News & Blogs

What does a QS and a cook have in common?

In my last blog I said that a Quantity Surveyor is like an accountant/lawyer/engineer hybrid.

Me, PDP and Becoming MCIOB

In my previous blogs, I’ve talked about my route to a pro construction career and my current role.

How I ended up as a QS in Brunei

You probably don’t associate Sri Lanka with skyscrapers but there are some very tall buildings there. As I was growing up, I became fascinated by the construction of the many high buildings also springing up around me. My father was a Land Surveyor and I knew that I really wanted to become a part of this industry wherever my future was going to be.

CIOB helps members visit schools to promote construction careers

Britain's schools are being targeted in a major new recruitment drive by the Chartered Institute of Building

CIOB celebrates at MemCom 2017

Institute picks up two accolades at leading membership awards

CIOB builds the case for construction ahead of General Election

Institute launches manifesto outlining five key policy proposals to support construction sector

Measure for Measure - Career Diary of a QS

Hello. I’m Vipattz Ratnarajah MCIOB. I’m a Native Sri Lankan currently working as a Quantity Surveyor in Brunei Darussalam, a small sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. I was awarded chartered membership from the CIOB in July 2016.

Construction in Wales ready to capture the attention of global industry

First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones AM will detail what localism means for construction in Wales in front of some of the World’s most influential construction professionals and clients.  

CIOB 2017 EGM Notice

CIOB members offered free access to relaunched research and innovation journal, CRI

The Chartered Institute of Building is giving its members free access to the first issue of the revamped journal, Construction, Research and Innovation (CRI). 

CIOB 2017 AGM Notice

Notice is hereby given that the one hundred and eighty-sixth ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and the thirty-sixth of The Chartered Institute of Building

CIOB Board of Trustees Election Results 2017

Michael Smith, Virginia Borkoski, Raymond Ford have accepted the positions and will be duly elected to the Board of Trustees’ for tenure of 3 years, commencing at the close of the AGM.