{"id":65756,"date":"2019-10-23T09:29:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T08:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=65756"},"modified":"2019-10-23T09:29:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T08:29:41","slug":"quality-in-construction-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/quality-in-construction-3\/65756\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the case for quality in construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciob.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chartered Institute of Building<\/a> has been examining the issue of quality in construction for some time. Here, the organisation\u2019s new chief executive, Caroline Gumble, discusses the work of their Construction Quality Commission in pushing the issue to the top of the agenda<\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The CIOB\u2019s Construction Quality Commission was launched two-and-a-half years ago in response to a report into defects that led to the closure of a number of Edinburgh schools. The work of the commission was given a new impetus following the tragic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/tag\/grenfell-tower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grenfell Tower fire<\/a> in June 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Paul Nash FCIOB, a past president of the CIOB and chairman of our Construction Quality Commission, said recently: \u201cQuality, or rather the failure of quality, is arguably the most important issue facing the construction industry today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">That two years-plus of research and engagement across the industry identified an underlying cultural issue: quality was being sacrificed to achieve targets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Yet there is a cost \u2013 an actual impact on the bottom line \u2013 if you deliver poor quality and poor value. This has a direct correlation to the productivity of the industry and an obvious impact on margins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The CIOB is now in a position to deliver some of the practical outcomes of the commission\u2019s work and start pushing for the changes that are needed to raise the issue of quality in the built environment and help drive up standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">But how did we get from the launch of the commission to where we are now? And what do we want to happen next?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Our specific interest in quality followed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/news\/article\/2245\/independent_report_into_school_closures_published\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professor John Cole\u2019s report<\/a> into the defects that led to the closure of 17 schools in Edinburgh and, along with other industry bodies, we played our part in addressing this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Around the same time, declining consumer satisfaction with new homes identified a need to address some serious quality failings in the residential sector.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Just a few months later, in June 2017, the fire at Grenfell Tower in London claimed the lives of 72 people. This is the real cost \u2013 the human and social cost. It was a clarion call for fundamental change in the way buildings are designed, procured, constructed and managed. It dawned on us that serious problems were not just isolated events, but instead were systemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Our commission of past presidents, set up that same year, investigated the issue of quality in construction and considered what practical steps were needed to address it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">In gathering evidence, we surveyed the industry and the response pointed overwhelmingly to the need for top-to-bottom change. An overwhelming 84% of respondents said that workmanship suffers because of poor management of quality, while 82% said signing off work is compromised by the same.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The evidence proved what we suspected: that time and cost considerations have pushed quality to the back of the queue, and inherent industry systems and culture may be too weak on their own to restore quality as an equal priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">As part of the commission\u2019s work, we also teamed up with other professional bodies in the sector. In developing practical tools to support the, RIBA, RICS and the CIOB last year launched a free-to-download digital tool \u2013 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciob.org\/media-centre\/news\/riba-ciob-and-rics-launch-quality-tracker-tool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quality Tracker<\/a> \u2013 to improve \u00a0\u00a0the quality of outcomes in the construction industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">And we have also now published our Code of Quality Management. The new code, subtitled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciob.org\/sites\/default\/files\/CIOB_Code_of_Quality_Management.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guide to Best Practice Construction Quality Management<\/a>,\u00a0is free to download and is intended to provide a single point of information on construction quality management for construction professionals to improve quality by establishing best practice for quality management and quality planning processes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Quality is an issue for the whole sector and, of course, the industry on a global scale. We believe that what we have pulled together, in our case, reflects the impact of the quality issue and hearing the voices of SMEs, not just the big players, is essential to make a real difference for the whole industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make meaningful change to the culture in our industry \u2013 how we as an industry implement the outcomes from the Hackitt Review and embed the good work that we and others are doing into the culture of construction is absolutely critical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">I know it won\u2019t be easy. I also know it\u2019s trite to hark back to the good old days, but when I was on site with my father, who was a brickie, I spent plenty of time trundling from one site to another in a builder\u2019s van. There was no visible health and safety in those days! I didn\u2019t even have to wear a seat belt in the van; how times have changed for the better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">It\u2019s now the right moment to change things for the better again. I\u2019ve only been at the CIOB a couple of months now but in my meetings with industry representatives there is a real positivity and belief that we can do better on quality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">I\u2019m also pleased to announce that the CIOB Academy have now launched a free MOOC \u2013 massive open online course \u2013 on Quality in Construction. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciobacademy.org\/product\/quality-in-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three-week interactive course<\/a>, opening on 21 October 2019, has been designed specifically for those working in the industry and for clients and end users who want to learn more about what can be done to achieve quality buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">So I\u2019m using this opportunity to reissue a call to action I made in my first couple of weeks at the CIOB: please join the cause and support the work of our Construction Quality Commission. Download our new \u2013 and free \u2013 Code of Quality Management and look at what we\u2019ve learned about the drivers and enablers of construction quality management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Please also help us to highlight and embed the good practices in the industry, in the UK and overseas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Delivering quality in the built environment is one of many things our members are committed to. Thanks to all of you who are ready to join us in this movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caroline Gumble<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chief executive<\/p>\n<p>Chartered Institute of Building<\/p>\n<p>Tel: +44 (0)1344 630700<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ciobcaroline\">@ciobcaroline<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CIOB&#8217;s new chief executive, Caroline Gumble, discusses the work of their Construction Quality Commission in pushing the issue to the top of the agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[277,687,676,40577,596],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-built-environment","8":"tag-ciob","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-pbc-today-november-2019","11":"tag-training"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Making the case for quality in construction<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The CIOB&#039;s new chief executive, Caroline Gumble, discusses the work of their Construction Quality Commission in pushing the issue to the top of the agenda\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/quality-in-construction-3\/65756\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Making the case for quality in construction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The CIOB&#039;s new chief executive, Caroline Gumble, discusses the work of their Construction Quality Commission in pushing the issue to the top of the agenda.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/quality-in-construction-3\/65756\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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