The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has launched its Roadmap for Change,
a new digital resource to promote industry best practice, at Futurebuild, in
London on 3 March 2020.
The Roadmap for Change is a digital platform designed to highlight the good
work being done in the construction industry to bring change. The initiative
was created by CIC’s Diversity and Inclusion Panel and spearheaded by its
Chair, Maria Coulter BEM.
The tool was developed following an industry wide CIC survey to celebrate
the organisation’s thirtieth anniversary which asked some key questions
including, ‘what, if anything would make you leave the industry?’. It received
over 1,100 responses and six key themes were extracted from the data; image,
progression, procurement, inclusive design, leadership and technology. In the
digital roadmap, key initiatives and examples of best practice are displayed in
relation to each theme.
In her speech at the launch, Maria Coulter, managing director of
Construction Coach, emphasised that, “as an industry we work in silos, the
roadmap is a way of sharing the great work the industry is doing to bring
change and help others do it too. This is not the end of the journey, but the
start. We are delighted to have got this off the ground and we hope that all
companies will engage with it and contribute so that it becomes a first port of
call for good ideas and shared practice.”
Stephen Hodder, the CIC Chairman, introducing the event, said: “The Roadmap
for Change not only celebrates CIC’s thirtieth anniversary, but represents
arguably one of the most comprehensive consultation exercises with a whole
range of people engaged with the construction industry. This digital tool seeks
to encourage progressive change and continue the debate as what we need to
address to make it the industry of choice in the next thirty years. My thanks
go to Maria Coulter and all who contributed to what I hope will become an
invaluable source of knowledge for the sector.”
The Roadmap has been produced in collaboration with Building People, an
online marketplace that connects people to opportunities across the UK Built
Environment. Building People Chief Executive, Rebecca Lovelace, also spoke at
the launch and very warmly welcomed the dot-joining initiative.
The launch was sponsored by the Considerate Constructors Scheme. The
organisation’s Executive Chairman, Isabel Martinson, also attended and spoke at
the event.
The website www.roadmapforchange.org.uk is now live.
