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The Education Engagement Model
In December 2020, we launched our Education Bulletin, in which I wrote about our work in developing a brand-new Education Engagement Model. This model is a strategic fit and response to the CIOB’s corporate strategy plan 2020-23
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In the Limelight: Ayo Allu
A constant theme throughout my time with the CIOB, is being at the forefront of change and learning all the time about how deep the institute reaches into the lives and careers of its members.
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New Non-Chartered Grade Project
In 2015, a review was undertaken of the non-chartered grades with the aim of restoring the balance of chartered to non-chartered members and to address the “revolving-door issue” of people moving in and out of non-chartered grades whose entry criteria were based solely on qualifications (HNC for the Associate Grade and HND for the Incorporate Grade) which also had no competencies built around them
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Mental Health - Investment or Cost?
Mental health charity Design in Mental Health discusses the effects of addressing mental health in your corporate agenda.
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Enhancing Brand CIOB
The CIOB isn’t short of ambition. We want to enter new markets, inspire new audiences, and build on our rich heritage.
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Giving greater support to those who want chartership
We take great pride that anyone wishing to pursue a professional career in construction can achieve that ambition with us. Being a ladder for opportunity is central to our role in the industry and the public for whom we serve.
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Mates In Mind - Stress Awareness Month
This Stress Awareness Month, Mates in Mind are asking organisations within the construction and related sectors, to commit to installing long term change within their businesses.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How a coaching management style can change the industry from the ground up
After months of research and planning, we’re excited to open enrolment for a unique new management course for young construction professionals delivered via the CIOB Academy, called “Coach for Results”.
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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.