Message from: The President and the CIOB CEO

Message from

THE PRESIDENT AND THE CIOB CEO

Dear Readers,

Welcome to this fourth edition of Managing Construction. This edition marks another important milestone in our young chamber`s history. In this fourth edition we will continue focusing on more interesting features that form part of the life cycle of a construction project. Furthermore, special attention will be given to the First International Built Heritage Conference which together with our international partner, the Chartered Institute of Building, we hosted in Malta this November. This event required a lot of coordination both locally and abroad. The outcomes of this conference proved all the effort and hard work to be worthwhile, not only because it was the first ever event of this kind and it was successful, but also because all the participants are looking forward for the next one. Two other important milestones are covered in this edition, one of which is the now much awaited AGM. This is an occasion which apart from providing another opportunity for our members to meet in person and as they say, put a face to a name, it provides the chamber’s administration with a chance to provide the members with an update on the work done throughout this year and with what is in store for next year. Additionally, it is an occasion in which another group of new members are presented with their membership certificate. The other milestone covered in this edition is an activity that we are very proud to be hosting. This involves the two H&S Courses for Professionals in collaboration with the BICC. Originally the idea was to have one class, but the demand was so high that in order to accommodate all those interested, we had to hold two classes; one at our office in Floriana and the other at the BICC premises in Valletta.

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CIOB’s first ever international heritage field trip came to an end just a few weeks ago and I am thrilled that it was such a success, in large part due to the excellent work of our co-hosts, the Malta Chamber of Construction Management. My thanks to everyone at the Chamber for your support. It was a wonderful event, on an important theme - examining the important work where conservation meets measures to mitigate climate change. There were too many highlights to include them all in this article. But I was delighted that Dr Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, Minister for Public Works and Planning, attended. It is good to know that the government understands the importance of the work being done by industry professionals.

I would also like to shout out Rory Cullen FCIOB and Professor John Edwards FCIOB, who both delivered fantastic talks and have been long-standing advocates of best practice in conservation in construction. I am already looking forward to hearing from them again at the annual CIOB Conservation Conference in April next year.

Our field trip also offered us the opportunity of some extraordinary site visits, including the Grandmaster's Palace, MUŻA, the Valletta Design Cluster and the Esplora Interactive Science Centre.

My thanks also to Dr Marthese Portelli, Chief Executive of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, who gave closing remarks at the end of the day and some context on the construction’s importance to the business and economic activity in Malta.

I want to thank everyone who attended and everyone who put time and effort in to helping us organise this unique event. I do hope all our delegates got as much out of it as I did. Caroline Gumble - CEO