Category: CIOB Community
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Is cultural safety the missing ingredient in building safety? Meet the CIOB Paul Dockerill Award 2025
“Let’s continue to engage, collaborate and listen. Let’s continue to do the right thing, keep people safe, and embed continuous improvement with respect at every level,” he said. “Most of all, let’s put people first and work to inspire future generations to see building safety management and fire engineering as noble duties, not just technical…
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Mark Farmer awarded honorary CIOB fellowship
Farmer, the author of the landmark 2016 Modernise or Die report and founder of Cast Consultancy, in his lecture urged construction leaders to face the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence (AI) on the sector’s white-collar workforce, warning that the industry is “missing a trick” by focusing too narrowly on trade skills shortages. View the original…
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Determination, commitment and overcoming challenges: construction students’ achievements recognised in CIOB Maidstone awards
Bell was studying for Level 4 – Quantity Surveying Technician – HNC Construction at MidKent College. Transitioning from a background in supply chain materials management, he was praised for “embracing a steep learning curve, mastering construction-specific techniques, terminology and technologies that are outside his current professional scope”. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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CIOB Ireland Awards celebrate the people and projects shaping the built environment
The event was kick-started with a speech from James Lawless, Ireland’s Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, who said: “The CIOB Ireland Awards are a reminder that construction is as much about people as it is about materials. It’s about collaboration, vision, and leadership, just as much as bricks and mortar. View the…
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‘It’s proof you can build a career around your values and still be taken seriously’
Construction professionals celebrate achieving fellowship status “There is, of course, a sense of responsibility in using my influence to contribute to the industry and wider society but that, in turn, is a source of huge motivation for me,” she told CM. “I am at the stage in my working life where I want to encourage…
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CIOB Apprentice of the Month: Henry Allen
Henry Allen, management trainee with Borras Construction and L4 construction quantity surveying technician The economy. Over the past few years since Covid and between changing governments, there is a lot of uncertainty. Finding work now for main contractors is probably the hardest it’s been. Clients don’t have the money to afford big works at the…
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Chartered company celebrates Top 50 Apprenticeship employer achievement at House of Lords
The business, founded in 2002 by Tony Batterton and Stewart Shaw, has built a strong reputation in the social housing sector and is especially recognised for its electrical testing and compliance work. The company has trained more than 40 apprentices to date, each supported by experienced mentors and a dedicated management team. View the original…
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CIOB diary: what’s on in November and December
Highlights of upcoming CIOB events in November and December Attendees will have the chance to put questions to the panel. Speakers are Nicola Markall FCIOB Workforce Planning Director with Sir Robert McAlpine; Peter Dawber, Chartered Building Engineer who serves as Chair of a number of academic, industry and professional boards at a regional, national and…
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CIOB diary: what’s on in October
Image: Dreamstime Highlights of the CIOB Calendar for the coming month. Embodied Carbon in Construction: Why Supply Chains Hold the Key This webinar will explore why collaboration of the entire supply chain is vital in the quest to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, but also fosters performance efficiency and innovation. The webinar will begin…
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Derby’s Friar Gate: tour the progress on regen project
CIOB is offering an exclusive site visit to Friar Gate Goods Yard in Derby City Centre next month. Hosted by M Lambe Construction, Groundworks & Civil Engineering, the tour on 9 October will explore one of Derby’s most ambitious regeneration projects and discover how a Grade II-listed landmark is being transformed into a new community. …