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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In recent years, it has become staunchly apparent that the high-rise building market lacks properly qualified safety practitioners. Indeed, this lack of understanding around building quality and fire safety stretches beyond just high-rise projects.
An industry is only as good as its people. Improving diversity and inclusion in the workplace is a challenge for all sectors. As an industry faced with a significant skills shortages, it makes business – as well as ethical – sense to send out a strong message that construction is a viable and attractive career choice for people from all backgrounds. How can we make sure that they will be welcomed, encouraged and supported within the industry?
Emma Nicholson FCIOB tells us about her experience of serving on CIOB committees and makes the case for getting involved to build you confidence, skills and network.
Mascott Construction (Europe) Ltd. tell us why they joined the Chartered Building Company scheme, and why your company should too.
CIAT is the global membership qualifying body for Architectural Technology. We exist as a not-for-profit organisation and we lead and promote the discipline of architectural technology, setting and maintaining standards for education, practice and professionalism.
You may have seen that the CIOB launched a new massive open online course (MOOC) entitled ‘Mental Health in Construction’recently. This course actively encourages dialogues from industry professionals across the globe, for those who take part they will learn to understand the signs and symptoms of poor mental health and understand how to manage their own mental wellbeing, as well as how to better support their colleagues too.
13 milliseconds. According to a team of neuroscientists from MIT that is how long it takes your brain to process an entire image. Perhaps that should be unsurprising, after all we have been hardwired to absorb visual information for much longer than text. But even so, we respond to imagery in a much faster way than words.
In June 2020 CIOB President Mark Beard announced the launch of the CIOB 2030 Visionary Project. This exciting new initiative aims to set up a global vision for the CIOB based on industry best practiCe and where the built environment should develop to over the next decade; analysing emerging trends and implementing new technologies.
As part of World Mental Health Day, we hear the story of one man's struggle with stress and depression, as told by his wife, Michelle.
Since we launched our report, Understanding Mental Health in the Built Environment, in May 2020, the CIOB and its policy and public affairs team have been busy campaigning to raise awareness of poor mental health in construction.
It’s National Inclusion Week and the CIOB is helping to mark it by hosting the launch of Construct-Ability, a networking and campaigning group for the construction community. Jez Cutler, a founder of this new group, tells us about his career in construction and why understanding issues around disability and identity are important.
The Government has published the Draft Building Safety Bill designed to take forward fundamental reform of the building safety system and provide urgent review of how quality and safety are managed.