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A ‘low risk’ approach to façades on high-rise buildings

Written by David Jones on January 5, 2019. Posted in Competence, Fire Safety, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

The ICM are always pleased to recommend good industry CPD - Phase 1 of the sad Grenfell Inquiry has ended - and ongoing Phase 2 is even sadder - but is now delayed due to a member of the Panel testing positive to COVID-19 so the Hearing is now deferred until 11 January 2021 but the Met. Police investigation...

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,...

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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