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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...

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...

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...

Bovis proves the ROI of Build Quality and ‘getting it right first time’ … Competence is key!

Written by David Jones on September 10, 2018. Posted in Competence, General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

NHBC reportable items from Bovis jobs has fallen 66% since December 2016, to a point slightly lower than the industry average! a step change in build quality after a renewed focus on improving standards and recruiting “high quality construction directors, site managers and site teams” The CIOB Construction...

The ICM 35th AGM [June 2018] and Rally ~ marks 176 years of history! ~ celebrates it’s 21st Century ready!

Written by David Jones on September 3, 2018. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, General Interest, Safety, The ICM Blog, Training. Leave a Comment

35th Annual General Meeting and Rally held in June 2018 at the Leigh Park Country House Hotel, Bradford-on-Avon in the South West Region ... Cliff Brown, current President, presided over and welcomed the attending members to the AGM - Mike Bishop, Overseas Secretary and Governor opened the meeting...

Apprenticeship Levy: What you need to know …

Written by David Jones on August 27, 2018. Posted in General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

As the Apprenticeship Levy comes into effect, Lizzie Crowley, CIPD Skills Advisor, explains what the levy is, the opportunities it could provide, and what the practical implications are for HR and organisations ... Watch the quick 3 minute video where Lizzie explains ... CLICK THIS LINK Ed.

Tech Update: Modern Methods of Construction

Written by David Jones on August 5, 2018. Posted in General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

LABC has issued an important Tech Update on Modern Methods of Construction and the Building Regulations As more and more Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) are being put to use in the construction industry each year the interest in MMC has extended to the construction of housing as they potentially...

The shortlist for the Construction Manager of the Year Awards 2018 has been revealed

Written by David Jones on July 31, 2018. Posted in General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

40th Anniversary of CMYA - 24th October : Grosvenor House Hotel Celebrate the UK's finest Construction Managers ... A total of 63 of the best construction managers in the UK have been named in the shortlists for nine categories. They will be whittled down to a winner in each category, as well as...

Licensing the UK construction industry …

Written by David Jones on July 26, 2018. Posted in General Interest, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

Cross-party support for licensing the construction industry at the launch of the Federation of Master Builders’ new report in Westminster The Federation of Master Builders’ new report, “Licence to build: A pathway to licensing UK construction” was launched in parliament on Monday night. The report,...