Highlights of the CIOB calendar for the coming month.
Education, Skills and Training: Avoiding the perfect storm in the Welsh construction industry
18 April, 6-8pm, Cardiff
The construction sector in Wales faces unprecedented pressure, with an ageing population and high levels of turnover. CITB predicts there will be a need to recruit an extra 9,100 workers from 2023 to 2027.
Join the professional and membership bodies of the Built Environment Alliance Cymru (BEAC) for a discussion on education, skills and training, and how to counter the issues faced in the industry.
Speakers will come from CIOB, Construction Excellence Wales, Arcadis, NHS Wales, Royal Society of Architects in Wales and the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Contact: [email protected]
Site visit: Restoration of St Andrew’s Chapel, Boxley Abbey
19 April, 2-4pm, Sandling, Kent
St Andrew’s, a gatehouse chapel less than 0.4km west of Boxley Abbey, a Cistercian monastic site, was constructed in 1484. It has a long and winding history as a former chapel, a 20th century post office, a Victorian home, the site of a ginger beer making business, and the home of a relic – the finger of St Andrew. Most of its incarnations can be read in the fabric of the building, which has been untouched since the 1960s.
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) will being running this site visit.
Contact: [email protected]
Breakfast seminar: Effects of Damp and Timber Decay and Remediation
20 April, 8.30-10am, Inverness
This CPD and networking event is at Inverness Golf Club in conjunction with the Highlands and Islands Architects Association. Alder Specialist Building Surveyors and Oberlanders Architects will give presentations over breakfast.
Register via www.ciob.org/events
Site visit: Costain A1 Birtley project
25 April, 10.30-12.30pm, Birtley
Join the North East Hub for this site visit and presentation. The improvement scheme provides an extra running lane on each carriageway and replaces the existing lane gain/lane drop between J65 to J67. A new 800m long offline section of the A1 will also be constructed.
There are four existing bridges to widen, including a six-span viaduct, five new retaining walls, an underpass to extend and a footbridge to replace. The offline works include a new three-span bridge across the East Coast Main Line (ECML),and a 60 degree reinforced earth embankment.
Weather and work permitting, there will be an opportunity to get close to the new Allerdene Bridge.
Contact: [email protected]
Why FLOS? The biggest change to building regulations in 40 years
26 April, 6-8pm, Coventry
Find out about the changes arising from the introduction of new standards for Parts F, L, O and S of the Approved Documents.
This CPD aims to provide a better understanding of why the changes have been made and how to achieve them. It will provide a snapshot of requirements and an insight into some of the challenges.
Speakers are Paul Hurst MCIOB, inspection manager for NHBC, and Tom Reynolds MCIOB, operations director at MES Building Solutions. Carl Mills, course director at Coventry University, will chair the session.
Contact: [email protected]
CIOB London Construction Social
26 April, 7-9pm, London
London Construction Social takes place on the last Wednesday of each month in the Theodore Bullfrog in Charing Cross. It’s a great opportunity to network, have fun and meet other members of the CIOB London Hub once a month.
Look out for future dates by following our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/groups/12391073
Enabling Individuals and Organisational Thriving
27 April, 6-8pm, Reading
Come along to this presentation focusing on a holistic approach to individual and organisational thriving delivered by Professor Tim Marsh, one of only a few chartered psychologists to be a chartered fellow of IOSH. He is considered a world authority on behavioural safety, safety leadership and organisational culture.
He will explore wellbeing, health and safety, and issues around KPIs such as recruitment, turnover, absenteeism, presenteeism and how they affect profitability and organisational sustainability.
Register at www.ciob.org/events
