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The world of construction is always changing. Our blogs uncover the latest developments in the industry and provide insight into the work CIOB and our members are doing for the built environment.

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CIOB Vision 2030 - Our latest update

With respect, I must agree with Jim Rohn. We all think that we need wider opportunities, at the same time, we fail to concentrate and embark ourselves to fit in a prospective career line. The CIOB 2030 Vision project was set up to help address this – by setting out a strategy, through in-depth consultations with CIOB members about what we are going to face in the Built Environment over the next decade and what we can do to address these issues proactively.

April 22, 2021

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Job quality in the Irish construction sector

Wednesday 21 April sees the launch of the report that examines the state of play in Ireland’s construction workforce. We have partnered with TASC to produce 'Job quality in the Irish construction sector’ the first data-driven study of its kind to be published in Ireland.

April 14, 2021

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Announcing the CIOB’s manifesto for Wales

With the 2021 Welsh election fast approaching, to elect sixty members to the Senedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament), the CIOB Wales Hub have published a manifesto setting our vision for the built environment in Wales.

April 13, 2021

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A new CIOB Technical Information Sheet on Building Conservation - for everybody

Actions required to tackle climate change has highlighted the importance of retaining existing buildings as an option to the construction of new ones. This necessitates an ever-increasing need for the construction sector to be much better equipped in caring for, adapting, and retrofitting existing buildings, with the biggest challenge concerning traditionally constructed ones and that is why this new Technical Information Sheet is so important.

March 30, 2021

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Improving the energy efficiency of our homes

The Environmental Audit Committee has published the findings of its latest inquiry into the energy efficiency of existing homes, concluding that improving energy efficiency provides a huge opportunity to develop supply chains, provide jobs across the UK and reach net zero by 2050. We take a look at the challenges of retrofitting the UK's existing housing stock, and what can be done to help deliver a retrofit programme on a national scale.

March 25, 2021

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Defining Construction Management

More than a decade ago, CIOB Past President John Bale and the late Past President Li Shirong set about defining what construction management is. CIOB felt it was time to reinforce those early messages contained in the previous definition.

March 8, 2024

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Construction Innovation Scholarship: Meet the Successful Candidate

The CIOB delivered the Construction Innovation Scholarship in 2020-21. This unique programme was put together to enable our membership community at all levels to consider research projects, focusing on new ideas and concepts which could be of benefit to the industry.

March 11, 2021

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The Success Stories of CIOB Chartered Academics

The CIOB is building a pool of academics that have achieved chartered status and have become MCIOB. We’ve been finding out the impact a CIOB chartered status has had on some of your peers in academia.

March 11, 2021

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In the Limelight: The CIOB Student Festival April 2021

CIOB’s very first Student Festival is being delivered on the 7 and 8 April 2021. We are so excited to be launching a virtual festival designed to celebrate, inspire and inform our student members across the globe.

March 11, 2021

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Celebrating and Supporting our Student Members

The Education Team have been working very hard on our Student Festival, which is to be held on 7 and 8 April and we are very excited about this. The student experience is more important than ever and with COVID-19 restrictions still in place, we understand how challenging it is to give students that full university experience.

March 11, 2021

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