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CQIC were pleased to be represented at a recent site visit by Richard Lochhead MSP, Minister for Small Business, Tourism, Innovation and Trade, and Chair of the Construction Leadership Forum, to the £250m Dunfermline Learning Campus. The campus is one of the

On Monday 16 October, RICS  hosted a joint roundtable with the CQIC to consider how the ambitions set out in the Scottish Construction Accord can be adopted and integrated into the work of the construction sector. The roundtable was attended by the Chair of the RICS Scotland Board, Sandra Cummings, Vice-Chair, Nick Rowan and co-chairs of the CQIC Colin Proctor of Scottish Futures Trust and Iain Kent of Morgan Sindall as well as

Whilst construction quality must be a year round, every day thing, World Quality Week is an opportunity to re-energise and provide a boost to efforts around construction quality, drawing attention to the importance, and benefits, of a proactive approach to delivering construction quality. The Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) are promoting World Quality Week in the UK and is

Technology can make a big difference to the reduction of errors in design and construction, but only if you choose the right products and systems, and implement them in a way that best brings about change. The Get It Right Initiative (GIRI), with whom CQIC held a joint event back in February at which CQIC was launched, has undertaken research and are about to launch a report that

The Passivhaus Trust held its annual UK conference in Edinburgh on 16 and 17 October. The conference had the strap-line “Scotland Leads the Way” in recognition of the number of Passivhaus projects being delivered in Scotland and the work currently underway by Scottish Government to deliver a

As we passed the 6 months mark since the launch of CQIC, Colin Proctor, co-chair of the CQIC looked back over his notes from the joint conference held with @GIRI and picked out some key points from the day. Read what he heard and

The Construction Leadership Forum has released a video with a call to action for the sector. Iain Kent, co-chair of the CLF’s quality focused working group (the CQIC Steering Group) calls on the industry to prioritise quality in all decisions in order to build a culture where quality is

Exactly 6 months today, on 9 February 2023, the Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC)was officially launched at a joint event with the Get It Right Initiative (GIRI) in Edinburgh. Since the launch 75 organisations have committed to the Construction Quality Charter which is at the heart of the CQIC. They cover the breadth

One of the related initiatives to CQIC is the work being done by Scottish Government’s Building Standards Division (BSD) on the building standards system. No construction project can claim to be to the required quality if it does not comply with building standards. We are pleased to be supporting BSD as they develop the new Compliance Plan Approach which will support the proactive management of the delivery of construction quality. One of the aspects that BSD are considering is the fees for delivery of the building standards system. They have issued

Colin Campbell from Scottish Futures Trust, who provide the secretariat for the Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC), will update the next members’ meeting of the Get It Right Initiative (GIRI) on the activity and progress of the campaign to create a sustainable quality culture across Scotland since the

Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS), the Fife-based specialist flooring contractor, has underlined its commitment to quality by committing to the Construction Quality Charter which is at the heart of the Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC). ATS join a growing number of high-profile firms in committing to the charter – 73 to date. In an article published in Project Scotland, Jason Lister, MD of ATS, said, “The Charter is a growing collection of businesses committed to improvement and

On Thursday 1 June, Scottish Futures Trust’s Improving Project Delivery team is running a free-to-attend webinar on the ‘golden thread’ of information and how producing and holding reliable and robust information is essential to deliver safe, high-quality, compliant buildings. Those attending will hear from industry experts who will talk about lessons learned, discuss various

It was 3 months yesterday (9 May 2023) since the launch of the CQIC. In that time 60 organisations have committed to the Construction Quality Charter which is at the heart of the initiative. Details of the organisations that have committed to the Charter, and who have provided their logos, are available here. Creating a sustainable quality culture requires everyone involved

The CQIC Steering Group are pleased to share the ministerial letter they received which confirmed endorsement of the Construction Quality Charter on behalf of the Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) and

The Get It Right Initiative (GIRI), with whom CQIC partnered for the event that launched the CQIC and the Construction Quality Charter, are holding a series of FREE webinars. Based on the GIRI Design Guide, the series focusses on how to reduce error and positively influence design quality through doing the right thing in the initial design phase, and

CQIC recently published a case study on the Winchburgh Schools Project quality approach. The £62m project, for 2 secondary schools, a primary school and a sports centre, is West Lothian’s largest ever single investment in education. A proactive approach to the delivery of quality was adopted with the end result that

SELECT, Scotland’s largest construction trade association with around 1,250 Member businesses, which represents the electrical contracting industry, has pledged its support for the Construction Quality Charter. Alan Wilson, Managing Director of SELECT, said

CQIC was delighted to recently receive confirmation from RICS of their support for the initiative and for the Construction Quality Charter which is at the heart of the CQIC work to create a sustainable quality culture across construction in Scotland. Gary Strong, Global Building Standards Director & Interim Head of Construction Standards at RICS said,

The Get It Right Initiative (GIRI), with whom CQIC partnered for the event that launched the CQIC and its Construction Quality Charter, are holding a series of FREE webinars. Based on the GIRI Design Guide, the series focusses on how to reduce error and positively influence design quality through doing the right thing in the initial design phase, and

Compliance with building regulations, and the due process for achieving it, is a fundamental part of managing, and delivering, construction quality. After all, no building can be claimed to be to the level of quality expected, or required, if it does not comply with building regulations. Failures in achieving compliance to regulations (and the associated implications for quality) inevitably has consequences, and this can include enforcement action being taken. Scottish Government Building Standards Division (BSD) has published a new handbook providing guidance for

CIOB has become the latest organisation to declare its support for the Construction Quality Charter, which is at the heart of the CQIC. Eddie Tuttle, Director of Policy, External Affairs and Research at the Chartered Institute of Building and co-chair of its Quality Implementation Group, said: “The safety of the built environment should be so fundamental that

Cliff Smith, the executive director of the Get It Right Initiative (GIRI), with whom CQIC collaborated with for the event at which CQIC was officially launched, has provided an Insight for Scottish Construction Now where he states that “the launch of the Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC) is a proud moment for Scottish construction

The Get It Right Initiative (GIRI) has published an article which details and supports the CQIC vision, as explained by the co-chair of CQIC, Iain Kent. Iain highlighted that CQIC has the aim to put quality at the heart of decision-making across the sector. Speaking at the joint event held by GIRI and CQIC in February, that marked the launch of the CQIC and the Construction Quality Charter, Iain stated, “CQIC shares a vision for the sector that puts quality at the heart of decision-making to create a sustainable quality culture.

Construction company McLaughlin & Harvey has welcomed the launch of the Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC) and the launch of the construction quality charter that encourages transformation across the industry with quality being put at the centre of all decision-making.

In his presentation to the joint meeting of CQIC and GIRI in February 2023, which marked the launch of the CQIC initiative, Nick Ribbons, Partner – Construction at Zero Waste Scotland, highlighted the problem of waste generated by the construction sector in Scotland. Failures in quality of construction make a significant contribution to the waste generated from construction related activities,

Colin Campbell, a member of the CQIC Working Group and Associate Director – Construction Industry and Delivery at the Scottish Futures Trust, explains why CQIC is an asset for businesses and organisations of all scales.

 

The construction industry is to benefit from a dynamic new initiative – the Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC). Launched under the remit of the Scottish Construction Accord, the CQIC is dedicated to transforming a sector that makes a significant contribution towards Scotland’s society, economy, and environment. The Scottish Construction Accord, launched in October 2022, focusses on a series of key

Public sector construction in Scotland is changing with the Scottish public sector and construction sector working together to deliver better buildings, better ways of working and minimise the impact of construction on the environment. This dynamic new approach is set out in the Scottish Construction Accord (published in October 2022) which aims to bring the public sector and construction sector  together to

Location: Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh Date: Thursday 9th February 2023 Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm Cost: Free to employees of GIRI member companies and to organisations wishing to know more about GIRI and CQIC On 9 February 2023 GIRI and CQIC will host a joint event at the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh – join us for a panel of distinguished speakers