Celebrating 175 years of the Chartered Institute of Building

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Celebrating 175 years of theChartered Institute
of Building
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• Celebrating 175 years of the Chartered
  Institute of Building
• The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has
  been developing excellence and promoting the
  importance of the built environment for 175 years
  in 2009.
• To represent the influence its 40,000
  international members have had on the global
  skyline since 1834, the CIOB has designed a
  special logo profiling some of the most iconic
  structures in the world. CIOB members have held
  leadership positions in every one of these
  projects.
• The buildings range from Londons Palace of
  Westminster, which CIOB founder member Sir Samuel
  Morton Peto Bt (18091889) helped to construct,
  to Beijings Birds Nest National Stadium.
• The other landmarks included in the logo are
  Nelsons Column, Tower Bridge, the Petronas Twin
  Towers, Sydney Opera House, One Canada Square,
  the Millennium Dome (now the O2) and the Shanghai
  World Financial Center.
• To find out more about the stories and people
  behind the logo and for further information about
  special activities planned for 2009, visit
• www.ciob.org.uk.

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The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
started as a small but influential group of
Victorian master builders in 1834.
The Chartered Institute of Building, Ascot
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• This group of builders were remarkable in their
  achievements, working on some of our finest
  world-renowned landmarks and providing the
  Victorian landscape for much of Britain that we
  know and treasure today.

Buckingham Palace, London
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• By the 1960s the Institute of Building was
  firmly established. At the heart of this group
  was a determination that the work of the
  Institute should further the standards of the
  industry, rather than the interests of
  individuals.

Houses of Parliament, London
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• The disciplines of building, construction and
  site management were at the centre of the
  Institute throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and our
  rooting in these disciplines is still at our core
  today.

Canary Wharf, London
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• The publication of the Building Management
  Notebook (1960s) was a seminal text for the
  industry and the introduction of diplomas and
  certificates in Site Management have
  significantly shaped the roles and competence of
  thousands of site supervisors and managers.

Sydney Opera House, Australia
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• Best practice in construction management is
  celebrated through the Institutes Construction
  Manager of the Year Awards, which have been
  identifying exemplar achievements in the
  industry since 1979.

Nelsons column, London
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• The standing, reputation and impact on the
  industry by the Institute were such that in 1980
  we were awarded the Royal Charter to become the
  Chartered Institute of Building.

Broadgate Centre, London
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• An extensive debate throughout the 1980s
  established project management as a
  client-oriented discipline. The CIOBs Code of
  Practice for Project Management was first
  published in 1992, and is the premier guide for
  project management in the industry.

Millennium Dome, London
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• Its wide -ranging impact extends as far as
  China, where the 2nd and 3rd editions of the
  code are valued by the industry there.

Great Wall of China
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• Today the CIOB is a truly international
  organisation with over 40,000 members operating
  in more than 100 countries world-wide.

Petronas Towers, Malaysia
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• The discipline of building, represents
  management of construction processes from the
  earliest inception of a project, through design
  and production to facilities management.

Tower Bridge, London
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Our members work in many different spheres of
the industry and in many different roles.
Together we seek to create a common set of values
that underpin the professional and ethical needs
of society, delivering services and products
that create value across our broad membership
and further a-field.
London Central Mosque, London
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• This recognition of our achievements allows us
  to influence and further support the future of
  the global construction industry.