Competence Archives - The Institute of Construction Management

The Institute of Construction Management recently responded to the British Standards Institute BSI consultation of their proposed publicly accessible standard (PAS) for principal designer

Written by David Jones on February 2, 2022. Posted in Competence, Consultation, Fire Safety, Risk, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

The Institute of Construction Management recently responded to the British Standards Institute BSI consultation of their proposed publicly accessible standard (PAS) for principal designer. This is the new role which will come in to effect under the Building Safety Bill, and is not to be...

2022 ─ ICM Celebrating 180 Years since founding in 1842! ─ rising to the challenge of Digital Age Transformation ─ driving the future of a Safe Sector with Competent Organisations! ─ the voice for construction management …

Written by David Jones on January 18, 2022. Posted in Competence, Fire Safety, General Interest, Quality, Registration, Risk, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

"Wow! ─ what an incredible couple of years!" ─ at the start of 2022 David Jones shares our vision bringing the past, present and future into an interesting alignment with anecdotal waypoints along the recent unique ICM timeline ... ... '20/20 Vision' ─ a term used to express normal visual acuity...

Building Safety Bill ─ Residents’ Voice

Written by David Jones on October 16, 2021. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Safety, The ICM Blog, Trademark Licence. Leave a Comment

Accountable Persons MUST ensure the effective assessment and management of their building’s safety Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review found that residents did not have a strong enough voice in the management of their buildings. They often: ► did not have the chance to offer views and participate...

Building Safety Bill ─ Draft regulations published

Written by David Jones on October 5, 2021. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Fire Safety, Quality, Registration, The ICM Blog, Trademark Licence, Training. Leave a Comment

Draft regulations for delegated powers proposed in the Building Safety Bill, published to assist parliamentarians and others with understanding the contents of the Bill The Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations [2021] SCOPE: CLICK ON THIS LINK TO ACCESS THE...

The Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (MRPQ) Directive (Directive 2005/36/EC) on the mutual recognition of qualifications will no longer apply from 1 January 2021

Written by David Jones on December 30, 2020. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Registration, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

The MRPQ Directive will no longer apply to the UK and there will be no immediate system of reciprocal recognition of professional qualifications between the remaining EEA states and the UK Mutual Recognition Agreement The text of the Future Relationship with the EU features a framework under which...

Competent Organisation …

Written by David Jones on December 9, 2020. Posted in Competence, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

The Institute of Construction management is proud to announce that the Registrar of the National CDM Competence Registry™® has awarded new members Dr Andy Painting and David England from Attis the highest level on the register of principal designers. The levels 1 to 6 demonstrate competency in this...

Six Seconds Separation!

Written by David Jones on January 26, 2020. Posted in Competence, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

Six seconds! ... there are actually 210¼ million periods of six seconds in an average 40-year working lifetime ... here's just one six second slot out of the working lives of a small team of construction workers ... WATCH THE VIDEO EVIDENCE FROM THE RAIL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BRANCH READ PART 1 OF...

Technical Due Diligence ─ Redefined by RICS … adopted by ICM too!

Written by David Jones on January 13, 2020. Posted in Competence, General Interest, Quality, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

RICS explain that Technical due diligence of property, when carried out by an RICS member or RICS registered firm, consists of the systematic review, analysis, discovery and gathering of information about the physical characteristics of a property and/or land (the property). The RICS member or RICS...

Fire Safety Training …

Written by David Jones on November 9, 2019. Posted in Competence, Fire Safety, Safety, The ICM Blog, Training. Leave a Comment

Fire Safety Training ... Fire Risk Consultancy Limited work closely with the Fire Service to develop courses to meet their training requirements and have close links with large institutions such as RICS and LABC ─ are proud to be an Institute of Fire Safety Managers approved centre and offer IFE...

The UK construction industry still seeks a comprehensive solution to the problem of ensuring competence

Written by David Jones on October 18, 2019. Posted in Competence, Registration, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

The ICM fully applauds and supports the FMB's initiative ... As things stand, many would argue that too few builders and contractors are subject to meaningful checks and balances. This is because, unlike the gas and electrical trades, anyone in the UK can set themselves up as a builder or tradesperson...