PPC/TPC User Group Conference 2011

Date: Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th October 2011

Venue: Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel, Wotton-under-Edge, South Gloucestershire. GL12 8HH

Keynote Speaker: Tony Bingham

Format:

Monday 10th October:

18.30 - Registration

19.30 - Networking

20.00 - PPC/TPC Awards Presentation and dinner

21.45 - John Hegley, comedian and poet

Tuesday 11th October:

08.30 Registration for day delegates

09.15 Welcome: Shane Hughes, PPC/TPC Steering Group Chairman

09.20 Keynote Session: Tony Bingham QC

10.00 Choice of Workshops

11.00 Refreshments and Networking

11.30 Choice of Workshops

12.30 Call for Lunch

14.00 Choice of Workshops

15.00 Refreshments and Networking

15.30 Panel Quiz: A Question of Partnering

16.30 Conference Close

WORKSHOP 1: Setting the Procurement Strategy - The Game Plan
This session will be chaired by Antony Silk of AmicusHorizon and will include a presentation by Gary Wilkinson of Circle
reviewing how his organisation went about setting a procurement strategy to deliver investment and maintenance for its 64,000
households, nine regional partners and three commercial subsidiaries.

It will look at how Circle considered options for a DLO, for complete outsourcing, for joint ventures and for use of wholly-owned
subsidiaries – and will identify the role and potential for TPC2005 in supporting each of these options.

Circle’s priorities include transformation of its business, life chances for its customers and delivery of improved value. This
session will illustrate how confidence in contractual machinery under TPC2005 can help clients to select options that best
reflect their goals and key drivers. This will contrast the strategy adopted by Catalyst where Tom Smith will explain the benefits
achieved through procuring their TPC2005 contracts on a component-led basis.

This session will also look at the wide range of other procurement activities (including FM and IT) supported by TPC2005, the
features of the new TPC Guide and the ways in which TPC supports a strategic approach to highway maintenance.

WORKSHOP 2: Team Selection
This session will comprise a heated debate between industry representatives Paul Nicholls (United House), Tyron Stalberg (PML
Group), Francis Brown (PRP) and Peter Sharman (Mulalley) as to what criteria and what procurement processes will help clients
make the right choice of consultant or constructor. Delegates are encouraged to join the debate which will range across issues
including:
• How should you determine the right procurement strategy and options?
• What should influence the decisions you make?
• What is the right price/quality split?
• When should competitive dialogue be used?
• How do you prepare your ‘selection team’ and what are the challenges of involving ‘service users’ in procurement?
• How do you cut through the marketing hype to select the real delivery team?
• Common pitfalls and the things that can go wrong?

WORKSHOP 3: Improving performance - Staying fit
This workshop will examine the ways in which performance improvement can be built into PPC forms of contract, and how
timetabled activities combined with clear measurement can produce impressive results.
The session will be chaired by Steering Group member Geoff Nobbs and will involve presentations by Kevin Murray of the Ministry
of Justice and Bill Heyes of Kier who have worked on some of the largest MoJ prisons projects. It will explore:
• Outturn results achieved on the £3bn Prisons PPC Alliance
• Particular features of the £200m Featherstone 2 Prision Project
• Assessments of value and performance by MoJ under the Alliance and PPC contracts
• Systems being developed for the £900m Prisons/Courts Alliance reprocurement
• Supply chain re-engineering across the national and three-regional MOJ alliances
• Adoption of the Client-Based Approach to improved employment and skills output
• An objective comparison of PPC and NEC.

WORKSHOP 4 - Managing risks and solving problems - Surviving the season
This session will show how PPC2000 and TPC2005 have successfully stayed away from court and arbitration for over 11 years
through offering a fact-based, consensual approach to risk management and problem resolution. It will be chaired by Dr David
Mosey of Trowers & Hamlins LLP and will include presentations by Patrick MacDonald of RNIB and Peter Millett of Shepherd
Construction on lessons learned during the course of the delivery of the iconic RNIB Vision School Project in Coventry. It will
cover:
• The importance of client leadership at all stages of the Project
• The importance of the PPC Partnering Timetable and Project Timetable in tracking design development and underpinning
cost certainty
• The role of the Core Group in tackling problems
• The role of the Partnering Adviser and independent specialist advisers
• The harnessing of personal commitment through PPC2000 processes to achieve project quality.

A Question of Partnering? - Panel Quiz
Whoever thought partnering couldn’t be fun? The closing plenary session is an interactive quiz to test current knowledge of
PPC2000, TPC2005, partnering and associated subjects. The format will be a fusion between, “A Question of Sport”, “Who Wants
to be a Millionaire?” and “Have I Got News for You!” Teams will comprise a panel of experts, although there will be plenty of
audience participation where panel members get to “Ask the Audience!”.

Sitting in the hot seat and acting as Quizmaster, will be Steering Group member and Managing Director of Cameron Consulting,
Neil Thody.

Although this will be a fun session it is expected that the questions and answers will help reinforce how PPC2000 and TPC2005
are used in practice and therefore provide delegates with a broader understanding of these contracts. This session is not to be
missed and certainly worth booking the later train for!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND the PPC/TPC ANNUAL CONFERENCE?
All PPC/TPC User Group members are invited and will be given priority when booking. This conference will also be
of interest to clients, contractors, architects, partnering advisers, partnering consultants, RSLs and other affordable
housing providers - especially if embarking on partnering using PPC2000, SPC2000 or TPC2005.

Places are limited and early booking is recommended.

Delegates are encouraged to join the first PPC/TPC awards presentation and dinner on Monday where you will be able to network with other conference delegates. After dinner entertainment will be provided by award winning comedian and poet John Hegley.

The hotel has an award winning spa and is set in 30 acres of parkland, overlooking a lake. It is also conveniently located for Bristol and has excellent connections to the M5 and Bristol railway stations. Bookings are being taken now for accommodation, so please do contact us to reserve your place.

For more information, please email us on: ppcug@acarchitects.co.uk.

To register for the conference visit the conference booking page at: conference booking The booking brochure can be downloaded from here: brochure.

PPC/TPC Annual Award for Case Study or Research Paper in Innovation in Partnering Using PPC2000 & TPC2005

An invitation to submit a research paper or case study relating to Partnering using PPC2000 and TPC2005 Partnering Contracts

Winner/Best Paper £1000
Other Category Winners £500

The winner/s will be invited to attend the annual PPC/TPC Conference to present their paper and receive their prize as part of a formal presentation dinner.

Winning entries will also be published by the ACA in publications and websites relating to PPC2000/TPC2005

Submissions will be considered in the following categories:
Practitioner
Academic
Student

Clients, constructors, specialists, architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, lawyers, consultants, partnering advisers, academics and students are entitled to apply

• 1000 - 2000 word submission, drawn from recent/current innovative research or experience of partnering
• Illustrations and photographs may be included

• e: awards@acarchitects.co.uk

CLOSING DATE: 14 September 2011 - EXTENDED DEADLINE