Future Professional: foundation for change

Supported with a foreword from Dame Judith Hackitt, Future Professional documents the CABE Board’s proposal for evolving the Association’s future professional standards, as well as re-evaluating the practices and values of the professions spanning the built environment. It lays the foundations for long-term development.

The paper comes in response to the 2017 events at Grenfell Tower, subsequent public inquiry and continuing regulatory reforms which have highlighted the urgent need for stronger professional oversight, greater transparency and a cultural change within the construction sector. 

Future Professional sets out the Board’s direction on how CABE will meet such challenges, and its publication sits alongside a survey opening to gather feedback on this roadmap from CABE Members and non-members alike. The Association welcomes the views and support of industry to ensure all its professionals are equipped to meet the highest expectations of competence, accountability and ethical robustness.

CABE welcomes all members, peers, industry partners, representatives of government and regulators, clients, residents and members of the public to take part – your insight will directly channel into the Association’s ongoing development as a modern, accountable professional body. Together, we can refine Future Professional and harness it to elicit real, proportional and positive change for our Association and industry.
 

Download the paper from cbuilde.com/futureprofessionaland please leave your views on it via the survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/C3MP7JP. Survey closes at 17:00 (GMT) on 16 February 2026.