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Women in Construction 2024 in Wales
Top 100 Women in Construction: Suzanne Moss
Meet Suzanne Moss, a Business Manager at Ringway in Milton Keynes, with a rich career spanning 30 years in the highways industry. As part of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction Awards, we celebrate her remarkable journey and achievements.
Top 100 Women in Construction: Spotlight on Lade Ogunlaja
The Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction Awards showcase the incredible women and allies who are driving real change in the construction industry. The awards shine a light on their achievements, while demonstrating that the sector is diverse, inclusive and open to everyone. Today we celebrate Lade Ogunlaja, a construction project consultant with a passion for sustainability and inclusivity. Lade has been nominated for the Allies award, which recognises the key influencers who support inclusion and change.
The brightest talent in construction: SkillBuild 2024 national finalists announced
The best construction trainees and apprentices from across the UK have been announced after a record number of competitors took part in this year’s SkillBuild 2024 Regional Qualifiers.
CITB announces Consensus consultation for 2026-29 Levy
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced today that it will start Consensus engagement with the construction industry on Levy proposals for 2026-29 in September 2024. Consensus is a process that CITB usually undertakes every three years to ask construction employers for their views on its plans for generating Levy and the skills and training this will deliver to the industry. CITB’s core focus for the proposals being shared in September is to ensure that the exemptions and reductions stay current and appropriate.
Ofsted monitoring inspection finds “significant progress” in training quality at CITB’s National Construction College
Following a recent monitoring visit, Ofsted has today confirmed that the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) National Construction College (NCC) is making “significant progress” towards providing high-quality training for people in the construction industry.
Building Safety Act, heralds in generational reform
Dr Bola Abisogun OBE - On 28 April 2022, following my 32-month sabbatical at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Digital Built Britain ‘CDBB’, the Building Safety Bill received Royal Assent, marking the introduction of the Building Safety Act and a pivotal paradigm shift for UK construction.
Shortlist announced for the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction 2024
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction Awards 2024.
Over 250,000 extra construction workers required by 2028 to meet demand
The annual industry forecast from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) highlights the continuing persistent gap between what the UK needs to keep up with demand and the workforce available to meet the challenge.
Record number of SkillBuild Regional Qualifier competitors
Colleges across the UK are preparing to host the largest and longest-running construction skills competition, with over 1,000 students set to compete in the SkillBuild 2024 Regional Qualifiers this year.