ICEF
Fernández of contractor FCC Construcción,
Zeng Guang’an of equipment manufacturer
Liugong, and Norty Turner of rental company
Riwal, to name just three.
ICEF will also see the announcement of
the International Construction Project of the
Year Award, from a shortlist of five major
schemes.
MORE EFFICIENCY
In times when money in both public and
private sectors is tight, pressure is on
construction clients, plus their project teams
and manufacturing suppliers, to devise ever
more efficient ways to deliver major projects.
For clients, it is these efficiencies that enable
projects to go ahead that otherwise would be
left un-built, by reducing budgets and giving
investors an acceptable rate of return.
But the key players in the construction
supply chain – contractors, manufacturers,
consultants, project managers – often
operate on wafer-thin margins.
Therefore, world-class efficiency is critical.
Survival and success means having a keen
awareness of global best practice, from top-
class project management to the equipment
used on site. It requires detailed market
knowledge in a fast-changing world, as well
as the latest technological innovations.
ICEF will be an important meeting place for
senior construction management from across
the industry – from clients to equipment
purchasing directors.
ce
Before that, he served as global managing
partner, supply chain management at
Accenture, where he was a founding member
of the company’s supply chain group.
DAVID MILLER
David Miller is operations manager at global
contractor Brookfield Multiplex. He has
over 25 years’ global experience covering
construction and engineering projects.
In 1998, he joined Brookfield Multiplex,
working on projects which included the
Emirates Towers, the Taj Palace Hotel, the
50-storey residential UP Tower in Dubai, and
Emaar’s Dubai Marina Phase 1 complex.
Miller recently completed the prestigious
and technically challenging twin 80-storey
JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai – the world’s
tallest dedicated hotel and Marriott’s flagship
hotel in the Middle East – as project director.
He is currently based in Doha, Qatar, on the
complex Qatar National Library, which forms
part of the Qatar Education City development.
VIRGINIE COLAIUTA
Virginie Colaiuta joined Pinsent Masons as a
partner in 2011, having previously practised
law in France. She is a member of both the
New York and Paris Bar. Pinsent Masons is
one of the world's largest legal firms in the
construction sphere, counting over half of
the world’s 100 largest contractors among
its clients.
SCOTT HAZELTON
Scott Hazelton is the director of the IHS
Global Insight Construction & Manufacturing
Industries Practice. He developed and
is responsible for the quarterly Global
Construction Outlook as well as the US
Construction Quarterly Briefing and the US
Construction: State and Metropolitan Focus
forecasts and commentary. He has also
developed specific forecasting models for US
renovation and infrastructure markets.
PAUL HOWARD
Paul Howard has been a consultant with
Off-Highway Research since 2011. He has
responsibility for quantifying and analysing
several European markets, as well as
conducting research further afield. In 2013,
he will be analysing the emerging Mongolian
market for construction machinery. Howard
previously edited Off-Highway Research
reports from China and India for five years.
PLUS
JULES JANSSEN
Treasurer of European International
Contractors and head of Construction at
Besix.
SIMON PURCHON
Business development director, mobile
assets, Babcock International.
TREVOR STURMY
Head of infrastructure & PPPs, HSBC.
MURRAY POLLOK
Editor, KHL‘s
International Rental News
.
International
Construction
Awards 2013
ICEF will see the presentation of a
series of prestigious awards recognising
world-class achievements within the
construction industry.
These will include the coveted
International Construction Project of
the Year award, for the delivery of an
outstanding project with a construction
value of US$100 million or more,
completed between January 2012 and
June 30, 2013.
This winner will be chosen by a
panel of expert judges, augmented
by a poll conducted among readers
of
International Construction
, sister
publication to
Construction Europe
.
The shortlisted projects are:
1
Vidin-Calafat Bridge, Bulgaria/Romania
(FCC).
2
Katupali Port, India (Larsen & Toubro)
3
Cognizant Technology Park, India
(entered by Larsen & Toubro)
4
The Shard, UK (Mace Group)
5
JW Marriott Marquis Hotel, UAE
(Brookfield Multiplex)
To vote, go to the awards
section of
or
scan the QR code to go
straight to the voting page.
Other categories are:
■
International Construction Project of
the Year
■
International Development Project of
the Year
■
International Environmental Project of
Year
■
International Contractor of the Year
■
ICEF Safety Management Award
■
ICEF Construction Equipment
Innovation Award
■
ICEF Construction Supplier of the Year
Award
■
ICEF Construction Law Firm of the Year
■
ICEF Project Finance Advisor of the
Year
Conference
details
ICEF will run from 20 to 22 November,
2013, at the Hotel Okura in Amsterdam,
the Netherlands. For more information,
visit
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