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The Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW) welcomes the London headquartered international law firm Spencer West LLP as the first law firm to become a member.

Commercial and Corporate Partner Clare Waller, who is leading the initiative for Spencer West, commented "Collaboration is a key part of the way we work at Spencer West. We are looking forward to working closely with the ICW and exploring how the principles of collaborative working can be applied in the legal sector, and our partners will benefit from support and training from the ICW. As a firm we will further develop our collaborative working ethos, as we work towards applying the collaborative principles within the context of law firm and client relationships."

David Hawkins, ICW Chief Knowledge Officer, said "We are delighted to have Spencer West join our executive network. Their expertise will enhance the ICW community as not only is collaboration a fundamental part of their ethos, but also their lawyers have industry experience of the benefits for the whole supply chain that can arise from putting collaborative strategies and principles into practice.

"What is particularly exciting for us is that there is much to be explored around applying the principles laid down in the ISO 44000 family of standards to professional services, and we very much look forward to working with Spencer West within that wider context, as well as benefiting from the firm’s legal support so that we can extend the Institute’s offering to our members with a greater range of services."

The worldwide ICW Community is saddened following the passing of our late Sovereign, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our sadness at this time is shared by people across the globe, as we remember with affection and gratitude the lifetime of service given by our longest serving monarch.

We hold in our prayers and thoughts the members of the Queen's family at this difficult time.

May the Lord she served receive her in his love and may she rest in peace.

Attendees' knowledge of the benefits of working collaboratively and how to do it better increased substantially at the Institute for Collaborative Working New Zealand's (ICWNZ) - General Practitioners Course in Wellington on 14 and 15 July.

Delegates, both online and in-person, including clients, contractors and consultants have had to wait for more than a year since the previous course in March 2021 due to the pandemic, but they were not disappointed.

Director of ICWNZ and Lead on the course Chris Olsen was pleased with the progress made by the Delegates throughout the two-day course, despite the challenges of juggling both online and in-person attendees.

"We were really pleased by the attitudes of the Delegates who all learn a great deal about collaborative working, it was fantastic to see a range of clients, contractors and consultants coming and working together and sharing their experiences of collaborative working the range covered those who are new to Collaborative working to those years of experience with alliances and collaborative enterprises."

"We will look to hold the next ICWNZ General Practitioners Course in-person, if possible, in order to allow delegates to experience the full benefits of the course."

Chris Olsen (3rd from the left) and the successful delegates both online and in person from Institute for Collaborative Working New Zealand's (ICWNZ) - General Practitioners Course in Wellington on 14 and 15 July 2022.

EMCOR was recognised with a BSI/ICW Collaborative Pathfinder Award 2022 at Celebration of Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration Event when Lord Evans the ICW Chairman presented the Award to Jeremy Campbell along with Steven Dolan and Mark Treeby who collected it on behalf of EMCOR.

The Celebration of Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration reception was hosted by Lord Evans on the House of Lords Terrace on Thursday 21st July 2022.

Kier Highways recognised with BSI/ICW Collaborative Pathfinder Award 2022 at Celebration of Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration Event when Lord Evans the ICW Chairman presented the Award to Louise McMahon along with Darren Ruane Mike Lee and Mike Hodkinson who collected it on behalf of Keir Highways.

The Celebration of Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration reception was hosted by Lord Evans on the House of Lords Terrace on Thursday 21st July 2022.

NATS was recognised with BSI/ICW Collaborative Pathfinder Award 2022 at Celebration of Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration Event when Lord Evans the ICW Chairman presented the Award to Clare Macdonald and Stuart Crawford who collected it on behalf of NATS.

The Celebration of Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration reception was hosted by Lord Evans on the House of Lords Terrace on Thursday 21st July 2022.

The MoD was recognised with a BSI/ICW Collaborative Pathfinder Award 2022 at the 'Celebration of Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration' Event when Lord Evans the ICW Chairman presented the Award to Mike Rogers and Chris Hamley of Defence Digital who collected it on behalf of MoD.

The Celebration of Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration reception was hosted by Lord Evans on the House of Lords Terrace on Thursday 21st July 2022.

With the awarding of an ICW Fellowship to Stephen Blakey, Network Rail is the first UK organisation to have 2 fellows,

Stephen Joins Kevin Tozer, Networks Rail Director of Collaboration, who was made a Fellow in May 2021.

Kevin was awarded his fellowship in recognition of his continued work within Network rail and their supply chain in collaborative working Kevin has been a member of ICE since 2014 and is a member of ICW's advisory council.

Stephen Blakey, Commercial Projects Director, who has been a member of ICW since 2017, has done a great deal in supporting Network Rail's collaborative capability. As well as supporting the ICW he is Lead on the Special Interest Group on Collaborative Leadership. He also represents Network Rail on ICW Ambassadors forum.

Lord Evans the ICW Chairman presented Network Rail with one of the BSI/ICW Collaborative Pathfinder Awards 2022 at the Celebration of Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration reception he hosted on the House of Lords Terrace on Thursday 21st July 2022.

This award recognises the sustained industry leadership and advocacy for collaborative working that's been a corner stone of Network Rail's engagement with its Capital Works supply chain from 2010 onwards. Network Rail was the first UK infrastructure client to secure BS11000 in 2011 and one of the first 6 organisations globally to secure the international standard ISO44001 in 2017. Their leadership of the sector in professionalising collaborative working and delivering major programmes through Alliances and progressive forms of contract was key to creating the collaborative working capability that many tier one suppliers in rail have today.

Lord Evans was especially pleased to be able to present the award to Stephen Blakey, Commercial Projects Director on behalf of Network Rail. Over the years, Stephen has done so much in support of Network Rail's collaborative capability as well as supporting the ICW.

In recognition of that support Lord Evans was also pleased to award Stephen Fellowship of the ICW.

Many tier-one suppliers to rail, including Babcock, Bam, Balfour Beatty, Amey, Skanska, Morgan Sindall and VolkerWessells are now Corporate Members and Ambassadors for ICW. Alongside Network Rail, they ensure that the rail sector has a strong and well-earned reputation for successful collaborative working.

Rail companies and projects regularly feature in the ICW annual awards, showcasing successful programmes that have been delivered collaboratively. And it is notable that over the last 7 years the ICW annual award for Individual Collaborative Leadership has been awarded 3 times to leaders from the rail sector, with the most recent Collaborative Leader Award going to Toufic Machnouk, Network Rail's Delivery Director on the East Coast Digital Programme.

It's clear that the rail sector is leading the way in collaborative working and ICW looks forward to continued liaison with Network Rail and its Head of Collaborative Working, Kevin Tozer and seeing further examples of rail's success at future awards.

Lord Evans, ICW's Chairman, will host a gathering organised by BSI and ICW to Celebrate the Achievements and Pioneers in Collaboration at the House of Lords on Thursday 21st July 2022.

This will give the opportunity to recognise the ICW Award winners of 2021 in person as Covid meant the event had to be held online.

Also, in recognition in this special Platinum Jubilee Year, ICW and BSI will be awarding The Platinum Awards to recognise outstanding achievements in furthering collaboration over a period of time.

Speakers will include:

Pietro Foschi and Matt Page from BSI, and Lord Evans and Tim Mowat from ICW.