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Meeting the UK's Housing Demand

This blog post summarises the policy team's recent response to the Built Environment Select Committee's inquiry into the demand for new housing in the UK

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: The Case for Change

Northern Ireland Construction Careers Bootcamp

Quality Implementation Group 2020/2021 Review – Summary on Standards and Training

In June 2017, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) responded to a number of high-profile failures of quality in the construction industry by establishing a Commission of Past Presidents to investigate the issue of quality and what needed to be done to improve it.

CIOB Standards, Qualifications & the Building Safety Bill

With the Building Safety bill passing through parliament, the CIOB education department is busier than ever working on qualifications, standards and competencies.

Tackling modern slavery needs to remain a priority

The construction sector employs both skilled and unskilled workers, and migrants working on site and on short-term contarcts can be a target for modern slavery.

Novus Transition to CIOB Tomorrow’s Leaders – Where are we now?

A few months ago, we introduced you to the Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders project and looked at what had sparked this transition. 

Bacon Review: A step in the right direction

Deep dive into Richard Bacon MP's 'Independent review into scaling up self-build and custom housebuilding: report'.

Adversity, diversity and disability - untapped benefits for construction

As individuals and as organisations, we have all faced a lot of adversity over these past months.