuit of best practice in working collaboratively to ensure that everyone has the same opportunities, and no-one is treated differently or discriminated against because of their personal characteristics. That they are recognised, valued because of their different backgrounds, knowledge, skills, and experiences. where differences between people and groups are seen as a benefit. And where people feel comfortable to share their perspectives and differences, knowing that their opinions and ideas are valued.

This New Category joins the existing 10 Categories:

1. Industry Collaboration
2. Public Sector
3. Public-Private Collaboration
4. Supply Chain
5. Innovation
6. Collaboration in Defence
7. Social Impact
8. Sustainability
9. Collaborative Leadership
10. Infrastructure

For further details and information on how to submit a submission for one of the ICW Awards follow this link.

ICW welcomes National Highways as the latest addition to our Executive Network membership. National Highways Ltd has an outstanding collaborative pedigree, working with highways suppliers, fostering the right relationships, proactively engaging their suppliers and developing capability with their supply chains in a way that drives real value. Their experience, expertise and commitment to promoting collaborative working to generate better outcomes will be an invaluable resource to our members.

National Highways, along with our friends at LCRIC and other Executive Network members, will form the nucleus of a new, wider Collaboration forum in the highways sector. This new platform will look at how to best share learning and overcome challenges to improve collaboration in support of the UK highway network and a more connected country. The forum will link into an overall infrastructure forum where we plan to spread best collaborative practices across the whole infrastructure sector.

ICW recognises Pietro Foschi, Group Executive Director for BSI Assurance Services Division, with the Collaborative Leader of the Year 2023 award.

In his address, ICW's CEO Frank Lee recognised that in the past the Collaborative Leader Award was presented at the end of the year so he wanted to break that tradition and start a new one where ICW recognised the winner at the May reception.

ICW has worked with Pietro over a number of years and he has always supported the ethos and work of the institute. He has been an example to all of us of true collaborative leadership, applying it in all aspects of his working practice.

It gave ICW enormous pleasure for ICW's Chairman Lord Evans to present to Pietro The Collaborative Leader of the Year 2023 Award.