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30/10/2017
CIOB Commission Announces Call For Evidence Into Construction Quality
The Chartered Institute of Building's (CIOB) Construction Quality Commission has issued a call for evidence into construction quality.
The Commission, set up earlier this year following a number of high-profile failings in construction quality both in the UK and internationally, will focus on the need to establish and promote a culture of quality within the sector.
Other focus areas will include; instilling pride in the buildings and infrastructure that the sector creates and manages, as well as the need to better understand the behaviours, both individual and corporate, that are promoting or preventing the delivery of quality on construction projects.
Responses to the call for evidence will help the CIOB shape its work on improving construction quality and provide an evidence base to draw on.
Overall the Commission is looking for clear evidence to identify what improvements are necessary to achieve high standards of quality in the product, people and processes throughout the sector. This includes highlighting examples of good practice that others can learn from, as well as poor practice that is to be avoided at all costs.
Chair of the Commission, CIOB Immediate Past President Paul Nash, said it is clear an "urgent review" is needed in the way in which construction quality is managed.
"As the professional body responsible for construction management, the CIOB has a duty to respond to this issue, acting in the public interest," he said.
"The findings from the call for evidence will feed into the work of the Commission, which is looking specifically at areas where the CIOB can have a direct influence in improving construction quality.
"I would encourage as many people as possible involved in the built environment to respond to this call for evidence. We welcome responses from the global construction sector, as it is clear that issues of quality are not just constrained to the UK."
The deadline for evidence to be submitted is Friday, 01 December.
For more information, visit www.ciob.org/quality.
(LM/MH)
The Commission, set up earlier this year following a number of high-profile failings in construction quality both in the UK and internationally, will focus on the need to establish and promote a culture of quality within the sector.
Other focus areas will include; instilling pride in the buildings and infrastructure that the sector creates and manages, as well as the need to better understand the behaviours, both individual and corporate, that are promoting or preventing the delivery of quality on construction projects.
Responses to the call for evidence will help the CIOB shape its work on improving construction quality and provide an evidence base to draw on.
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Overall the Commission is looking for clear evidence to identify what improvements are necessary to achieve high standards of quality in the product, people and processes throughout the sector. This includes highlighting examples of good practice that others can learn from, as well as poor practice that is to be avoided at all costs.
Chair of the Commission, CIOB Immediate Past President Paul Nash, said it is clear an "urgent review" is needed in the way in which construction quality is managed.
"As the professional body responsible for construction management, the CIOB has a duty to respond to this issue, acting in the public interest," he said.
"The findings from the call for evidence will feed into the work of the Commission, which is looking specifically at areas where the CIOB can have a direct influence in improving construction quality.
"I would encourage as many people as possible involved in the built environment to respond to this call for evidence. We welcome responses from the global construction sector, as it is clear that issues of quality are not just constrained to the UK."
The deadline for evidence to be submitted is Friday, 01 December.
For more information, visit www.ciob.org/quality.
(LM/MH)
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