CIC Cascade Archive 2005

12 December 2005

• DQI For Schools launched
• Re-structure to give new focus to Strategic Forum
• Independent Chair required for IPHE
• BConstructive announced as finalist in e-Government National Awards 2005.
• Stuart Henderson, Chairman of CIC awarded honorary membership of CIAT
• ICE and ICES sign new Memorandum of Agreement
• New President for the Association for Project Safety ConstructionSkills calls for managers to build the OlympicsConsultation - give your views on questions aimed at designers and other project professionals
• Events

4 November 2005

• ConstructionSkills consultation - Construction qualifications framework
• Dwellings for sale market opens for approved inspectors
• The future of UK roads, improved public transport or traffic gridlock
• Sir Robert McApline Manager wins 2005 Construction Manager of the Year
• RICS Names Best International Buildings
• London Construction Awards
• CIC staff leap off Centre Point for charity
• Events

13 October 2005

• CIC Vacancy - Policy Development Manager (Lifelong Learning)
• CIC publishes new collateral warranty
• CIC NW regional co-ordinator
• Meet the industry’s leading recruiters
• Young people encouraged to get creative for NCW 2006
• New President for the ICES
• New company formed to represent local authority building control
• Events

27 September 2005

• CIC Vacancy - Policy Development Officer (Health, Safety and Environment)
• ConstructionSkills Consultation – European Qualifications Framework
• IHT Highways and Transportation Awards 2006 launched
• UK businesses and associations unite to tackle corruption
• New CSCS initiative to help industry achieve a fully qualified workforce
• Institution of Civil Engineers launches new conference website
• PC2000 Users Join Forces to Develop Project Partnering Contracts
• Construction Industry makes waves in Torbay
• Events

8 September 2005

• Construction Umbrella Bodies (CUB) at the Labour party conference
• Design Quality Indicator (DQI) at Cityscape
• Course and funding search added to BConstructive website
• Action Plan aims to reduce cost of poor logistics in construction industry
• ACE State of Business survey paints a healthy picture for consultancy and engineering sector
• Free help to cut the cost of construction waste
• Improve the efficiency of air conditioning systems
• Events

19 August 2005

• ConstructionSkills – What does it do?
• Built Environment Education Conference (BEE Conference)
• Join Construction Minister in Supporting National Construction Week 6-12 Oct
• EU Services Directive – online survey
• CIC Response to HSC Consultation on the revision of the CDM regulations 1994
• CIOB Launches ‘Risk Assessor’
• Events
• Industry news from ConstructionPlus
• Event

5 August 2005

• Strategic Research Agenda for the European Construction Sector (SRA)
• UK Construction will rise to the Challenge of the London Olympic Games
• DTI Consultation on improving payment practices in the construction industry
• Goodbye and thank you BIAT, hello and welcome CIAT
• CIOB supports construction code of world class standards for building Crossrail
• Lifetime Achievement Award For ABE Honorary Fellow
• ‘Programme Led Apprenticeships’ Launched By Constructionskills To Boost Completion Rates 400%

29 June 2005

• DQI Upgrades
• Strategic Forum for Construction Annual Report
• Paul Everall CBE appointed to the DSA and LABC Services
• Construction Industry Forecasts
• Women in Construction – the Current & Future Debate
• CIOB Accreditation Of Masters’ Degrees
• Events

17 June 2005

• CIC appoints Nick Raynsford as future Chairman
• National Construction Week 2005 - new NCW portal aims to increase support for all
• New Higher Education Graduate Common Learning Outcomes
• BIAT launches the Alan King Award
• CROSS - Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety
• Trustmark - new scheme to protect consumers from cowboy builders
• Wise Wise Men
• Events

3 June 2005

• CIC regional recruitment
• Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) events
• Carsberg Report
• Sustainability and Commitment – A Presidential Dimension
• New Registration Scheme for engineers provides a safer and more efficient structural design process for Scotland
• ACA launches new website www.PPC2000.co.uk
• Events

18 May 2005

• CIC regional recruitment
• Responses to Construction Act consultation welcomed
• CIOB calls for greater collaboration between academia and industry – improving key skills and employment opportunities
• BIAT receives Grant of Royal Charter
• CDM regulations consultation
• DTI payment consultation
• TPC2005 new partnering contract goes public
• Acbee conference to reveal benchmarking model for industry-university engagement
• BIAT's Open Award for Technical Excellence
• Events

26 April 2005

• CIC calls for a better post-election structure for government to interact with those who design, create and manage the built environment
• Sector skills agreement for construction ‘best ever opportunity’ to tackle industry’s skills needs
• Construction industry launches campaign to attract graduate and female recruits
• ConstructionSkills launches £1 million scholarship scheme to attract ‘brightest and best’ undergraduates to industry
• Sir Howard Bernstein awarded Happold Medal
• Launch of SiD – a new health and safety initiative for designers
• ACE issues policy statement and briefing note on reverse auctioning
• ICES 2005 Commercial Manager Award
• Events

22 March 2005

• CIC asks for amendments to EU Directive on Services
• CIC endorses support for Construction Industry Election Agenda
• CIC ’s views on the Budget 2005
• Improving Public Services through Better Construction
• British Construction Industry Awards 2005
• CIC Chairman’s Dinner
• Events

1 March 2005

• CIC Publications – Sustainability Pack offer
• Association for Project Safety heralds first accredited training provider
• ConstructionSkills response to the White Paper on 14-19 Education
• Consultancy and engineering firms back London Olympic bid
• Keep up to date with regulations at businesslink.gov.uk
• Opening the door to electricity in buildings
• Purple Wednesday?!
• Events

14 February 2005

• Fourth Happold Medal Lecture to focus on the Regeneration of Manchester
• CIC Chief Executive and CIOB President call for Unified Government for the Construction Industry
• CIC Publications – Sustainability Pack offer
• Sustainable Building Design Scheme launched
• Cabinet Office and CIC
• Events

30 January 2005

• ConstructionSkills Employer Benchmarking Survey
• RICS and MacDonald & Co Salary Survey 2005, get involved
• Impact of climate change on buildings
• Accountability & Responsibility needed says CIOB
• SummitSkills applauds small business guides
• Welsh Assembly Government strongly urges adoption of Constructionline
• Events

14 January 2005

• CIC ’s response to the tsunami disaster
• Spatial data management S/NVQ consultation
• Hampton Review of regulatory inspection and enforcement
• Second international congress on construction history – call for papers
• Events