CIC Cascade

7 April 2004

Contents

1. CIC Corporate Plan now available
2. Built Environment Professional Skills Survey Launch
3. DQI on the road
4. DTI Technology Programme website now live
5. Construction Books Site Revamp
6. Events

1. CIC Corporate Plan now available
CIC has produced a quick and easy to read version of its Corporate Plan. This will govern CIC’s work and priorities from 2004 to 2006.

Graham Watts, CIC’s Chief Executive said:

“This three-year plan fully commits CIC to serve society, encourage unity within the industry and add value and emphasis to the work of our members. It seeks to support work which will enhance the value of the built environment whilst respecting the natural environment, improve the processes within the industry and respect the people that work within it.

CIC is an umbrella body of over 50 other organisations and working with others to achieve these goals is essential in everything that we do. We are therefore firmly committed to working with like-minded bodies in the Strategic Forum for Construction and with the Sector Skills Councils, particularly through our direct involvement in ConstructionSkills, together with the many other stakeholders concerned with achieving a better built environment.”

The Corporate Plan can be downloaded from the CIC website or email Helen Smith at CIC for a copy hsmith@cic.org.uk. Click here to download Corporate Plan

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2. Built Environment Professional Skills Survey Launch
CIC is to publish the results of the Built Environment Professional Services Skills Survey 2003/2004. This survey was undertaken nationally by CIC, in its role as a partner in ConstructionSkills. The results raise issues relating to the recruitment, skills and competence expectations of employers and whether existing education, training providers and industry support is adequately addressing the needs and gaps.

The launch will take place on Thursday 22 April 2004 from 9am until 10am at the Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT

The event will present the key findings from the survey and highlight the implications of these for the industry. This will be followed by an informal Q&A session.

Speakers will include Stuart Henderson, Deputy Chairman of CIC, Sheila Hoile Director of Training Strategy for CITB-ConstructionSkills, and Guy Hazelhurst from Davis Langdon Consultancy, who led the research team.

Places are strictly limited, however, if you are interested in attending this launch event please contact Helen Smith, CIC’s Marketing and Communications Manager at hsmith@cic.org.uk

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3. DQI on the road
The CIC is running a series of DQI Introductory Workshops around the country. These include a presentation about the background to the DQI and the current debate on design quality, how to apply the DQI tool, a case study discussion, and an opportunity to test the tool. These introductory sessions also form the first stage of the ‘Registered DQI Facilitator’ training programme.

Workshops are initially scheduled for:
28 April 2004, 2.30pm at CIC Offices London
10 May 2004, 10.30am at SEELB Offices Belfast
10 May 2004, 2.00pm at SEELB Offices Belfast
Edinburgh Council, date to be confirmed.

For details of all current workshops and more information about the facilitator process please visit the events page of the DQI website at www.dqi.org.uk/reception/events.htm

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4. DTI Technology Programme website now live
Following the publication of the Innovation Report, DTI’s Technology Programme website has gone live. The site provides businesses, researchers, policy makers, the media and the public with information about what the DTI is doing in support of new technologies.

The Technology Programme is just one of the ways in which the DTI is supporting businesses with their research, development and innovation. Announced in the recent Innovation Report the objectives of the programme are to:

• Help businesses exploit technologies by providing some of the funding, and sharing some of the risk, in taking new and innovative technologies to market.
• Develop vibrant communities of interest around key emerging technologies to support businesses in spotting technological opportunities and threats, and meet potential collaborators.

For further information visit www.dti.gov.uk/technologyprogramme

Details of the planned DTI Technology Strategy and Technology Information day are available on the above website and are also listed on CIC’s events page.

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5. Construction Books Site Revamp
Construction Books Direct (CBD), the official online bookshop of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), has launched its new design. The website redesign includes an easy-to-use navigation system for straightforward access to a vast range of books in over fifty categories. www.constructionbooksdirect.com

In 2000 the website first started to offer the online ordering service in direct response to existing customers’ comments and needs. Since then Construction Books Direct has become a major source of construction related books and contracts for the construction industry, universities and colleges throughout the world, with hundreds of titles readily available to order online.

John Douglas CIOB Director said “this new design and navigation makes the site faster and effortless to use, allowing the viewer to access our wide range of industry publications and contracts with much greater ease. The CBD collection of titles is an ever-increasing one; we provide the industry, and the public, with a complete one-stop-shop for construction related books.”

6. Events

CIC is supporting The National Construction Recruitment Exhibition
14-15 May 2004, Wembley, London
The largest event of its kind in the UK attracting both professional and graduates, providing a total recruitment solution for both construction and engineering companies.
www.construction-job.co.uk

For further details on this and other events visit CIC's events page.

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