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CICES launches new EDI awards to highlight industry changemakers
Green space, clean air and community lead the wish list for new homes, with the surrounding landscape valued above how buildings look
Construct Zero Refreshed Programme
New designation will recognise buildings’ progress on the path to Net Zero Carbon Alignment
Proving Competence to Build a Stronger Safety Culture
Blog
A Defining Moment for Project Safety: Competence, Clarity, Culture and the Road Ahead
What Does the Future of Planning Look Like? Engaging the Next Generation and Beyond
Build a happier, productive, and more efficient workforce, ready to deliver at scale
The £6 Billion Question: Why is construction still paying like it’s 1999?
The Transforming Skills Landscape: A Deep Dive into the UK's Post-16 Skills White Paper
Events
NFDC Talks 2026: Intelligent Demolition Planning: Manchester
Sustainable Communities: A Coalition for the Delivery of 1.5 Million Homes
RICS Global Construction & Infrastructure Conference 2026
NFDC Talks 2026: Intelligent Demolition Planning: Bristol
July 2026 Economic and Policy Briefing
Climate Change
Workstream 1: Education and Qualification
CIC Climate Action Plan Toolkit: Education and Qualification
Making the case for sustainability and climate literacy
Embedding sustainable practice and climate literacy within accreditation requirements for education and training programmes
Professional qualification: Embedding sustainable practice and climate literacy within standards and assessment requirements
Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Placing sustainable practice and climate literacy at the forefront
Workstream 2: Standards and regulations
Workstream 3: Operational energy and whole-life carbon
Workstream 4: Resource use and embodied carbon
Workstream 5: Land use, transport and infrastructure
Workstream 6: Finance and risk
Workstream 7: In-use performance
Workstream 8: Adaptation and resilience
Workstream 9: Emergency response
Workstream 10: Competence/ethics/advocacy
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APPG for Excellence in the Built Environment
Inquiry into achieving best value in the procurement
Inquiry into sustainable construction and the Green Deal
Inquiry into Flood Mitigation and Resilience
Inquiry into the Quality of New Build Housing in England
Inquiry into the impact of Brexit on future skill needs
Inquiry into the New Homes Ombudsman
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Home /News
Posted 4th April 2008
CIC are set to release new DQI targets addressing three key areas.
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Posted 1st March 2008
CIC have been overseeing the development work on the revision of the Surveying, Property and Maintenance NVQs
Posted 15th February 2008
CIC has co-ordinated a collaborative letter from leaders of the built environment professionals to the Prime Minister…
Posted 11th February 2008
Polish Construction and Infrastructure Minister, Olgierd Roman Dziekoński, visited CIC.
Posted 28th January 2008
Graham Watts, Chief Executive of CIC, is to receive an OBE in the New Year Honours list for his services to…
Posted 7th December 2007
On 10th December, CIC will publish the CIC Consultants’ Contract and Scope of Services.
DQI Manager, William Hawkins was invited to present at the ‘Revaluing Construction 2007’ conference in Copenhagen,…
Posted 5th December 2007
CIC launched their Professional Services Survey on the 4 December at One Whitehall Place.
Posted 20th November 2007
CIC is set to increase its leadership role in sustainable construction.
Posted 15th November 2007
DQI featured as one of a number of presentations at the recent 2007 Serving Construction & Architecture in Local…
Posted 12th November 2007
CIC was host to a 14 strong delegation of construction professionals from the Guangdong Province in China.
Posted 1st November 2007
CIC hosted an eleven strong party of very senior Japanese construction professionals.
