Affiliate MembershipAlan Baxter & AssociatesAmicus GroupAnders EliteArmstrong Burton ArchitectsLeo Barros D’saBirmingham City CouncilDonald Bishop CBEBolton Institute of Higher EducationBuro HappoldBYL Group Plc Cornwall County CouncilCripps Harries Hall SolicitorsDanbro Accounting LtdDavid Morley ArchitectsPaul Everall CBE

Chairmen of CIC1988 – 1991 Professor Sir Edmund (Ted) Happold1991 – 1994 Sir Ian Dixon CBE1994 – 1996 Robin Wilson CBE1996 – 1998 Christopher Vickers CBE1998 – 2000 Robin Nicholson CBE2000 – 2002 Michael Dickson CBE2002 – 2004 Turlogh O’Brien CBE2004 – 2006 Stuart Henderson2006 – 2008 The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP2008 – Keith Clarke Construction Industry Council

Chairmen of the Construction Industry Board1995 – 1996 Sir Michael Latham1996 – 1997 Sir Ian Dixon CBE1997 – 1999 Tony Jackson CBE1999 – 2001 Christopher Vickers CBE

The CIB (originally called the Review Implementation Forum) was originally hosted by the Construction Industry Council and was closed down in 2001, to be replaced by the Strategic Forum for Construction.

Chairmen of the Strategic Forum for Construction2001 – 2002 Sir John Egan2002 – 2006 Peter Rogers CBE2006 – 2007 James Wates2007 – 2008 Mike Davies2008 – The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP

The CIC hosted the Strategic Forum for Construction between 2002 and 2006 and again in 2008/9.

GenslerHill DickinsonLand Securities TrilliumLloyd’s TSB (Architectural, Technical Services) Maconvilles LtdPaul Davis & PartnersPCM LimitedQSonline PlcPRP ArchitectsStancold PlcThe Carbon CoachTransport for LondonTuffin Ferraby & TaylorTurner and Townsend GroupWPG Refurbishments

The CIC logo represents the ‘agora’, a meeting place for discussion with no competitive sides, just like the Greek theatre form. The shape is open-ended signifying that anyone can join in the discussion and that the group has no finite size.

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Members of CICFull MembershipABE Association of Building EngineersACA Association of Consultant ArchitectsACE Association for Consultancy and EngineeringAPM Association for Project ManagementAPS Association for Project SafetyBIFM British Institute of Facilities ManagementBRE Building Research EstablishmentBSRIA Building Services Research and Information AssociationCEBE Centre for Education in the Built EnvironmentCIAT Chartered Institute of Architectural TechnologistsCIBSE Chartered Institution of Building Services EngineersCIOB Chartered Institute of BuildingCIPHE Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating EngineeringCIRIA Construction Industry Research and Information AssociationGF Ground ForumICE Institution of Civil EngineersICES Institution of Civil Engineering SurveyorsICWGB Institute of Clerks of Works of Great BritainIHIE Institute of Highways Incorporated EngineersIHT Institution of Highways & TransportationIStructE Institution of Structural EngineersLABC LI Landscape InstituteNHBC National House-Building Council

RIBA Royal Institute of British ArchitectsRICS Royal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsRTPI Royal Town Planning InstituteTSA The Survey Association

Associate MembershipACAI Association of Consultant Approved InspectorsAS Adjudication SocietyACostE Association of Cost EngineersBACH British Association of Construction HeadsBBA British Board of AgrémentCHoBE Council of Heads of the Built EnvironmentCIMCIG Chartered Institute of Marketing Construction Industry GroupCOTAC Conference on Training in Architectural ConservationCQSA Consultant Quantity Surveyors AssociationFBE Forum for the Built EnvironmentFPS Federation of Property SocietiesRSME Royal School of Military EngineeringSCHOSA Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of ArchitectureSCL Society of Construction LawSPONGE (a network of young construction professionals focusing especially

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“The importance of the CIC in providing the glue between the professional institutions in our industry to look at issues across the disciplines and to understand the future demands on our industry is increasing.”

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1990• Membership grows to 14 institutions

• Steven Groák becomes Policy Secretary

• BIC and CITB set up CISC to develop higher level N/SVQs

• BIC becomes the Construction Industry Council

• Amalgamation with Four Professions Energy Group

• CITB Northern Ireland becomes the first associate member

Timeline

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• The Council is formed as the Building Industry Council (BIC) with five founder members

• Ted Happold is appointed as its first Chairman

• BIC moves into the Building Centre

I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to write a foreword for this booklet to celebrate the Construction Industry Council’s 20th anniversary. It is more difficult, but even more important, to maintain a focus on the strategic picture in these turbulent times. I am therefore very grateful for the contribution CIC has made within the construction sector generally. Your work with the Strategic Forum for Construction, and especially with the Construction Commitments, has demonstrated your capacity to set a clear agenda and lead the industry forward on key issues. The construction industry in particular is at the forefront of our efforts to address one of the biggest issues

facing the world today and for many years to come – climate change. I know climate change is at the heart of the CIC’s agenda going forward and I am grateful for your efforts, collectively and individually, to ensure it is fully and properly considered as we seek to develop and improve our built environment. The balance between the two is a fine one – but it is critically important we get it right. I think these 20th anniversary celebrations mark a real coming of age. I wish the CIC every success as you embark on the next stage of your life.

The Rt Hon. Gordon Brown MP, The Prime Minister

The importance of the CIC in providing the glue between the professional institutions in our industry to look at issues across the disciplines and to understand the future demands on our industry is increasing. This is simply due to the fact that the complexity of engineering and designing our built environment to meet society’s needs and expectations going forward beggars belief and presents huge technical, social and interdisciplinary challenges.

The very rationale for many projects (for example the third runway at Heathrow or coal-fired power stations) has few agreed parameters for debate and consensus. Our professions now not only need to be able to solve these design questions but also to frame them. This is even before we enter seriously into a carbon

critical world that massively complicates the design decision process. We have a fundamental challenge to make our sector meet the 80% reduction by 2050 and it won’t be done by simply trying harder.

Exciting times, but it’s a shame it matters so much!

Keith Clarke, Chairman CIC

Confederation and another past President of the CIOB) which pulled the CIC and the Construction Industry Employers’ Council into close working arrangements; a partnership that continues to this day in CUB (the Construction Umbrella Bodies) which links together CIC, the Construction Confederation and the Construction Products Association. His links to the government catapulted CIC into a leading representative role, regularly meeting cabinet ministers, culminating in an hour-long meeting with the Prime Minister in the Cabinet office in 1994. He also foresaw the need for CIC to develop in the home countries and regions, a development that had to wait for new Labour pressures towards devolution some years later.

The organisation that was designed by Ted was built by Ian; neither could have done the other’s job. They were two very different men: the liberal, often disorganised designer and the conservative, always formal builder. Yet, they became friends. When Ted eventually received his knighthood in 1995, Ian sent him a gift depicting his new place in the order of chivalry. Sadly, neither was to enjoy the fruits of their success for the lifetime they deserved. Ted died in January 1996; and Ian succumbed to cancer in 2001, only a year after stepping down from the chairmanship of Willmott Dixon. Both were held in the highest regard by their peers and they have the single joint honour of both having been asked to serve an extra year as chairman of CIC. It is certain that the organisation would not exist as it does today without their consecutive roles being as they were.

They have been followed by a remarkable ensemble (all men, to date, but that will change); a distinguished civil engineer and Past President of the ICE, Robin Wilson; the chairman of EC Harris and a Past President of the RICS QS Division, Christopher Vickers (who also followed Dixon as Chair of the CIB); the prominent architect, Robin Nicholson; Michael Dickson, who was also to follow Ted as President of the Structural Engineers; Turlogh O’Brien – who broke the mould, as a chemist and scientist – became the first chair from Arup; then another former CIOB President, Stuart Henderson; another mould-breaker in the former housing and construction Minister, the Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP, who has gone on to now chair the CIB’s successor body, the Strategic Forum for Construction; and finally, the CEO of Atkins (and another architect), Keith Clarke, the current chairman. A group of people who collectively more than fulfilled all of Happold’s aspirations for the organisation’s multi-disciplinarity, capped off by an architect running a major engineering consultancy. The circle is squared and CIC has come of age.

1993 • Joint conference with the Health & Safety Executive to launch concept of CONDAM (later CDM) regulations

• First report to the DoE on the Approval of Inspectors

• CIC establishes Construction Careers Forum

The organisation that was designed by Ted was built by Ian; neither could have done the other’s job.

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Ian Dixon

1991

Designed and built to lastThe secret of CIC’s comparative longevity – no umbrella body in the construction industry has lasted so long – has been in its choice of Chairmen; and never was this more evident than with the pair of aces with which it began life.

No-one chose Ted Happold as the founding chairman. Not only was the whole concept his, but Ted’s extensive network of contacts across the built environment professions meant that age-old professional rivalries (which all seem rather quaint, 20 years on) were transcended by countless friendships, more often than not cultivated over a tankard of beer at the Athenaeum Club!

Professor Sir Edmund Happold was Ted to all who knew him. His personal gifts of perception and imagination led to a swift career rise within Ove Arup and Partners to head the prestigious Structures 3 group. His work on landmark buildings of the era, notably the Sydney Opera House and the Centre Pompidou established his reputation as a visionary engineer. An invitation to become Professor of Architecture and Engineering Design at the University of Bath provided the opportunity to put into practice his lifelong belief in the integration of architectural and engineering disciplines to create better design solutions; and also to start his own practice, founding Buro Happold in 1976, together with a team of seven colleagues (including Michael Dickson who was to follow Ted as Chairman of CIC in 2000).

In his professional life, Ted moved seamlessly between the worlds of engineering and design, breaking down outmoded elitism, lifting barriers and uniting the professions to enable innovation in building design, in multi-disciplinary education and in society. All of these gifts were brought to bear in establishing the Building Industry Council (later to become CIC), which was born out of the fellowship Ted sought to achieve with other institutional heads when he became President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1986. It wasn’t an easy task, but Ted’s tenacity aligned to his Quaker upbringing, meant that, after more than two years of negotiation, he chaired the first meeting of the Council in November 1988. Ted was to lead the organisation for three years, designing a lightweight structure – always his favourite challenge – that has stood the test of time, increasing

the membership from the founding five (CIBSE, CIOB,IStructE, RIBA. RICS) to nearly 20, crucially bringing in the ICE, LI and RTPI to broaden the Council’s base and enable the name change to CIC in April 1990. Almost his last act as Chairman was to appoint Graham Watts as the first full-time Chief Executive of CIC in 1991, advising him to put his name forward whilst occupying the adjoining urinal in the Building Centre loos!

In June 1991, Ted was succeeded as CIC Chairman by Ian Dixon (also knighted for his services to construction), the Chairman and Chief Executive of Willmott Dixon Ltd and Immediate Past President of the CIOB. Ian’s name was a last-minute addition to a long list of people under consideration and he would say later that when asked if he would consider putting his name forward, he tentatively agreed only to be told, “that’s a relief, because you were elected yesterday!” Dixon came into the chair only a couple of weeks after the Secretary of State for the Environment, the Rt Hon Michael Heseltine MP, told construction that it needed to ‘overcome the differences that separate you to give Government a clear and unambiguous message’. Ian recognised that a major role for the CIC was as an umbrella body, providing this clear message to government, but – in its first three years – members had made it clear that this lobbying role was not something they wanted individually to cede to CIC. With energetic support from his new CEO, Dixon set about winning them over, with meeting after meeting with individual institutions to gain their support (and most of all, trust) to building a new CIC from the structure designed by his predecessor. This was the age of the fax and each morning would bring a roll of fax paper cascading down to the floor as messages were exchanged between the tireless Chairman and the young CEO.

Dixon’s own political affiliations within the conservative party helped a great deal (he had already been awarded the CBE for political service) with close party and constituency ties to the new PM, John Major, and countless cabinet Ministers. The economic downturn intensified the importance of this role and Dixon established a task force from across all sectors to ensure the provision of the best advice and data from the industry; he – and CIC – were also instrumental in establishing the remit for the Latham review and Ian served as an assessor in support of Sir Michael’s work, a close association which carried on since Dixon succeeded Latham as chair of the Construction Industry Board, the body established to implement the recommendations of ‘Constructing the Team’; and Sir Michael was – in due course - to become Deputy Chairman of Willmott Dixon Ltd. Ian’s self-made success as a contractor meant that he could also unify the industry and he came to an important accord with Sir Brian Hill (then head of the Building Employers

Timeline • Ian Dixon becomes Chairman of CIC

• Graham Watts appointed as the first Chief Executive

• Policy statements published on Building Research and Transport1992

• CIC’s ‘Whom do we Serve?’ Conference at QE2 Centre leads to ‘Crossing Boundaries’ report on professional education

• First Corporate Plan approved

• Formal accord with the Construction Industry Employers’ Council

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1995 1996 • 50th Ministerial Briefing held

• First CIC Region – CIC North West – is formed

• Membership census shows that collective CIC membership = 312,000 built environment professionals

• Secretary of State announces CIC as Designated Body for Approved Inspectors

• CIC leads industry campaign for ‘not-for-profit’ solution to BRE privatisation

• CIC launches pre-Election manifesto – ‘Partners in Building Prosperity’

Representing the RIBA on CIC was a delight, with the vision of Ted Happold of getting the industry to work together across boundaries, foremost in our minds; which many of us still work at through the Edge Debates. For me, the acid test for CIC was the preparation of our Manifesto for the 1997 election when members signed up to an inspiring future for our industry and it was used by all the major parties.

As chair, I could clearly see our critical role after Latham and during and after Egan. We championed and certified Approved Inspectors and Adjudicators; we launched the first nation’s CIC in Cardiff; we held memorable Happold Memorial Lectures around sustainability and an international design competition and much else beside. Design Quality was going up the political agenda and CIC pressed hard with the new Labour Government. Urban Design and Sustainability were new activities that were by definition cross-disciplinary and natural CIC territory.

CIC’s Design Quality Indicator was a first; it emerged from the Movement for Innovation and was a long hard trail for the CIC team but look where it has got now – mandatory use in all Building Schools for the Future and franchised in the USA. Today we can see the work done on Climate Change is coming to fruition and that will challenge CIC and its member institutions with Zero Carbon Homes and Schools by 2016 and all other new buildings by 2019; but what a great challenge……!

Robin Nicholson CBE, Chairman CIC (1998-2000)

The ICE was not invited to join the discussions in smoke filled rooms which led to the formation of the Building Industry Council in 1988. At the time the ICE was trying to establish the Construction Industry Group as a successor to the Group of Eight. This initiative was waylaid by the launch of the BIC. The ICE (President Alistair Paterson) applied to join BIC and the ICE was welcomed as a member in April 1989.

I represented the ICE on the BIC executive and in due course proposed the change of name to the Construction Industry Council, which came into effect in March 1990. It was my great pleasure, as President in 1991, to entertain to dinner the Presidents and Secretaries of the Chartered College; it was the first time all the professions had gathered round one table.

Initially the professional institutions whilst accepting the coordinating role of CIC were wary of the Council’s aspirations to be the voice of the construction industry. In the event the contractors chose not to join, but over 20 years CIC has shown the professionals in the industry the benefits of speaking with one voice on pan industry matters and to Government. To have grown from a seedling of five institutions to a tree with a membership of over 50 organisations is proof of the value of the Councils work. Long may it continue.

Robin Wilson CBE, President ICE (1991/2); Chairman CIC (1994/96)

As a member of RICS Governing Council I recall vividly the discussions at the RICS surrounding the formation of CIC. There was enormous frustration within the Construction Industry that Government was not taking seriously the issues which the Industry faced. Government was also concerned that the Industry did not speak with one voice and instead had to listen to many different bodies. It was to the Industry’s credit that it put to one side sectarian interests and formed the Construction Industry Council. With inspired leadership and an outstanding secretariat over two decades CIC has become the acknowledged voice of the construction industry. In the current turbulent economic times CIC’s future role as a cohesive and informative body ensures that it will remain centre stage.

Peter Goodacre, President RICS (2008/9)

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Timeline 1994 • Chairman and Chief Executive meet the Prime Minister in Downing Street

• Amalgamation with CPD in Construction Group

• CIC hosts ‘Constructing the Team’ Conference to receive The Latham Report

My predecessor as President of the Quantity Surveyors Division of the RICS had been party to the initial discussions to create the Building Industry Council as a forum in which the professional bodies could discuss the education and training of their members and other matters of mutual interest. It fell to me to obtain the agreement of the RICS to participate. Not all of my colleagues were in favour. The chief objections were that the RICS would be delegating to another body the right to represent surveyors’ interests in discussions with Government and the need to subscribe to it. However, approval was given but at the same time, because some members of the QS Division – indeed my own firm – were involved in civil engineering alongside building works, participation was conditional upon the ICE being invited to join the new body.

Fortunately for history, the ICE was invited, duly accepted, and the Construction Industry Council was born. Starting with a shoestring budget and a part-time secretariat it was under Ian Dixon’s dynamic chairmanship and Graham Watts’ stewardship that the foundations were laid for the nation and industry wide body that CIC has become. Much has changed in the structure and culture of the construction industry over the past 20 years, hopefully for the better. And this is due in no small part to the contribution made by CIC to the Latham and Egan Reports and the work of the CIB. All too, has depended upon the continuing commitment of CIC member bodies, the dedication of their members giving freely of their time and the constancy of the Chief Executive. The industry and society owes a lot to them. Much has been achieved in 20 years but much remains to be done. I wish CIC every success in the future. Sadly neither Ted nor Ian is here today but if they were, they could be very proud of the body they helped to construct.

Christopher Vickers CBE – President QS Division, RICS (1987/88); Chairman, CIC (1996-98)

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I believe that history will rate the birth of CIC as an event of similar importance to the creation of the professional institutions in the 19th Century. Whereas they served to unite and empower diverse groups of crafts and tradespeople they also created damaging divisions between related skills, particularly in the building industry. To reverse a social trend of such strength is no mean feat, yet this is what CIC has begun to achieve.

The early days were anxious. The original five members felt exposed and knew that if the other key players failed to join they would be written off with humiliation as yet another failed attempt at unity. Eventually the snowball gathered size and weight thanks to our charismatic first chairman, Ted Happold, and our great good luck in attracting Graham Watts to the cause as our first Chief Executive.

If I had to name CIC’s greatest achievement it would be its acceptance, not least by government, as the single most significant voice of the industry. Without CIC there would have been no Latham Report, no Construction Industry Board and conceivably no Egan.

The key to this success has been CIC’s determination never to attempt anything that its members, acting individually, could do better. This means that the two original strategic priorities still hold good. We still do not invest anything like enough in education and training or in innovation and research. It is here, in these essentially multi-disciplinary activities that CIC must continue to focus its efforts and help a divided industry to do better.

Sir Andrew Derbyshire – Founding Member of CIC, Formerly President RMJM Ltd

19981999

• First Happold Memorial Lecture by Sir Crispin Tickell

• ‘Rethinking Construction’ is published and CIC mobilises industry support for reform with 10-point plan

• Guidance published on PFI, adjudication, health & safety, Quality Based Selection and Energy Efficiency

• CISC Merged with CIC

• The Design Quality Indicator is developed via a government-funded research project

• CIC develop a strategic alliance with CABE

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Launch of Building Control Performance Standards

Sir Brian Hill, Tony Jackson CBE, The Rt. Hon John Major MP, Sir Ian Dixon, Graham Watts at No 10 Downing Street 2004

“To have grown from a seedling of five institutions to a tree with a membership of over 50 organisations is proof of the value of the Councils work. Long may it continue.”

1997 • CIC launches ‘Britain Needs Building’ with other Umbrella Bodies as campaign leading up to the general election

• First-ever comprehensive study of market data for professional services is published

• 15 CIC members agree to common learning outcomes

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The challenge of climate change could herald the Construction Industry Council’s finest hour. Everything the CIC stands for is crucial to finding the radical new approach that we now need to the design, construction and management of the built environment: seamless collaborative working between disciplines; the highest standards and sharing of knowledge; vigorous but free thinking research; ethical and responsible professional practice; integrated processes; a focus on whole life value and respect for people, to name some key beliefs. To realise the great potential that the far sighted founders of the CIC intuited we all have to be prepared to move outside some long established habits and practices. I am sure we can do this without compromising distinct values or confusing specialist expertise of our diverse professions.The top of the list of new approaches must be a step change in how we communicate, not only with each other but with the general public. Without public support we cannot bring about the changes in lifestyle and business operations that will underpin our expert responses to climate change, namely greater efficiency through design, and technological solutions to de-carbonising the energy supply. In short, we have got to change our working cultures and to harness the cultural sphere to win over the public. Sunand Prasad, President of RIBA (2007/9)

CIBSE has moved a long way in the period 1988 – 2008. Its members sit more comfortably at the top table of the design process, participating fully, and in many cases leading, the interpretation, development and achievement of the clients’ aspirations. We have no doubt about the reality of climate change and have fully recognized the essential role that our members must play in ensuring the use of energy throughout the UK property estate is made as efficient as possible. Where may this lead in 20 years time? Current Building Regulations are making new buildings and refurbishments more energy efficient. Potentially by 2028 more than 50% of the current building stock will have been dramatically improved from our current position. We now have to face audits through energy performance certificates which demonstrate how design and operation is succeeding in practice. By 2028 there will be much published information resulting from this. The Energy Performance of Building Directive is likely to have been tightened considerably, and much of what is considered now to be novel and difficult to attain will be common practice, driven in part by students and graduates now starting their careers and their awareness of and concerns for the environment in which we all live and share.

John Armstrong, Immediate Past President of CIBSE

use of carbon as a currency but we will have to invest resources to develop tools and techniques.

The professions’ only power comes from our advocacy. We are not constrained by political terms of expediency and we can take a long term view and show leadership. We are in a position to feed information from a very steep learning curve directly to government in order to drive change. On its own, government won’t learn quickly enough.

It is critical that we prevent man-made climate change from reaching the tipping point when we will be too late to act. We do not have time for worthy debate about sustainability or who is to blame for climate change; we must show leadership and take responsibility for creating the necessary paradigm shift in our behaviour as professionals creating, constructing and maintaining the built environment.

Keith Clarke, Chairman, CIC

(This is an abridged version of the introductory article to the Carbon Critical World feature on the CIC website, which can be accessed on http://www.cic.org.uk/activities/Co2.shtml )

bet is not a bad one. The rising cost of energy alone (due to global supply and demand issues rather than fuel taxation) and the increasing need for energy security should be a sufficient argument to drive a step reduction in the amount of energy we use.

CIC and all its members must play our role in reducing society’s carbon dependency and deliver adaptation to the already inevitable consequences of climate change. This is not a try harder scenario. We need to move from a deductive way of working to a reductive way of working. We have to change the design paradigm and everything we do must be against first principles; the idea of carbon criticality goes beyond building design and must be applied to all built environment professionals who have considerable influence in the market and in their global professional organisations. We must understand how we re-think the built environment to slow down climate change.

We need to consider carbon from the outset of all designs. We must design for occupation and design-out the high energy choices that the occupiers can have. Our biggest task must be to explore and understand the currency of carbon at project level. New accountancy models based on carbon will need to be developed. We have a basic understanding of carbon foot-printing and the

2001• The Strategic Forum for Construction is established to replace the Construction Industry Board

• CIC establishes the Lifelong Learning Committee

• Health & Safety Summit

• ‘Accelerating Change’ is published

• CIC starts to host Strategic Forum

• CIC publishes ‘How Buildings Add Value for Clients’ and a major report on Integrated Transport and Land Use2002

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Happold Medal Lecture Held in association with the Happold Trust, the Happold Medal Lecture is held annually on a topic of national significance and given by a prominent member of the built environment. In honour of the occasion the lecturer receives the Happold Medal, which is designed by Kenneth Grange in the modern idiom. Previous recipients of the Happold Medal are Professor Sir Peter Hall, Sir Howard Bernstein, Sir Crispen Tickell, Amory Lovins and Tessa Tennant. Medal Lectures:Patrick Bellew (2008) – Engineering Sustainable Architecture

Professor Sir Peter Hall (2007) – Housebuilding: A Lost English Art?

Sir Howard Bernstein (2005) – The Regeneration of Manchester - the Rebuilding of the City.

Tessa Tennant (2001) – Building Sustainable Britain PLC.

Amory Lovins (2000) – Natural Capitalism, the Next Industrial Revolution.

Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG KCVO (1998) – Building for the Future – Town and Country in Sustainable Development.

The Happold Medal

Working within a Carbon Critical World Climate change is the biggest issue facing mankind. The evidence that recent and rapid change in our climate is largely due to human activity is overwhelming. The potential impact on the world economy and the well-being of people is enormous.

Carbon is an excellent proxy for sustainability. Climate change is having a massive impact on economic prosperity, environmental quality and social equity and there is a threat to each component of sustainability if CO2 emissions are not tackled.

Stern characterised the economic impact of climate change as being greater in scale than two World Wars and the Great Depression combined. But he also believes that the stabilisation of greenhouse-gas concentrations in the atmosphere is feasible and consistent with continued growth. The transition to a low-carbon economy will bring challenges for competitiveness but also opportunities for growth.

Even if there is only a 1 in a thousand chance that the science of climate change is flawed we cannot bet the planet on being wrong. The risks are too great. But if we are successful in weaning ourselves off increasingly expensive energy then the downside

Sir Peter Hall - Happold Lecture 2007

Timeline2000

• The Building Control Performance Indicators and Standards are agreed

• Environmental Challenge for young construction professionals

• CIC establishes Independent Appeals Tribunals for members

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Certificating the Professional WorkforceWhen the ConstructionSkills Certification Scheme (CSCS) was established some thirteen years ago, it was designed as an effective way for construction site workers and managers to prove their skills. Over time, the Scheme has grown significantly and there are now over 1.3 million card holders covering more than 300 occupations, so that there are CSCS cards appropriate to everyone who works in the industry.

The Scheme has developed in close consultation with all areas of construction and this is perfectly illustrated by how it has been extended to professionals. By working in close partnership with the CIC a number of enhancements have been introduced. These include the launch of the Professionally Qualified Persons card, or PQP as it is better known. This card is specifically for non-site based members of professional bodies and is aligned with a health and safety test that has been created to make it appropriate to the roles and responsibilities of PQP cardholders. Also by working closely with the CIC, development of the Professional Membership Mapped Route (PMMR) for site based professionals continues to evolve to meet the industry’s changing requirements.

On behalf of the CSCS board, I am delighted to offer the CIC sincere congratulations on reaching its 20th Anniversary and look forward to continuing our partnership for the benefit of members both current and future.

Brian Adams, Chief Executive, CSCS

Pulling the Industry TogetherThe decision by parts of the industry in 2001 to withdraw support for the Construction Industry Board resulted in the Rt. Hon Nick Raynsford MP, then Construction Minister – who was concerned with the fragmented nature of our industry – to establish the Strategic Forum for Construction (SFfC). To get it off the ground quickly before the Election, it was initially a Government funded body under the chairmanship of Sir John Egan.

In 2002 CIC took the initiative to gain the backing of the new Construction Minister, Brian Wilson MP, and the other umbrella bodies to change the SFfC into an independent industry group. I accepted the invitation to become Chairman under these new and challenging arrangements! My first role was to persuade the industry to work together and more importantly to fund the group, not easy with such a disparate group, an aim that could be compared to ‘herding cats’! It was clear that the industry needed targets to work to and the ninety-nine recommendations in Egan’s report would need to be reduced to a more manageable number. It’s often forgotten that it was the SFfC that not only monitored but actually set these targets. When in 2005, we won the bid to stage the 2012 Olympics I realised that this gave us the opportunity to showcase the industry and pull together other initiatives. The 2012 Construction Commitments were developed and adopted enthusiastically by the Olympic Delivery Authority. In the summer of 2008 the generic version of the Construction Commitments were launched in order to encourage wider take up in the industry. My initial tenure of one year as Chairman became nearer four, in part because of the difficulty in finding somebody to follow who met the differing requirements. Our success was only possible because of the enthusiasm and the support of the CIC, and I would like to thank all who helped me.

Peter Rogers CBE, Chairman Strategic Forum for Construction, 2002-2006

2005 • Launch of Sector Skills Agreement

• Olympic Task Force set up by CIC for the Strategic Forum

• Design Quality Indicator for Schools is launched

• The CIC Futures group established and makes wide ranging proposals for greater co-operation amongst the professional bodies

• First-ever Built Environment Professional Services Skills Survey

• Forum for Research, Innovation and Knowledge launched

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CSCS Launch of Professionally Qualified Persons Card

Graham Watts OBE, The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford, Chris Vickers CBE 1997

Timeline2003 2004• Establishment of ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council Partnership for Construction

• CIC submits proposals for wide ranging review of regulations affecting the built environment

• ‘Building Visions’ – an equal opportunities video for the construction industry was distributed to secondary schools

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them in the design of the building, permitting them to prioritize practical and value-based building criteria among the three categories. RDI permits the stakeholders to consider factors that help the design achieve excellence and create a building of distinction. Organizationally, DDC has found that the metrics gathered from the projects participating in DQI are useful internally, and we are also developing reports extracting and consolidating these metrics for external reporting purposes.

David Burney FAIA. Commissioner New York City Department of Design and Construction

Improving the image of constructionThe Considerate Constructors Scheme was set up to improve the image of the industry by supporting and monitoring registered construction sites throughout the UK and encouraging the highest standards of consideration towards the public, the environment and the workforce. It was established eleven years ago by the three main construction umbrella bodies, including the CIC, which continue to own the scheme through their joint holding company. Since its inception, more than 32,000 sites have been registered, representing over £40 billion of construction activity each year.

This remarkable success is very much due to the “win-win” nature of the enterprise. The general public and communities local to sites gain from a better relationship with the contractors, while the benefits for the contractors themselves include a satisfied client and a more motivated workforce.

By signing up to the Scheme, sites are committed to a Code of Practice, designed to reduce the negative impact that construction activity can sometimes have. If all sites presented an image of competent management, efficiency, awareness of local environmental issues and above all neighbourliness, then each one of them would become a positive advert for the whole industry.

Norman Reed, Chairman Considerate Constructors Scheme

“Highlights of 20 years – some examples of what CIC has done to change things”

The Impact of CIC on New York City’s Capital ProgramIn 2004, Mayor Michael Bloomberg raised the bar for the design of public spaces by launching the City’s Design and Construction Excellence (D+CE) initiative that, among other things, has helped the City to attract creative architects to City projects large and small. Since then, the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has been spearheading the D+CE program. As recently as July 2008, Mayor Bloomberg has reiterated his support of design excellence in his announcement of a series of construction reforms crafted to ensure that the City’s capital projects are completed on time and on budget.

One early challenge for D+CE was to find a methodology to establish a standard metric by which to measure design quality. Since 2006, DDC has been using the Design Quality Indicator (DQI) methodology, developed by CIC in the UK, to define design priorities and measure how the design meets the project’s stated goals throughout the design and construction process, continually measuring how the project meets the goals and expectations of clients and users. DDC’s successful use of this tool demonstrates the transferability of this tool to the design and construction practices within The United States.

DDC has learned some practical lessons along the way that we would like to share. We have found that one of the most valuable assets of the DQI tool is its ability to establish consensus on design priorities at the onset of a project, while balancing the needs of all stakeholders involved in making the project a success. These stakeholders include the users of the building, the architects, engineers, and the client agencies for which we work. This goal-setting process provides a framework and formal method to continually evaluate design priorities throughout a project’s duration. It also makes the elements of good design visible through measurable and reportable statistics.

The DQI stakeholder process uses a data gathering tool — RDI, an acronym of the categories of Required, Desired, and Inspired — that embeds the concept of excellence. The RDI process requires the stakeholders to collectively identify what is important to

Unique Scoping of Professional ServicesThe CIC Scope of Services, the most ambitious project ever undertaken by CIC’s Liability Panel, represents some 5 years of work, undertaken by a large multi-disciplinary team. CIC was in a unique position to undertake the drafting, with its membership representing every discipline. By the time CIC celebrates its 30th anniversary; will it be taken for granted that well run projects will use the Scope of Services?

The Scope of Services takes an innovative approach to what is termed the ‘definition process’ (meaning design plus related activities such as cost and programme etc). Definition + construction = project. Definition is undertaken not only by consultants, but by a wide variety of specialists and contractors, as well. Rather than just looking at the services the consultants offer, the Scope of Services details the tasks which are (or may be) required on all projects, irrespective of the procurement route or the personnel engaged. These tasks are then allocated to whoever is to undertake them on a particular project. The result is that every member of the project team knows what it is to do and what others are to do, with the tasks being fully integrated and coordinated. The perfect tool for working in partnership!

Frances Paterson MBE, Chair CIC Liability Panel

Helping to Resolve Disputes Quickly CIC acted quickly to enable implementation of the Construction Act in 1998. It established a benchmark for qualifying Adjudicators and created a multi-disciplinary register and it agreed and published a Model Adjudication Procedure following advice to Government in developing the Scheme for Construction Contracts.

The Construction Umbrella Bodies Adjudication Task Force (the unpronounceable CUBATG) was borne out of the ashes of the Construction Industry Board in May 2001, to continue its work of keeping the adjudication provisions of the Construction Act under review. The Group is hosted by CIC, which also provides the chairman and secretarial support. Through the Group, the umbrella bodies (supplemented by other interested parties) are able to work together for more effective and efficient adjudication. Throughout, the Government has been liaising closely with us, generally attending meetings. During

the course of 7 years (and more than 30 meetings), two reviews have been conducted, with two major consultation exercises and a more recent review of proposals. Hopefully, our labours will be rewarded with amendments to the Construction Act and the statutory Scheme for Construction Contracts finally being achieved before too long.

John Reilly, Chairman, CIC Adjudication Panel

Working Towards Competence The Construction Industry Standing Conference (CISC) was set up in 1990 in response to government’s mandate to create national occupational standards (NOS) for all industry sectors at all levels. These standards were to form the basis of new competence-based qualifications – NVQs. CISC’s role was to oversee the creation and maintenance of NOS and NVQs at technical, managerial and professional levels in the built environment.

CISC was a “club” supported by representatives from the professional, employment and educational communities. BIC, and then CIC, were central to this support. Alan Osborne’s leadership enabled these different interest groups to collaborate in the production of the first suite of higher level NOS in construction. Launched in 1994, they quickly became the benchmark of best practice for other sectors to follow. Now in their fourth edition, they still are.

Initially, CISC’s NVQs attracted a modest take-up. But in 2000, the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) launched a higher-level competence card based on NVQ achievement. This not only boosted CISC’s NVQ figures, but stimulated CSCS and CIC to develop “professional” routes to CSCS cards, which required the professional bodies to show equivalence against the NVQ standards. This exercise has been valuable, because it has enhanced the quality of both NOS and professional qualification criteria.

By 1999, CISC had been absorbed into CIC. This joint resource was a crucial factor in the creation of ConstructionSkills – the Sector Skills Council formed by a partnership between CIC, CITB and CITB(NI). The achievements of CISC have informed this partnership, and have helped to unify competence-based qualifications across the industry.

Richard Larcombe, Director, CISC 1990 - 1996

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Coaching Scheme in Progress

Delivering a safe, Professional and Fully Qualified WorkforceAs a founding partner in ConstructionSkills, CIC has represented the views of the professional sector within our industry for twenty years and I am delighted to celebrate this landmark occasion.

From its beginnings in 1988, the Construction Industry Council has grown

from a base of 5 founding members to represent half a million professionals. This means that through our partnership with CIC, we can represent the entire industry and work together to deliver a safe, professional and fully qualified construction workforce.

CIC has enjoyed many significant achievements in the last 20 years and more recently, through its partnership with ConstructionSkills, it has delivered a number of unique projects which have increased the opportunities for young professionals across the UK.

These iconic projects include partnering ConstructionSkills with the Inspire project, a scheme that helps undergraduates to find a 10 week professional work placement that will help develop their skills and set them on the right track for a successful construction career. CIC has also set up a coaching scheme, which uses professionals who are already established to coach year 9 students and encourage them to think about a career in the built environment industry.

These are just some of the projects that we recognise as we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of CIC. The last two decades have been invaluable. Now is a time for celebration and reflection, but there is much to do. I look forward to working with colleagues from CIC to take on the challenges of years to come.

Sir Michael Latham, Chairman ConstructionSkills

20072008

• CIC Consultants Contract & Scope of Services is launched

• Design Quality Indicator wins Tools of the Trade Award 2007

• Professional Institutes (UK)- China group is launched

• CIC establishes Carbon Criticality campaign as major priority

• DQI USA is launched

• Strategy for Sustainable Construction launched

Timeline 2006 • Launch of the 2012 Construction Commitments

• CSCS PQP card is launched

• ConstructionSkills Partners Princes Foundation to support First Heritage Academy

“From its beginnings in 1988, the Construction Industry Council has grown from a

base of 5 founding members to represent half a million professionals.”

Tim Gough, Frances Paterson, Donald Bishop, Julien Parrott, Alan

Gilbertson, Ken Storey, Stuart Holt, Bill Black, Roger Sainsbury, David

Lush, Peter Burberry, Michael Coates, Michael Finn, Peter Lord, Hugh

Try, Rodney Chartres, Derek Clarke, Keith White, Alan Sexton, Hugh

Johnston, David Rock, Marion Bowman, Tim Willis, Larry Rolland, Alan

Crane, Andrew Ramsay, Sir Andrew Derbyshire, Hazel McKay, Keith

Banbury, Sheila Hoile, Guy Rigby, Paul Timmins, Peter Everall, David

Smith, Peter Sheaves, Samantha McDonough, Tony Bingham, John

Connaughton, Quentin Leiper, Tony Southgate, David Hattersley, Tony

Wood, Virginia Newman, Jan Hellings, Peter Lennon, David Phythian,

Richard Biggs, Mark van den Berg, Martin Lockwood, Dianne Marshall,

Roger Burton, Chris Mills, Tony Dennison, Shirley Watson, Keith Hammond, Keith Snook, Chris

Powell, Helen Stone, Tom Foulkes, Nelson Ogunshakin, Stan Hornagold, Barry Clarke, Gillian Birkby,

Ed Badke, Martin Russell-Croucher, Rod Pettigrew, David Gann, Andrew Blackburn, Tony Blackler,

Guy Cottam, Roger Courtney, Diane Dale, Andrew Eastwell, Andrew Rogers, Dennis Neale, Brian

Law, Dermot O’Reilly, Don Leeper, Greg Brown, John Wright, Peter Roe, Peter Judd, Fiona Griffiths,

John Burkett, David Hampton, Tamara Dale, Brian Lamden, Robert Hunter-Jones, Andy Walker, Sue

Doran, Clara Greed, Phillip Groves, Chris Cole, Graham Dewey, Chris Pike, Neil Milbank, Michael

Ankers, Claire Edmondson, John McWilliam, Neil Tutt, Eve Farraud, Bryan Hunt, Stephen Matthews,

Peter Lord, Jane Wernick, David Tuffin, Graham Penny, Steven Harding, Stan Hornagold, Gordon

Masterton, Dianne Jennings, Christopher Laing, David Cracknell, Ted Watts, Sue Johnson, Sam

Allwinkle, Michael Romans, John Whitwell, Graham Owens, John Smart, Judith Walker, Brendan

O’Connor, Colin Harding, Graham Ive, Phil Shearer, Alec Moir, Richard Brindley, Mark Whitby,

Francesca Berriman, Chris Haddon, Wayne Lord, John Cole, Paul Everall, Michael Brown, John

Pyman, John Riches, Kevin Blackwell, John Dean, Peter Roe, Eira Rowe, Michael Dickson, Blane

Judd, Mel Lees, Denys Morgan, T Trevis, John Smart, Mike Tester, David Upton, Rob Minors,

Nigel Thompson, Andy Watts, David Winson, Tamsin Fox-Davis, Colin Dobson, Nicholas Bennett,

Karen Syme, Roger Chantrelle, David Adamson, Katie Whiskin, Richard Hastilow, Andrew Gooding,

Claire Luxton, Peter Goodacre, Tony Iles, Julian Amey, Diwam Patel, Bruce Cozens, Kevin Fear,

Ann Minogue, Chris Dancaster, John Reilly, David Potter, Brian Totterdill, Rachel Done, Tony Butler,

Eric Arnold, Chris Blythe, David Walker, Sunand Prasad, Caroline Cole, Tim Carpenter, Chrystall

Nicoll, Joanna Hutchison, Ian Williams, Nicholas Fletcher, James Beevers, Rhiannon Pugh, Richard

Lorch, Sue Friend, Elizabeth Brookfield, Mindy Hadi, Roger Burton, Ken Treadaway, Mark Way,

Imtiaz Farookhi, Jack Pringle, Micky Klippel-Arden, Tom Taylor, Rachel Raywood, Louis Armstrong,

Michael Ellison, Dennis Vine, Peter Bransby, Terence Westwood, Hugh Clamp, John Andrews,

Trevor Martin, Don Leeper, Ghaza Alwani-Starr, Douglas Oakervee, Jack Pringle, Malcolm Day,

Phil Williams, Chris Cross, Jon Prichard, Janine Michael, Stephen Matthews, Mike Chrimes, Nick

Spencer, Delva Patman, Guy Leonard, John Uff, Rod Maceachrane, Andrew Eastwell, Christine

MacFarlane, Don McGeorge, Louisa West, Richard Larcombe, Janette Welton, Tony Cusack,

Guy Thompson, Les Bourne, Wylie Cunningham, John Watson, Hans Haenlein, Bill Jepson, Brian

Abbott, Huw Taylor, Baz Dickson, Amar Bhogal, Emma Howlett, Brian Neale, Elizabeth Gardiner,

Peter Caplehorn, Liz Bennett, George Ferguson, Bridget Fidler, Jim Meikle, Alex Reid, Patricia

Behal, Steve Dixon, Hugh Woodrow, David Lazenby, Christine Gauston, Peter Rogers, Mary Wrenn,

Danna Walker, Brian Neale, Jobran Hammoud, Jerry Shoolbred, Guy Hazelhurst, Alan Armitage,

Sue Flavin, Martin Wyatt, Bill Povey, Geoff Marsh, Chris Harding, Max Fordham, Stefanie Fischer,

Nora Fung, Ian Hamilton, Steve Harding, Richard Haryott, Peter Head, John Hobson, Mani Hussain,

Andrew Ramsay, Corrina King, Bill Rodgers, William Hawkins, Peter

Runacres, Lance Saunders, Tony Shepherd, Stef Stefanou, Irene

Woodward, John Burns, Graeme Baker, Nancy Cogswell, Robbie

Reith, Graham Owens, Roger Chantrelle, John Bale, Rita Courtney,

Frank Duffy, John Brandenburger, Herb Nahapiet, Stuart Atkinson,

Geoff Bull, Andrew Dutton, John Mead, Ron Tucker, Chris Nash, Sue

Beavil-Til, Richard Frewer, David Deas, Stephen Groak, Dermott

Sweeney, David Sherwood, Roger Down, Michael Starr, Brian

Hughes, Brian Woodford, Elizabeth Spark, Jackie Howes, Alan

Thomas, Derek Gillingham, Bob Heathfield, Martin Wade, Doug

Goodsir, Tom Smith, Ray Bentley, Sydney Bell, Anne King,

Max Hutchinson.

CIC is nothing without the immense contribution of the hundreds of volunteers and a small and loyal staff who collectively have made the organisation work. A few are named here…there are many more.

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CIC Summer Reception 2005

Graham Watts and Ted Happold 1991

When the major contractors and clients called time on the CIB, the then Construction Minister was Nick Raynsford; quickly – since the 2001 Election was about to be called – he set up the Strategic Forum for Construction and asked Sir John Egan to chair it. There was no time to set it up in any industry-led way and for the first 18 months the Secretariat of this industry body was provided by the DTI. CIC was instrumental in putting forward proposals to Brian Wilson, Raynsford’s successor as Construction Minister, for the Forum to be taken into industry ownership. Peter Rogers of Stanhope was appointed as Chairman and CIC hosted the Secretariat for four years until 2006. Now, the three CUB members take it in turn to host the Chair and Secretariat, and as CIC reaches its 20th year, it once again holds the ropes for the Forum with its immediate past Chairman, the very same Nick Raynsford in the chair.

So, it can be seen that both objectives set by the founders of CIC have been achieved; a strong, robust organisation that coordinates the professions of the built environment through a loose and flexible arrangement without threatening their sovereignty or independence; and an industry-wide, strategic vehicle that acts as a single voice for the whole sector.

In addition to this federal structure for construction, CIC has forged other strong relationships over the years, most notably partnering with CABE to launch and develop the Design Quality Indicator and, in recent years, with the CITB in the development of ConstructionSkills as a successful, all-embracing Sector Skills Council for the industry.

CIC is always evolving as an organisation; Nations and Regions were added after ten years; it operates many multi-disciplinary, pan-industry activities on behalf of members (Approved Inspectors, Adjudication, Training, Vocational Qualifications and so on); and, on the eve of its 20th anniversary, the whole structure of the organisation has been quietly revolutionised to end the electoral college and standing committee processes and replace them with far-reaching communities of interest within the wider membership.

In the Manifesto that led to the creation of CIC, the objectives were set to ‘speak with one voice’; ‘to achieve a consensus’; ‘to achieve better performance in the industry’; ‘to ensure the product is what the client needs’; and to ‘ensure that the full range of skills and knowledge is available in the industry’. These tenets are still what drive the CIC forward, more than 20 years on, and they remain core principles worth striving for.

Graham Watts OBE November 2008

The origins of what initially became the Building Industry Council grew out of the ashes of something called the Group of 8, which itself was only one of a number of bodies that brought different parts of the construction industry together. The G8 had enjoyed a “beer and sandwiches” relationship with the Labour governments during the 1970s but by the late 80s the mixed membership of professional institutions, employer bodies and trade unions couldn’t agree on anything other than a “begging bowl” approach for more work, which was clearly not the message Mrs Thatcher wanted to hear. Patchy representation and a lack of scope and cohesion led to waning credibility and the Group’s eventual demise in 1988.

The new Council, comprising the leading five professional bodies in the building industry, was intended to grow, through the evolution of separate electoral colleges, to

cover the employer associations and the unions. However, there is a massive difference in the raison d’être of professional institutions and trade associations; one is concerned with the public interest and the other with representing the interests of members; and these are not always going to be objectives that coincide. So, CIC – as it became in 1990 – was destined to represent the “professional” sector, a loose alliance of the professional institutions, professional services providers, research bodies, standards setting and teaching organisations.

CIC never gave up on the bigger target of pulling the whole industry together. The first step came in 1992 with a formal accord with the Construction Industry Employers’ Council (a grouping of the main employer bodies). This led to more conjoined lobbying but also, a year later, to the Latham Review. The 30 principal recommendations of the resultant report ‘Constructing the Team’, included one for the establishment of a Review Implementation Forum, which subsequently became the Construction Industry Board, and another to establish a representative grouping for construction clients. The CIB brought together the CIC and other bodies representing contractors, materials producers, specialist subcontractors and clients but it was only to last for six years. Alongside the development of the CIB, the CIC, Construction Confederation (representing contractors) and the Construction Products Association have been working together as CUB (the Construction Umbrella Bodies) since 1995, co-ordinating major campaigns and working together on the political stage.

Creating a Single Voice (or at least a very good Choir!)

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Graham Watts receives OBE for Services to Construction

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Corporate PatronsArupAssociation of Building EngineersAssociation of Consultant ArchitectsAssociation for Consultancy & EngineeringThe Building CentreChartered Institute of BuildingChartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating EngineeringChartered Institution of Building Services EngineersConstruction Skills Certification SchemeFladgate FielderGleeds New Civil EngineerThe Happold TrustInstitution of Civil EngineersLABC

Landscape InstituteRoyal Institute of British ArchitectsWillmott Dixon Ltd WSP Group Plc

Individual PatronsMichael Dickson CBEStefanie FischerAlan GilbertsonDave Hampton – the Carbon CoachDavid Hattersley MBESir Brian HillSheila Hoile MBEStuart Holt MBEStan HornagoldChristopher Laing OBE DL

A BIG thank you to our Patrons

Sir Michael Latham DL MAProfessor Mel LeesPeter LordAlec Moir OBEDennis Neale OBE MCRobin Nicholson CBEGraham OwensFrances Paterson MBEThe Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MPChristopher Vickers CBEGraham Watts OBE Mark Whitby Tim WillisRobin Wilson CBE FREng

CIC, CITB-ConstructionSkills and CITB (NI) are working in partnership as the Sector Skills Council for Construction