Early Contractor Involvement: Building Better Projects from Day One

Speakers

• Conor Neild-Crabb

  Head of Centre, Centre for Construction Best Practice

• Dr Kudirat Ayinia

  Lecturer in Construction Management and Programme Lead for the BSc (Hons) Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying programme, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

• Karen Heigham

  Public Sector Director, Wates Construction

• Simon Rawlinson

  Head of Strategic Research, Arcadis and Deputy Chair of CIC

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