Congratulations to Gerard de Valence, Course Director Postgraduate Property Development Courses, who has been asked to expand a conference paper into a chapter for a book to be published by Taylor & Francis in 2008, titled 'Developments in Procurement Systems'.

Gerard's paper, 'Procurement Innovation and Competitiveness in the Construction Industry', was delivered at the CIB WO92 Building Across Borders conference, hosted by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Built Environment Research at the University of Newcastle.