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Event Date: Wednesday 2 May 2012

Event Time: 17.45 for a 18.15 start

Venue: Blake Lapthorn, New Kings Court, Tollgate, Chandlers Ford, SO31 1BT
(sat nav SO53 3TG).
See http://www.bllaw.co.uk/about_us/our_offices/southampton.aspx for further directions.

Further Deatils: For further details please contact Kathryn Gore on 02380 857069 or email kathryn.gore@bllaw.co.uk

Cost: This meeting is free of charge to members and their guests.

Booking: For catering purposes please book your place with Kathryn.

The Hampshire Centre and Novus Hampshire committees invite you to attend our AGM on Wednesday 18^th April 2012 at the East Point Centre, Bursledon Road, Southampton, SO19 8BR.

The evening will commence at 6.00pm with a buffet, followed by the AGM at 6.30pm and will finish off with a presentation by the Jubilee Sailing Trust.

The Jubilee Sailing Trust is a sail training charity, based in Southampton, which operates two square-rigged three-masted barques, the STS Lord Nelson and the SV Tenacious. These are the only two tall ships in the world designed and built to enable people of all physical abilities to sail side-by-side as equals.

Representatives from the Jubilee Sailing Trust will attend the Hampshire Centre and Novus Hampshire AGM to update everyone on the wonderful work that they are involved in.  For more details, “please click here to see our website“.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

The Evolution5 Team.

NEC3 – Masterclass

Organised by: RICS Hampshire in association with CPD essentials
Speakers: DAVID BOWEN & NIGEL BARR
Date: 27 April 2012
Cost: £99 per delegate to include all refreshments, lunch and delegate pack
Times: 0900 – 1600
Venue: Eastpoint Centre, Bursledon Road, Southampton, SO19 8BR

Please book via the below link:

NEC3 Masteclass Booking Form

Programme for NEC3

We all look forward to seeing you there.

The Evolution5 Team.

The Southampton City Master Plan has anyone within construction and property development talking after last Fridays resoundingly successful event organised by Business Solent in conjunction with the  Southampton City Council and Capita.

The conference was the official launch of the City’s Master Plan which looks to help generate up to 24,000 new jobs and £3bn of investment over the next 20 years and ‘create a city centre that enhances Southampton as a great place to do business, visit and live’.

All of the speakers provided enthralling insight into the Masterplan and the concepts and ideas that has driven the creation of the plan forward. By providing such insight into their areas of expertise, the bigger picture of what would be created, should the Masterplan be fully implemented, was realised to the audience. This included keynote speaker Theo Paphitis, retail expert and Dragon’s Den ‘Dragon’ ,who explained his thoughts on what such a redevelopment of one of his favourite cities would do for its retail and overall economy.

The Key projects comprising the Masterplan include:

- Station Quarter and Western Gateway;

- Royal Pier Waterfront;

- Itchen Riverside including Town Depot;

- Heart of the City;

- Fruit and Vegetable Market;

- Cultural Quarter;

- Southampton Solent University.

We at Evolution5 are fully supportive of the Masterplan and the regeneration of the City of Southampton and eagerly await further development of the Masterplans implementation. This will surely mean great things and times to come for the City and put Southampton deservedly up there with the world’s most prestigious cities!

A visit to Portsmouth University to speak to second and third year students in the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying is always a pleasure, especially as last Thursday we had a couple of games of 10-pin bowling to finish off – http://www.port.ac.uk/ As a Chartered Surveyor and a local employer I have been visiting Portsmouth for a number of years, on trips organised by the RICS matrics for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight – http://www.rics.org/matrics

We either give a 10 minute presentation on ourselves as surveyors, how we became qualified or a ‘day in life of a surveyor’ etc or as last night we do more of a one to one with the students, offering advice on CVs, work placements and the like. Talking to them about the pressures of exams and then finding a job (any job) in today’s market makes me realise that I’m glad I have been through that process.

Fairly consistent advice to the students, not just from myself but the other employers was the importance of setting yourself apart from every other job seeker in an already over-burdened job market. This doesn’t just apply to graduates but to all of us regardless of situation or station, but it does become fundamental to those just about to embark on a career path. This is why work experience/work placements can make all the difference.

Last year, Evolution5 took on 2 work experience trainees who made the effort to contact us. Craig came from Solent University and impressed us enough that we offered him a position as an Assistant Project Manager. Alex was with us for a couple of weeks, then came to work with myself for a week on a project in London for a large construction consultancy and used that time to persuade them to take him on for the whole summer on their work experience scheme (and was paid for it as well). Alex is now in his last year at Portsmouth and hopeful of returning to that company as part of their next graduate intake.

It is usually true that if you make an effort, quite often you are rewarded, this is certainly the case for Craig and Alex. It is our intention to take on at least one more work experience trainee for the summer, workloads allowing, it is something that we have found works for us and the trainees. We all have to start somewhere.

Darren Foy

Commercial Director at Evolution5 Ltd and RICS Chairman for Hampshire

It has been a busy new year so far for Evolution5 that has included a move to new premises and a number of events all the while continuing business as usual on all affiliated construction and business projects.

This week is no different! Evolution5 have a table booked at the APM Dinner this evening  with speaker Bill Everton recently retired MD of Gentle Consulting.

Sunday also sees Evolution5’s Charlotte and Chris do a skydive for Evolutioin5’s chosen charity Action for Children. Nerves are jangling but we wish them both all the best!!

Stay tuned for further blog updates.

The Evolution5 team

Date: Saturday 10th March

Downton vs BLACKFIELD & LANGLEY

K.O 15.00

Wessex Premier League

http://www.pitchhero.com/clubs/blackfieldlangleyfootballclub/

We at Evolution5 are excited to introduce the RIBA series of branch lectures that have been announced to occur from April-June to introduce individual and local architect practices.

The lectures will inform of the practices works and influences and also give a great opportunity for interprofessional networking.

The RIBA president lecture will inform attendees of what RIBA is doing as a whole and also provide the president’s agenda for the remainder of her presidency.

Dates and costs can be found on the enclosed brochure link below.

We look forward to seeing you there!!

The Evolution5 team

2012 Winchester Lecture Series-A

Just a quick update on the progression of our brand new office!

Work is at full speed to get the office finished with only minor touches to be done and last minute bits and pieces to be installed.

Staff are fully up and running at their new desks and are taking full advantage of the new spacious office and its facilities and local amenities!

Another blog entry when the office is complete (along with pictures) will follow soon!

Have a great weekend!

The Evolution5 Team.

Evolution5 are now the proud main sponsors of Blackfield & Langley Football Club.

Please follow the link below to find out more about this exciting established Wessex League side

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/blackfieldlangleyfootballclub/