CEO Victoria Hills outlines how CIOB’s refreshed CPD framework is raising standards and supporting a more competent, future-ready profession
As you may have seen in the March issue of Construction Management, Rosalind Thorpe’s article reports that CIOB has introduced a new CPD policy for members.
To reiterate the key changes, firstly, we’ve moved to an hours-based model, with a minimum of 25 hours of CPD to be undertaken every year.
Secondly, 12 of those hours need to feature our four key themes, which are: professionalism; quality; sustainability; and health, safety and wellbeing. At least three hours of CPD activity should be recorded for each theme.
Thirdly, we want members to provide a brief reflective statement on their learning for the year. This is something CIOB has encouraged in previous years, but now we are making it a requirement, as it will consolidate the learning undertaken throughout the year and inform your future training and learning needs.
“One of our broader aims is to promote and support the idea of modern professionalism and help to deliver leadership and positive change across the industry.”
Making changes
Those are the headlines of what our CPD requirements now are – but I would like to cover why we’ve made these changes.
The new policy, which applies to all CPD undertaken in 2026, is partly member-driven and brings us closer to the models used by other professional bodies. We know that some of our members belong to more than one professional institute, and recording of the CPD completed should now be easier.
Beyond England and the UK, it makes sense to embed professionalism, quality, sustainability and health, safety and wellbeing into CPD for all our members globally.
It was also a good opportunity to align our CPD requirements more closely with our chartered membership competencies, which is a very practical mechanism to support applicant members working towards those standards.
One of our broader aims is to promote and support the idea of modern professionalism and help to deliver leadership and positive change across the industry. We believe our members are at the forefront of that and do use their CPD to stay ahead of the curve, remaining informed, up-to-date and competent.
It’s also worth reminding readers that much of our CPD is free to members, and examples of content for each of the themes mentioned are available on the CIOB Academy website – and reading Construction Management also counts towards your informal CPD hours!
Victoria Hills is CEO of CIOB.
