2018 - The Institute of Construction Management

Safety, Quality, and Competence must be the focus for everything in construction

Written by David Jones on December 13, 2018. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Fire Safety, General Interest, Quality, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

... quality design, quality products, quality services ... and ICM champions quality safety too! ... The ICM fully endorses and supports the general calls from all parts of of the sector to seize the opportunity to change the construction industry in the UK for the better, improving both safety,...

How far should the ‘ban’ of combustible materials in high rise construction go? …

Written by David Jones on December 1, 2018. Posted in Fire Safety, General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

About the ‘ban’ of combustible materials in high rise construction: Jon Cumberlidge describes himself as a self professed 'Building Regs nerd' with almost two decades of experience within Construction and Regulatory Standards professions and, is both a Chartered Building Engineer and Chartered Builder...

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group call for Government to establish a Construction and Infrastructure Authority

Written by David Jones on November 28, 2018. Posted in Competence, General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group has marked its 25th anniversary, with the call for Government to establish a Construction and Infrastructure Authority. SEC Group chairman, Trevor Hursthouse says: “In the last two years there has been an outpouring of reports on construction – most...

Do competent professionals with ‘soft skills’ perform better?

Written by David Jones on November 25, 2018. Posted in Competence, General Interest, Quality, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

Do competent professionals with 'soft skills' perform better? What do soft skills look like? Social awareness; Capacity to embrace change; Emotion regulation; Patience; Perceptiveness; Persistence; Perseverance; Temperament to manage adversity; Growth mindset; Professionalism; Enthusiasm; Drive; Ambition;...

Helen Clark at the London screening of her film “My Year With Helen” … ICM’s David Jones meets her …

Written by David Jones on November 18, 2018. Posted in General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

On a personal note, an extremely proud moment was captured at the London screening of My Year With Helen at the Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge on Friday 16 November when our ICM's Dir. of Education & Training was proud to get The Rt. Hon. Helen Clark to sign a copy of her latest book for him and...

Ban on combustible cladding “does not go far enough” ~ systemic failure of the entire building control system!

Written by David Jones on November 3, 2018. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Fire Safety, Quality, Registration, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

Measures to ban combustible materials on the outside of some buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower Fire do not go far enough, says James Dalton, director of general insurance policy at the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in his keynote address to the FPA Fire Sector Summit on 31st October...

The MOBIE Model – Inspiring the Next Generation

Written by David Jones on October 31, 2018. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, General Interest, Quality, The ICM Blog, Training. Leave a Comment

At London Build 2018 the leading construction & design show at London Olympia on 23 October David Jones Director of Education & Training at ICM chaired the conference at the Skills Hub and had the great pleasure to introduce and invite John Mathers who is Trustee of MOBIE: Ministry of Building...

CDM Competence Registry™® launched by The Institute of Construction Management …

Written by David Jones on October 29, 2018. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Fire Safety, Registration, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

... the sector needs a new culture of managing safety on HRRBs and fire risks during cladding and insulation removal and replacement ... On a sound foundation the ICM proudly launched the CDM Competence Registry™® at London Build 2018 the leading construction & design show at London Olympia...

Development of a European approach to assess the fire performance of facades

Written by David Jones on September 28, 2018. Posted in Fire Safety, General Interest, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

Development of a European approach to assess the fire performance of facades [CLICK HERE TO ACCESS A PDF COPY] The objective of this project was to address a request from the Standing Committee of Construction (SCC) to provide EC Member States regulators with a means to regulate the fire performance...

FIRE DOOR SAFETY WEEK ~ make it a competent 24/7/365 ‘All Year Round’ professional habit please!

Written by David Jones on September 25, 2018. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Fire Safety, Quality, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

Fire Door Safety Week is an annual event which aims to focus on issues around fire doors and fire safety ... smoke usually kills long before fire - powerful short film for Fire Door Safety Week 2018 ... the current 2018 campaign runs 24 - 30 September ... ... the British Woodworking Foundation...

Year: 2018