Constructing Excellence, backed by the DTI was set up to tackle some of the problems highlighted by Sir John Egan's Rethinking Construction and Accelerating Change reports.

Part of this initiative is a network of clubs around the UK, designed to provide construction businesses, their clients and those involved in the construction supply chain - with a place to learn, share and network within their own local construction community.

The aim of the CEHants club is to provide a facility whereby like minded construction professionals based in Hampshire and the surrounding area can meet on a regular basis to discuss construction topics, attend seminars and presentations on Innovation, Best Practice & Productivity and network with other members to help promote Best Practice in the area.

To date, the club has attracted a diverse membership from Clients through to Architects, Engineers, Financiers, Project Managers, Quantity Surveyors and Key Suppliers to name but a few.

Our Pedigree

In the mid-nineties a wide spread recognition arose of the need for the construction industry to improve the service it provided to its clients while also ensuring future viability for the wide range of organisations that operated in the industry.

In response to Sir Michael Latham's 1994 report 'Constructing the Team' and Sir John Egan's 1998 report 'Rethinking Construction' a number of cross industry bodies were formed to drive change. These included:

• Reading Construction Forum
• Design Build Foundation
• Construction Best Practice Programme
• Movement for Innovation
• The Housing Forum
• Local Government Task Force
• Rethinking Construction
• Be
• Constructing Excellence
• Construction Clients' Group

Significant progress has been made in driving these initiatives into the practicing industry with many examples of projects that have been run in accordance with the fundamental principles.

In order to streamline the effort involved, all the above cross industry bodies have now been united as Constructing Excellence to form a powerful, influential voice for improvement in the built environment sector.