we have included a brief description of links and societies that we think are important to the positive progression of students and education.
Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture
Michael Foster (Honorary Secretary)
c/o The Tooley & Foster Partnership Warwick House, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hil,l ESSEX. IG9 5LQ
TEL: 0181 504 9711 FAX: 0181 506 1779
the Construction Industry Council occupies a unique role within the UK construction industry. Its members represent over 350,000 professionals working for, and in association with, the construction industry and more than 19,000 construction firms.
It is the representative forum for the industry's professional bodies, research organisations and specialist trade associations.
Mission Statement:
To serve Society by promoting improved value and quality for clients and users;
To serve the construction industry by encouraging unity and by emphasising the significance of the built environment to the nation;
To serve members by adding value and emphasis to their work.
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Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment - improving people's lives through better buildings, spaces and places CABE is seeking to inject architecture into the bloodstream of the nation so that England becomes the European leader in prioritising the quality of the built environment through both public and private investment.
The Tower, Building 11, York Road, London. SE1 7NX
T 020 7960 240 F 020 7960 2444
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) was established by statute in 1997, and is the independent regulator for the architects' profession in the United Kingdom. The Board itself comprises 15 members, 7 of whom are architects elected by the profession. ARB is unique among statutory regulators in that it has a lay majority. ARB aims to protect the public by ensuring that high standards of professional education, practice and conduct are developed and maintained. The standards are set out in the Code of Professional Conduct.
8 Weymouth Street, London W1W 5BU.
Tel 020 7580 5861, fax 020 7436 5269.
www.architecturefoundation.org.uk
Established in London as Britain's first independent architecture centre, the Architecture Foundation aims to promote the importance of high quality contemporary architecture and urban design to as wide an audience as possible. In support of this aim, the Foundation has the following objectives: To encourage public participation, education and debate on the design, planning and sustainability of our cities. To emphasise the importance of and to explore ways of humanising the public realm. To celebrate the work of new architects as well as established practices.
30 Bury Street, London. SW1Y 6AU
Tel/Fax: (0)20 7839 9380
gallery@architecturefoundation.org.uk
The resource for built environment professionals or www.askbre.co.uk AskBRE is the information site for every professional concerned with the built environment. Whether that be a client, contractor, architect, surveyor, or engineer.
TEL: +44 (0)1923 664262
www.ciboard.org.uk Its main objectives are to implement the recommendations of 'Constructing the Team' and the complementary agenda of the 1998 Egan Report 'Rethinking Construction'.
The riba is the professional institute for all chartered architects in britain. the head office is located in london with 14 regional offices around britain. the hq Library is the largest and most comprehensive resource in the United Kingdom for research and information on all aspects of architecture. visit the website to find out about free student membership.
66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD
tel. 020 7580 5533
The RIAS is the professional institute for all chartered architects in Scotland. It has charitable status and offers a wide range of services and products for architects, students of architecture, construction industry professionals and all those with an interest in the built environment and the design process.
The RIAS remains committed to using every resource available to promote architects and architecture to the widest possible audience and as the representative body of a design led profession it recognises the potential of good website design to communicate its message.
The Knowledge Exchange web site connects all organisations who are committed to 'Rethinking Construction' and provides a one-stop, on-line search facility for anyone seeking to gain or share information on practical methods for implementing change & best practice.
The Rethinking Construction Partnership. Amanda Wain.
T:020 7554 8119 F:020 7554 8111 Awain@mace.co.uk
is a practical programme to help improve day-to-day working conditions through positive action to encourage greater diversity in the workforce. A key task is to identify and promote innovative organisations, as well as to present a more diverse, representative and human face of construction. This website has been set up as a communications network to provide information, share ideas and encourage good practice. Most importantly, Change the face of construction is here to give a voice for all those who enjoy working in the industry, helping to improve working practice, supporting the concept of Respect for people and generally raising the image of construction. The need has never been greater for construction to change its culture in order to recruit and retain more of the right people. The skills shortage is growing, competition for good men and women is intensifying and there is concern over the failure to attract sufficient young people into the construction industry.
Change the face of construction PO Box 26427 London SE10 8WU
tel ++44 208 305 2277 fax ++44 208 853 3281
contact@change-construction.org
Change the face of construction is a programme managed by the Construction Industry Board (CIB) in alliance with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). It is a practical programme that makes the most of existing initiatives, draws upon good practice in other industry sectors and seeks to move ahead on issues that are not being addressed -underpinned by demonstrating the business case for increasing the number of under-represented groups.
the CITB has a programme to better understand and improve the recruitment and retention of under-represented groups.This programme was defined in part by its report on ethnic minorities in the industry. The report, by the Royal Holloway College, was launched with a major conference in the summer of 1999. The CITB's support of Change the face of construction is motivated by a desire for practical action under the banner Respect for people CITB the Construction Industry Training Board. CITB's mission statement is 'to promote and facilitate the training of sufficient people in the skills needed for a world-class construction industry'. www.citb.org.uk has many links to other employment agencies, recruitment consultants, private practsies, learning resource centres.
Women in Architecture" was launched in July 2000 at the RIBA and it is is part of the new RIBA Equal Opportunities initiative. They seek to encourage more women into architecture and help students to look at all aspects of architecture as a possible career. They take part in primary and secondary education workshops and give career advise. Women in Architecture will be holding an exhibition in December 2000 in London to highlight the diverse nature of women in architecture. Contact Angela Brady (chairperson WiA):wia@bma.dircon.co.uk
"The Society of black architects is determined to foster more ethnic minority talent in architecture. SoBA aims to help students with guidance by way of a mentoring scheme, and offers inspiration through lectures and workshops."
Contact:
Caroline Osewe (SoBA Chair/ Head of Mentoring Sub-Committee) Tel: 020 7250 3477
e: c.osewe@freeuk.com
Samir Pandya (Publicity Officer)
Tel: 020 7841 7550
e: samirpandya@seh.co.uk
"The Design Council's purpose is to inspire and enable the best use of design by the UK, in the world context, to improve prosperity and well-being" They work with other influential organisations to help the UK make the most of its innovation and creativity by using design to add value. They also build links with the rest of the world, which improve the UK's global standing. All their work in inspiring and enabling the best use of design aims to increase prosperity and improve quality of life. The Design Council is funded through a grant from the UK government's Department of Trade and Industry.
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