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Three new CBCs in north
Chartered status CIOB north scores CBC hat trick
Three welcomed on one day
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The CIOB in the north welcomed
three new CBCs on the same day at the end of 2020: H&W Surveying and Consulting, PA Jessop and PKL Partners.
H&S Surveying and Consulting works mainly in the insurance sector for clients of large loss general perils (fire, flood, escape of water) but has seen growth in non-insurance work, particularly student accommodation.
Director Keith Wakeley said there were various reasons for wanting to achieve CBC status. “It was primarily to demonstrate professional competence in the marketplace in which we work; it is reassuring for current clients and future clients to work with a chartered company,” he said.
BSG Awards Dorset CBC wins H&S award
“We are also looking to grow the business over the next few years, and we felt achieving CBC status would strengthen our position to attract the right candidates to allow us move forward as a business.”
Established in 2015, PA Jessop provides project/design management, technical support, planning and delay analysis to construction firms, as well as project monitoring and clients’ clerk of works role. Director Phil Jessop said becoming CBC was “a pivotal milestone”.
“Having chartered status gives our clients an extra level of confidence in the company, knowing that they are using a CIOB-endorsed business, and from a marketing perspective, this will allow PA Jessop to grow from strength to strength,” he said.
PKL Partners was established in 1982 and offers services across a variety of sectors. Director Kevin Lockley said: “Achieving CBC status demonstrates to clients, both old and new, that we are constantly evolving to achieve the highest standards possible with a mark of distinction that they know they can trust.” ●
Dorset-based SME Spetisbury Construction – a CIOB CBC – has received an award from the UK’s largest health and safety consultancy, the Building Safety Group (BSG).
The accolade, for best practice in health and safety, was presented to director Martyn Openshaw (pictured) and managing director Justin Ives by BSG last autumn.
Ives credited the team and said he was proud to win the award. “Building Safety Group has been a long-standing partner of ours and have assisted in achieving and maintaining this standard. It is great to have achieved this recognition when they have so many other good member organisations,” he said.
The BSG Awards is a national celebration of businesses’ dedicated commitment to Health and Safety in construction.
Webinar Novus members offer tips on the industry
Leeds young professionals speak about starting out
Keith Wakeley, H&S Surveying and Consulting
Apology
In Construction Manager, November/ December on p50 the picture caption erroneously names Paul Mansell. There was in fact no photograph of Paul. We apologise for any inconvenience this caused.
The Leeds Novus group held a
webinar titled ‘Welcome to Construction: Your First Years in the Industry’ in the autumn.
Three local young professionals, chaired by Sam Dibaj, chair of Leeds Hub, spoke about their experience of starting out in the construction industry, offering tips on how to get the best start on career paths and things they wish they had done differently.
Lydia McGuinness, co-chair of G4C Yorkshire and Humber and trainee site manager at Henry Boot Construction, described the challenges and benefits of studying and working at the same time and raised her experience of being a young female in a male-dominated industry – particularly working on site.
Danielle Fleming, senior building surveyor at East Riding of Yorkshire, discussed changing direction in her career and the huge benefits of mentoring and being an ambassador to young people.
Jake Morrish, chair of Novus Leeds and assistant site manager at Redrow Homes, described what a normal day in his role looked like and also talked about some of the benefits of working towards his professional qualification with CIOB.
The session was really well received by those who attended and will be available online.
