Competence Archives - The Institute of Construction Management

Functional Requirements are law ─ Approved Documents are guidance!

Written by David Jones on October 5, 2024. Posted in Building Safety Act, Competence, Compliance, Fire Safety, Legal, Newsletter, Quality, Risk, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

Vision Construct 2024 Following the series of major large conference events and, particularly, Vision Construct '23 held at Wembley Stadium at the end of 2023 as the new landscape of construction safety culture was evolving Resibuild Events recently hosted a Roundtable at the Building Centre in...

The Criminality of Performing Professional Statutory Duties Without Proven Competencies in Building Regulatory Contexts

Written by David Jones on July 26, 2024. Posted in Competence, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

The Criminality of Performing Professional Statutory Duties Without Proven Competencies in Building Regulatory Contexts In the realm of construction law, the intersection between statutory duties and professional competencies is not merely a matter of regulatory compliance but also one of legal...

CDM, BSA, B.Regs ─ Dutyholders and Competence Regulations

Written by David Jones on May 28, 2024. Posted in Building Safety Act, Competence, Featured Events, General Interest, Newsletter, Newsletter, Registration, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

CDM, BSA, B.Regs ─ Dutyholder and Competence Regulations The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 insert a new Part 2A into the Building Regulations 2010. This contains detailed requirements on clients to appoint designers and contractors who are competent and new duties...

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...