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CIOB name change and partnerships
00:00 25 Jun 1997
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Exclusive by James Atkinson CIoB looks to the future Institute's
Chief Executive aims to bring the industry together with overhaul
The Chartered Institute of Building is to debate changing its name
to The Chartered Institute of Construction at its national council
meeting today (Wednesday 25 June). It will also examine proposals
for alliances with other institutes.
CIoB chief executive Keith Banbury told CJ: "There is an agreement in principle towards the new name, which reflects the growing diversity of our members. The change of title of individual corporate members from Chartered Builder to Chartered Constructor is a more difficult one which may or may not be accepted."
Banbury pointed out that the name changing process still had a long way to go.
Even if the council does accept the changes, the membership at large will still have to be consulted, an AGM held and then the proposals submitted to the Privy Council for final approval.
The rational for the changes was based on the Institute's new development strategy, Meeting the Challenge which sets as its goal that "the Institute will become the leading professional body for management in construction and its members the leaders of the construction team by 2005".
However, many of the Institute's 33,000 members are objecting to the Chartered Constructor label, believing the name fails to properly encapsulate all the job functions of members.
The CIOB will also debate further partnerships with other institutes such as the Architects and Surveyors Institute and British Institute of Architectural Technologists. Agreement in principle has been reached with both the ASI and BIAT.
Banbury commented: "We've agreed the principles of coming together. It's part of our Latham inspired drive to cut down on fragmentation within the industry.
"We may see dual membership at beneficial rates in the future. Nobody loses, as everyone stays independent, but gains the benefits of the other Institute. I expect this to go through much quicker than the CIOB name change, probably sometime this year."
CIoB chief executive Keith Banbury told CJ: "There is an agreement in principle towards the new name, which reflects the growing diversity of our members. The change of title of individual corporate members from Chartered Builder to Chartered Constructor is a more difficult one which may or may not be accepted."
Banbury pointed out that the name changing process still had a long way to go.
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Even if the council does accept the changes, the membership at large will still have to be consulted, an AGM held and then the proposals submitted to the Privy Council for final approval.
The rational for the changes was based on the Institute's new development strategy, Meeting the Challenge which sets as its goal that "the Institute will become the leading professional body for management in construction and its members the leaders of the construction team by 2005".
However, many of the Institute's 33,000 members are objecting to the Chartered Constructor label, believing the name fails to properly encapsulate all the job functions of members.
The CIOB will also debate further partnerships with other institutes such as the Architects and Surveyors Institute and British Institute of Architectural Technologists. Agreement in principle has been reached with both the ASI and BIAT.
Banbury commented: "We've agreed the principles of coming together. It's part of our Latham inspired drive to cut down on fragmentation within the industry.
"We may see dual membership at beneficial rates in the future. Nobody loses, as everyone stays independent, but gains the benefits of the other Institute. I expect this to go through much quicker than the CIOB name change, probably sometime this year."
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