Business & Management

Kevin Dawson is a well-known and respected industry figurehead. He has been in building control for several years and is committed to raising the profile and standing of the profession.

Dr Muhammad Arkam bin Che Munaaim has been recognised for his development of the outcome-based programme that helped the client grow their business creating digital innovation products.

Engineers Without Borders UK has launched the 2022-23 cycle of the award-winning Engineering for People Design Challenge in partnership with Engineers Without Borders South Africa and the Govan Community project. Now in its 12th year, the Challenge has involved more than 60,000 undergraduate students across Cameroon, South Africa, UK, Ireland and the USA.
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Changes are happening to some of the key construction apprenticeship qualifications in Wales, with the aim of better meeting the needs of employers and students alike.

The Construction Innovation Hub has launched the Construction Product Quality Planning (CPQP) framework. This sets out best practice for manufacturers when creating new platform systems and off-site construction products, in line with regulatory standards such as BSI 99001 and the Building Safety Act.

At the time of writing, much of western Europe is bathed in sunshine.

Engineers Without Borders UK and Jacobs have announced a new partnership to deliver a global training initiative to upskill 30 advocates with the principles of globally responsible engineering.

Recent months have seen the Board and executive team working to review the Association’s strategy and business plans for the next few years.

Irene Hayden is a lecturer at GMIT Atlantic Technological University in Ireland with experience in civil engineering and architecture. She promotes STEM subjects in schools to introduce teenagers to the opportunities of college education and to engineering

With the construction industry becoming cautious of fixed-price contracts, contractor Dan Grimshaw, founder of Beam Development, urges using cost-plus contracts.

From 9-19 June 2022, the University of Westminster’s Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (bit.ly/PRoBE) is hosting a delegation of women construction workers from North America.

The British Board of Agrément has been running free webinars on the skills shortage in the construc-tion industry, and building engineers are invited to register for the next one, Connecting a Fragmented Construction Industry Through Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, which takes place on 28 June.

Alison Durie changed career from working in homelessness and social care to become a building surveyor. She graduated in 2021 with a First and won CABE’s Best Final Year Student award

It is my great honour to have been installed as President of CABE, witnessed by my wife Geri, two of my daughters – Grainne and Geraldine – my sister Fiona and my goddaughter Grace.

This annual award is made by the Women’s Engineering Society to the best chartered engineer in the following disciplines: engineering, applied science and IT.

Third-year Architectural Technology BSc student Madeleine Clarke won the West Midlands award at the Association of Women in Property 2021 Student of the Year Awards, an event that aims to increase and support the 15% of women who make up the construction and property workforce.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), in partnership with STEM Learning, has launched an industry-specific ambassador scheme.

UK residential and commercial building warranty provider ICW Group has launched a high-value structural warranty scheme.

David Adams looks at industry apprenticeships and those who are about to retire, and asks if there’s a way to bridge the skills gap

Continuing professional development (CPD) is no longer just something that is nice to have, and the sooner employers support it with allocated time in the working day, the better