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Designing and building for Dementia
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is working with Alzheimer’s Society to support the construction sector to become more dementia-friendly.
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Supporting your colleagues affected by dementia
850,000 people in the UK are living with dementia, a number that is expected to rise to 1 million by 2021. It is highly likely that many of the people you work with will be affected by dementia in some way:
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CMYA 2020 - shining a light on the up-and-coming talent in our sector
It’s been a little over six months since last year’s Construction Manager of the Year Awards. I’m delighted to announce that we have a new category for CMYA 2020 which will highlight the very best of the emerging talent in our industry.
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CIOB Academy – How You Can Benefit From our Online Classrooms
I think we can all agree that being in lockdown or subject to restrictions on movement is making us all consider not just how we work, but also how we can continue to look after our professional development and growth.
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Time to get Chartered?
After days and weeks of lockdown I’m sure that you, like me, have been manic trying to tackle the different challenges of operating in a much more virtual environment. You may have also found yourself with a bit of extra time on your hands. There’s tempting fodder out there – TikTok dances, Friday night drinks on Houseparty, bingeworthy streaming (top tip: Tiger King on Netflix is compelling, compulsive and cringeworthy all at the same time). Or perhaps you’re using the extra hours at home you’ve saved by ditching the commute to become your best self: online workout or yoga classes, virtual museums, theatres streaming past shows for free, all those edifying foreign language films you missed first time round…
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Collaboration and community have never been so vital, says CIOB President
I’m not the first to state that these are challenging times – the Covid-19 situation is changing the way we are all working and living at the moment. But as a community we can come together and bear many of the challenges we face collectively.
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Construction can show its true value in coronavirus fight
At the time of writing, the construction sector is, along with the rest of the UK, grappling with a global crisis caused by the Coronavirus. Because of the nature of our work, we are well prepared to deal with many health and safety challenges, but the demands we are facing now are unprecedented. While we don’t know the full scale or duration of this crisis, I am hopeful that when the dust has settled, we will have learned valuable lessons.
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The Construction Industry needs support
Today the Construction Leadership Council has written to the Prime Minister
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Why the Government's additional £1 billion fund for remediation of cladding on high rise residential buildings is good news for residents
In Wednesday’s Budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced that the Government would provide £1 billion to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems installed on high-rise residential buildings in both the private and social housing sectors. That is those buildings of 18 metres and above.
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Celebrating Construction Managers with the Construction Manager of the Year Awards
Construction Management can be tough. The suite of skills required for success is vast. It includes Leadership, Technical, Operational, Financial, Communication; to name a few and this is before we consider the need to always be uncompromising in our approach to quality, health and safety. Clients can be demanding; skills shortages are more evident than ever and there is always Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to be undertaken.
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Meeting our Members - The industry through the lens of our Members in the UK and Overseas
Since I started at the CIOB – just over six months ago now! – I’ve made it my mission to understand what the important industry issues are by listening to our members. As CEO, it is important to me to see the industry through the lens of our membership, here in the UK and overseas.
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Budget 2020: Invest in ‘smart’ construction, says CIOB
With just over a week until Rishi Sunak, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer’s, gives his first Budget, there is still little detail on what to expect.
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