Professor Billy Hare and Dr Fred Sherratt, two members of CIOB’s Safety special interest group, have had their contribution to safety, health and wellbeing research acknowledged at an international conference in Melbourne, Australia.
The inaugural CIB Wim Bakens Best Coordinator Award was presented by the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) at its triannual World Building Congress, hosted at RMIT University.
The CIB is a global network for exchange and cooperation in building and construction research and innovation. The award is named after the recently retired CIB director general, Dr Wim Bakens.
UN status
Established in 1953 with United Nations assistance, the organisation holds special UN consultative status. It has over 40 research groups, or ‘working commissions’, led by academics. Professor Hare and Dr Sherratt won the award for the working commission on Safety, Health and Wellbeing in Construction.
The award acknowledges the work of the group (as well as the People in Construction working commission with Professor Fidelis Emuze) in delivering two joint online conferences during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. In addition they engaged with CIB on research bids led by Professor Hare, and embedded the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the working commissions’ activities.
