Industry veteran Mark Farmer has been awarded an honorary CIOB fellowship. Farmer was presented with the honour after he delivered the annual CIOB Sir James Wates lecture in London in September.
Farmer, the author of the landmark 2016 Modernise or Die report and founder of Cast Consultancy, in his lecture urged construction leaders to face the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence (AI) on the sector’s white-collar workforce, warning that the industry is “missing a trick” by focusing too narrowly on trade skills shortages.
He was presented with his honorary fellowship by CIOB president Paul Gandy at the end of the lecture which Farmer called “a great honour”.
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