A round-up of CIOB events taking place in September.
Street’s Life Sciences Landmark
9 September, 3-4.45pm, Cambridge
8build hosts a CIOB site tour at Project Fox, Mission Street’s newly completed Life Science’s facility in Foxton, near Cambridge.
Attendees will enjoy a guided walkthrough of the building, with Owers Warwick Architects sharing insights into the design process.
The 8build team will also be on hand to answer construction-related questions and discuss the complexities of bringing this cutting-edge facility to life.
Contact: [email protected]
CIOB Academic Summit: Creating an inclusive global community
10 September, 8.30am-1pm, Online
The CIOB Academic Summit is a virtual conference enabling cross collaboration, sharing of cutting-edge research, knowledge, education and building a strong sense of community.
The summit brings together academic leaders, researchers, policymakers and professional services staff within the built environment education arena, to share knowledge and to evidence agility, innovation and inclusivity.
Register at www.ciob.org/events.
Site visit: Innovative Education Spaces: MMC primary school construction tour
10 September, 4-5.30pm, Northampton
See up close the development of a new primary school being built on a greenfield site in Overstone, near Northampton, by chartered building company Steele & Bray.
Explore how modern methods of construction (MMC) are being applied to deliver a low-energy, high-performance educational facility. Depending on construction progress, attendees may witness live installation of wall panels by crawler crane and observe the interface between structural elements and connection techniques.
Contact: [email protected]
Accelerating Dexterous Robot Innovation
16 September, 6-8.30pm, Reading University
An interactive session and presentation on robotics from Aron Kisdi at Unitree, with robot demonstrations both inside and outside, plus a Q&A session.
Contact: [email protected]
Sustainable Construction: Shifting the narrative
18 September, 9am-3.35pm, Online
Sustainable construction is increasingly labelled as inadequate, while at the same time there is pressure to build more homes and infrastructure, with sustainability sometimes positioned as a barrier rather than an enabler.
The second CIOB sustainability conference will navigate these mixed messages and demonstrate leadership for sustainability.
Speakers include Amanda Williams, Pooran Desai OBE, Dr Cecilia Wandiga and Gavin Edwards. There will be panel discussions and case studies from Terroir and Barratt Redrow.
Register at www.ciob.org/events
Site visit: Folkestone Leas Lift
18 September, 4.30-6pm, Folkestone
The Grade II-listed Leas Lift is one of only three water-balanced lifts remaining in the UK.
Its restoration by Apex Contractors involves bringing the lift back into operation, developing a new upper station area and extending the former cafe. Once complete, the Leas Lift will become a tourist destination.
Contact: [email protected]
Site visit: Institute of Global Health project
25 September, 4-5.30pm, Headington
A site tour of this very complex building process for the Institute of Global Health project. Morgan Sindall will show guests around the new state-of-the-art teaching and research space within the hub of the Old Road Campus.
The Global Health Building is due to complete Q2 of 2026. The £32m project will include 4,700 sq m of high-quality new space, with accommodation for several hundred researchers and other staff across its four floors.
Contact: [email protected]
