CIOB launches training programmes in China

Reported by Miles Shepherd in the UK

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) announced that it is set to finalise an agreement with the Institute of International Engineering Project Management (IIEPM) at Tsinghua University Beijing, and The Research Centre for International Construction Economics and Management in Chongqing University (RCICEM), to deliver training programmes aimed at experienced construction professionals in China.

These programmes will equip candidates with the necessary skills, and training, to develop as a modern construction or project management professional operating in China at national and international levels.

Fabio Casula, The CIOB’s head of international commented: "These programmes have been created to respond to the demands for international professional training in construction in China, where we have a leading position as a professional body.

"China is undergoing massive infrastructure projects across many regions. The World Bank has predicted that by 2015 half of the world’s new building and construction will take place in China; our intention is to establish these programmes and then roll them out in other areas of China in the near future."

According to most reports Tsinghua is placed first of all the universities in China. It attracts the most talented students of the nation and enjoys the best engineering and applied sciences programs in China, occupying a position similar to Berkeley, MIT, and Stanford in the US. Given its standing, admission to Tsinghua is highly competitive. The majority of selected students are national scholars and among the brightest high school graduates in the country. Many of China's top scientists, engineers, politicians and business leaders are among Tsinghua alumni. The current Chinese president, Hu Jintao, is a former Tsinghua student who graduated with a degree in hydraulic engineering in 1964.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) was formed in 1834 by a small group of London's master builders as the Builder Society. Its aim was to ‘to uphold and promote reputable standards of building through friendly intercourse, the useful exchange of information and greater uniformity and respectability in business’.
In 1884 the society was incorporated under the Companies Act as The Institute of Builders, with the principal objective ‘to promote excellence in the construction of buildings and just and honourable practice in the conduct of business’. Incorporation by Royal Charter was one of the objectives in the CIOB’s 1975-1980 Five Year Plan and, following extensive consultation with the membership, a petition was submitted to the Privy Council in January 1979. The Institute was granted a Royal Charter on 25 September 1980. CIOB represents on behalf of the public the most diverse set of professionals in the construction industry and has as its role:

• Promote the importance of the built environment.

• Lead the industry to create a sustainable future worldwide.

• Encourage leadership potential.

• Set the highest standards in quality, safety and qualification.

• Create an industry where excellence prospers.

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Student paper award winners' 08 announced in Vienna

Reported by Martina Huemann in Austria

"This year we had many high quality papers, so the decision of the jury was not an easy one", said Rodney Turner, University of Limerick and ESC Lille, jury member of the international student paper award, since it has been initiated by Roland Gareis, WU-Wien in 2002 and sponsored by Telekom Austria.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP, WU-Wien and ROLAND GAREIS CONSULTING organize annually the international and the austrian student paper award, to give student researchers an opportunity to present their results at the international happy projects conference held in Vienna. (www.happyprojects.at). As the conference was on PROJECTS & SALES the participants were encouraged to hand in papers on these topics, but papers on all project and process management topics were accepted.

Winners of the international student paper award´08

For the international student paper award we had 31 papers that entered the competition. The papers are written by Master, MBA and PhD students. The participants represented 16 universities and came from nations such as Australia, Austria, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and the Ukraine.

• The 1st prize went to Barry Rodgers, ESC Lille Graduate School of Management, France for his paper “Selling a PMO to management as a centralised repository of project expertise”

• The 2nd prize was honoured to Gabriella Dancsecz, PhD student at University of Pannonia, Hungary for her paper “Assessing project excellence of international sport event projects”.

• The 3rd prize went to Catriona Burke, master student at University of Limerick in Ireland for her paper “Programme Management as a framework for implementing strategy: Brief flirtation or enduring marriage?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally a big thank you to the juries!

The jury for the international student paper award´ 08 consisted of Frank T. Anbari, The George Washington University (USA), Constanta Bodea, Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, (Ro), Christophe Bredillet, ESC Lille (F), Lynn Crawford, University of Technology Sydney (Aus),
Pernille Eskerod, Univerity of Southern Denmark (DK), Ali Jaafari, Asia Pacific International College (Aus), Bernd Lauer, Telekom Austria (A) and Rodney Turner, ESC Lille (F).

The jury for the Austrian student paper award´08 consisted of Karl Kaineder, university of applied science, bfi Vienna, Dietmar Kilian, MCI Management Center Innsbruck (A), Renate Prantner, University of Applied Science bfi Vienna (A), Ursula Schneider, Karl Franzens University Graz (A), Franz Strehl, Johannes Kepler University Linz (A) and Dagmar Zuchi, Roland Gareis Consulting (A), Both juries were chaired by Martina Huemann, WU-Wien, (A).

The call for the student paper awards 09 will be out soon at
www.happyprojects.at

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A Workshop on Quality and Standards Resumed in Addis Ababa

Reported by Getachew Alemu in Ethiopia

A five day workshop on Quality and Standards has resumed in Addis Ababa. The workshop, which is organized by the Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia (QSAE), is supposed to focus on setting quality standards, ISO, laboratory tests, and other related issues.

A total of 15 African countries are represented in the workshop. According to Messay Girma, Director General of QSAE, quoted by ENA, the workshop is a continuation of similar workshops held in Sweden six months ago.

Setting quality standards, calibration, and a quality confirmation system on local products and imports are the central themes. The workshops will also look deeply into the best international cooperation instruments in the sector that could strengthen regional and continental collaboration.

QSAE is a government body responsible for overseeing the quality and standard aspects in the country with an overall business engagement in the areas of Ethiopian standards development, regulation enforcement, calibration, laboratory testing, batch product inspection, training, standards information and public education. It has 10 branches and representative offices including the ones in Djibouti and Moyale.

More on QSAE could be found on www.qsae.org.

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