December Overview – Julie Bell-Barker
Welcome to the Constructing Excellence Midlands December newsletter. As we approach the end of 2025 its time to reflect on what we have achieved in 2025 and begin to focus on the priorities of 2026, this could be both professional and personal.
CE Midlands has had a great 2025 and continues to bring together multiple construction disciplines to help influence, share knowledge, drive change and innovation within the construction industry. The themes groups and forums groups are a perfect conduit for collectively helping to drive change. As a CE Midlands member who is active on both the Clients Forum and the Building Safety Group, I was reminded of the important of Building Safety whilst recently watching the news.
The fire at the residential blocks in Hong Kong was difficult to watch as an expatriate who lived and worked in the territory for many years. It was another stark reminder of building safety importance at every stage of the buildings lifecycle, and the continued responsibility we all have as industry professionals to ensure what we design, specify and build is safe and compliant.
To end on a positive note, December is a festive month for spending time with the family and enjoying the Christmas holiday, as part of this festive fun, volunteers from CE Midlands will take to the stage on 22nd December at the Crescent Theatre for a production of Dick Whittington.
All the profits will go to Bfriends: Friends of Birmingham Children’s Trust. There are still tickets available and it would be great to see you all on 22nd Dec to support the volunteers but more importantly support Bfriends: Friends of Birmingham Children’s Trust.
