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News in Brief CMYA

Race begins to find this year’s best construction manager

From refitting a city office to redeveloping schools, keeping the client satisfied can be particularly demanding in construction. The finalists just announced in CIOB Construction Manager of the Year Awards (CMYA) have all proved themselves more than equal to a wide range of challenges, combining resourceful and creative application of building technology with inspiring project and team management and top communication skills. Through a rigorous selection process by top

industry judges, drawn from Fellows and Members of the CIOB, getting shortlisted for the Construction Manager of the Year Awards is tough and commendations are both hard earned and prestigious. Chris Blythe, chief executive of the CIOB said: “It is

no secret that the construction industry faces some challenging times. But what is encouraging is the ingenuity and skill shown by our finalists this year and their ability to make the sometimes impossible possible. You could be forgiven for thinking that the 2010 competition would somehow suffer because of the recession, but that simply has not been the case and shows just how special and unique this level of recognition is.” This year’s awards boast more than 100 finalists

from a record number of entrants from every level of the industry. This year’s line-up also includes the youngest-ever entrant. In the 32 years that the CIOB has been recognising

and celebrating management excellence across the construction industry with the CMYA there have been significant changes in the industry. Effective public private partnerships, the use of emerging technologies and successful solutions to environmental challenges are just a few of them. Winners and medalists will be announced on

Thursday 14 October at the awards dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. The sponsors for CMYA 2010 are: the Health

& Safety Executive (HSE), Hays, CIOB Insurance Services, Sprecher Grier Halberstam, IHS, BT Global Services, Hill International, COINS, Premier Guarantee and Construction Skills.

Obituary: JOSEPH ALFRED KILNER 1921–2010 During the Second World War Joe

Joe Kilner was an unsung hero of building education. He was a remarkable man and teacher, whose influence on generations of students and professionals is incalculable. He was a past Chair of the CIOB Leicester Centre, which he represented on the East Midlands Regional Council. Joe grew up in a Yorkshire mining

community. He won a scholarship to Barnsley Holgate Grammar School and at 16 left to become an apprentice bricklayer.

served in the RAF. In 1942 his aircraft was hit and he bailed out over the Mediterranean and was taken prisoner in North Africa, then Italy and finally Germany. Released by the advancing Russian army in April 1945, he walked westward for miles before repatriation two months later. Demobilised in 1946, Joe took up

bricklaying again and in 1948 began his teaching career as a part-time lecturer in brickwork at Barnsley

Last year’s winner David Wilson with Natasha Kaplinsky

CIOB help for Quinn policyholders In June Contact reported on the collapse of Northern Ireland-based Quinn Insurance. As September and October are often renewal months for commercial insurance policies, some members will need to arrange fresh insurance cover. CIOB Insurance Services can help members if they or their companies were insured through Quinn. For more information call Andrew Willoughby at CIOB Insurance Services on 0845 305 8390.

Congratulations

to new Fellows and Members

ENGLEMERE, 26 AUGUST New Members Collecting their certificates from Bob Heathfield, CIOB Past President, and Chris Blythe, CIOB chief executive on 26 August 2010 were: Francis Breen, Daniel Brenchley,

Claire Burkill, Peter Butler, Philip Clark, Chris Clayton, John Davis FCIOB, Michael Davis, Michael Earnshaw ACIOB, Guy Edge, Roy Eyles FCIOB, David Faichney, Toby Gledhill, Kishor Gohel, Paul Hardy, Kevin Hogwood, Graham Jackson, Gemma Jones, David Jump, Anthony Knott, Jeffrey Lewis, Mark Mannerson MCIOB, Michael McDermott, Leigh Naylor, Dawn Parias, Stuart Partlow, William Perkin, Martin Petts FCIOB (new Training Partnership), Kevin Pigott MCIOB (new CB Consultancy), David Purton, Stephen Smith, Stephen Watson and Ian Walker. Special Recognition of

Achievement Awards were also presented to Michael Earnshaw and Roy Eyles for their outstanding work within their Branches.

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New Fellows Congratulations to all new Fellows: Peters Oluyele Akinmolayan,

Technical College. By 1953 he had become a lecturer in Building Science at Leicester – his specialism for the rest of his long academic career at De Montfort University (DMU). Joe retired in 1982, but lectured part-time until 1998. In 1994, DMU awarded him an Honorary Master of Science degree. He is survived by his second wife,

Wendy, two children and three step- children.

Janet Wood

Peter Bailey, Kevin Blatch, Peter Brook, Jeremy Burchell, Alwyn Campbell, Samuel Cowan, Cameron Crawford, Andrew Crispin, Handel Davies, Stewart Giles, Peter Haggarty, Guy Hannell, David Henry, Alan Jones-Davies, Stephen Knight, Lam Kin Wing, Lui Chi Wai, Neil McBain, Steven McGee, Stephen McMahon, Howard Morris, Alastair Montgomery, Kanthi Pethiyagoda, Ronglan Cai, Colin Rooney, John Rushworth, Ramalingum Sanassy, Gary Sinden, Clifford Thomas, David Towell, Bryn Wiseman, Wang Wuren and Zhao Wen.

For photographs of the ceremonies please visit the Contact gallery at www.construction-manager.co.uk/ciob/ contact-gallery