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A free training course to help built environment professionals across the world better understand the importance of diversity and inclusion to combat underrepresentation in the sector has been launched by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Anne Okafor MCIOB is a Scotland-based Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Construction Ambassador. She uses her experience and story to inspire young people toward a career within the construction industry. CIOB recently partnered with STEM Learning, giving members the chance to sign up as Constr

Sandi Rhys Jones OBE, FCIOB has been appointed president of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and has called for greater collaboration across construction, education and policy makers. She has chosen collaboration as the theme for her presidential year and wants to help improve joined-up th

A new grade of membership launched by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is already giving specialist construction workers a platform to boost their careers whilst increasing professionalism across the sector.

CIOB in Scotland is still accepting nominations for its Awards 2023 sponsored by Contract Scotland and Competence Matters.

Low levels of awareness and engagement with the Points-Based System (PBS) post-Brexit continue to exacerbate existing skills shortages within the UK construction sector, according to the latest Migration and Construction report by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

While the days of construction careers being portrayed as low paid, low skilled, low prospect jobs for academic underachievers should have been confined to history, new research shows the sector remains tainted by these outdated misconceptions.

The search for the construction industry’s most influential managers and leaders is back on as a new date for the coveted CIOB Awards is announced.

In the May SCN column from the CIOB, Jocelyne Fleming follows last week’s roundtable in Holyrood which focused on how to retrofit Scotland's homes. The 2019 Scottish House Condition Survey found that just over half of homes in Scotland have disrepair to critical elements. The widesca

With two in every five occupied homes in Scotland failing to meet quality standards, with the highest failure rates relating to energy efficiency, construction industry experts are calling on the Scottish Government to develop a long-term, joined-up retrofitting strategy to urgently tackle the probl

Construction SMEs risk losing out in a competitive market if they don’t embrace the use of social value in procurement, according to a new report by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Nearly a quarter of a million extra people are needed in construction by 2027 but outdated perceptions mean it is often overlooked as a career, according to a new report.

Brian Gallacher, FCIOB, is the chairman and business development director at Pacific Building, a construction and fit-out business operating across Scotland. He has been a CIOB member for more than 30 years, and a Fellow for more than 20 of them, and says his FCIOB status gives his clients confidenc

Housing will be given its own ministerial office after new first minister Humza Yousaf completed the appointment of his ministerial team. Consisting of 10 cabinet secretaries, including the first minister, the Scottish cabinet will be supported by 18 junior ministers, with Paul McLennan aw

For the monthly SCN column from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Emma McKay shares information about the organisation’s CIOB Assist programme.