David Jones, Author at The Institute of Construction Management

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...

CONSTRUCTION COMPETENCE – FIT FOR THE FUTURE

Written by David Jones on September 24, 2018. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Featured Events, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

The CDM Competence Registry™ - a unique central sector-wide robustly reliable means for all property professionals at all levels to have their competence criteria of Skills, Knowledge and Expertise accredited under ISO9001 conditions ... You're welcome to join us at the Skills Hub on 23 October ICM...

“an institutional acceptance of error has crept into the construction process”!

Written by David Jones on September 21, 2018. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Quality, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

It’s not happening everywhere, but it’s happening enough to ring alarm bells! ~ it’s unlikely that this acceptance of error can be self-correcting without a change in culture such as we’ve undergone for safety and health ... Paul Nash, past president of the CIOB and chair of the CIOB Quality Commission...

Building regulations and fire safety: government response to Select Committee report

Written by David Jones on September 20, 2018. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Fire Safety, Registration, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

The government’s response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s report on building regulations and fire safety Published 18 September 2018 from:Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL TEXT OF THE REPORT Ed.

New Regulatory Framework – Joint Competence Authority – [HSE + Building Control + Fire & Rescue]

Written by David Jones on September 14, 2018. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Fire Safety, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

Building a Safer Future Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Final Report An important Alert published by Structural Safety part of ICE is aimed at those who own, commission, design, construct, or maintain multi-occupancy higher risk residential buildings (HRRBs) that are 10...

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