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Being an advocate for industry in the Middle East

Noreen is Executive Director for Hollywood Associates, a consultancy based in Dubai, and is currently on the CIOB Local Hub Committee for the Dubai region and was recently elected on to the CIOB’s Education, Qualification, Standards and Practice (ESQP) Board. Here she tells us what a difference it's made being an active member of the CIOB.

Championing consumers: the role of the New Homes Ombudsman

This week James Brokenshire, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has announced that a New Homes Ombudsman is to be created. He said this will ‘champion homebuyers, protect their interests and hold developers to account’. Importantly, the new homes ombudsman will be enshrined in statute, with legislation requiring all ‘new developers’ to belong to this new ombudsman.

Modern slavery: Why we’re looking at corporate risk the wrong way

Modern slavery is a pernicious and hidden crime. We’re only just beginning to understand the level of risk it poses to UK supply chains. But as our knowledge increases, corporate response to the Modern Slavery Act remains lacklustre. With many organisations in paralysis, the arguments for and against taking action can be distilled into three words: attitude to risk.

Helping policy play its part

In 2020 Mark Beard, Chairman of construction group Beard, will become the 117th President of the CIOB. His Presidency will follow from Charles Egbu, Dean of School of the Built Environment and Architecture at London Southbank University, who will become CIOB President in 2019, and Chris Soffe, CEO of Gleeds America, who became CIOB President in July. In our guest blog, we ask him to share his visions for the future of the Policy Board.

CIOB’s CEO honoured with a degree from University of Wolverhampton

Chris Blythe has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Wolverhampton and is now an Honorary Doctor of Professional Practice.

Debating a sustainable industry as young professionals

At the CIOB Members’ Forum in Toronto in July 2018, we held a debate on the sustainable future of the construction industry chaired by Senior Vice President Charles Egbu. The world is changing and the area of sustainability is a big one, not just the environmental strand to that topic but also social dimensions, the issue of culture, equity and parity as well as the moral compass of our industry. It also encapsulates the economic footprint and life cycle of the built environment.

CIOB at this year’s party conferences

The CIOB will be at the Conservative and Labour party conferences to talk to about how diversity and skills development in construction should be higher up the agenda.

CIOB launches new course in construction quality management

The CIOB Academy is launching a new two-day course focussed on managing and delivering quality in construction.

What it’s like to be winners of the Global Student Challenge

It was a long shot but it was a hole in one. On July 12, three graduating students from the Honours Bachelor in Technology at the Angelo DelZotto School of Construction Management, George Brown College, won the 2018 Global Student Challenge, organized by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Here, Professor Blago Blagoev interviews the team to find out what it’s been like since.

Higher Apprenticeships launched in Wales to meet construction growth

University of Wales Trinity Saint David has announced two new Higher Apprenticeship programmes in Construction Management and Quantity Surveying. The University worked with industry partners, inlcuding the CIOB, the Construction Wales Innovation Centre and the Construction Industry Training Board to develop these programmes, which are on offer from October 2018.

CIOB launches new open online course on Sustainable Construction and Development

The CIOB Academy is launching a new massive open online course (MOOC) on sustainable development. 

Could CIOB help members build solutions for global disaster relief programmes?