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PLEASE NOTE: This document is over 100 pages long. Please consider the environment before printing this document. Please do not let 100 pages put you off … there is a contents page to help you select and easily navigate towards areas of most interest. | BUILDING | CONSTRUCTION | DEVELOPMENT | SUPPORTED ONLINE LEARNING | EDUCATION | FINANCE | LAW | MANAGEMENT | PLANNING | PROPERTY | RESIDENTIAL | RURAL | SUSTAINABILITY | VALUATION | Delivering excellence and continued support with integrity and passion! March 2018 Welcome to UCEM’s monthly e-bulletin for professionals working and aspiring to work in the Property & Construction industries. UCEM aims to disseminate information, promote current awareness and share good practice, to assist in the continual professional development of all those working and aspiring to work within the Property & Construction industries. We welcome news and information from readers to include in future editions - please email us Contents Latest UCEM news UCEM’s Built Environment Skills Summit report demands the UK rises to the challenge – January 2018 Call for Greater Engagement at First UCEM Built Environment Skills Summit – October 2017 UCEM Principal’s Reception in Hong Kong – January 2018 University College of Estate Management Launches Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship – January 2018 Online, Flipped, Blended Approach to Apprenticeship Education: A case study of UCEM’s Surveying Technician Diploma, presented at the World Conference on Online Learning University College of Estate Management features in ‘Masterminds of Construction’ in association with ITN productions and the CIOB Page | 1 Other news Things you need to know this week: Cambridgeshire alliance targets 40,000 affordable homes - The biggest Placemaking Resource (incorporating Regeneration + Renewal) hitting the news are shared. This week sees affordable housing providers and combined authority collaborating to deliver homes across the region over the next 20 years. Advice: Integrating new housing into historic environments Analysis: How smart do you go? ‘News from the nationals’ – gain access to Estates Gazette’s daily round-up of the top property stories with quick links provided General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) – • Data protection: is your college ready for new laws? Data Protection guidance provided incl. • Introduction - What is GDPR and what are the aim and benefits of GDPR? • What are the key changes incl. Increased Territorial Scope, Penalties, and Consent? • Roles: ‘Controller’ or ‘Processor’, and Data subject rights • Will GDPR matter for organisations in the UK after Brexit? and • Further Information, Advice, and Guidance on the GDPR Grenfell Tower fire – • ACM cladding: Latest developments – The risk of specification errors in the cladding sector is “worryingly high” after Grenfell, according to major distributor. • RICS – Working together, we will right the wrongs of Grenfell • GOV.UK – Information relating to the fire at Grenfell Tower Other News and Views cont. More than 423,000 homes with planning permission waiting to be built Cities Alive: Designing for Urban Childhoods – Latest research from ARUP No ‘new year, new me’ for the UK housing market ‘A ticking time bomb’: Housebuilders need people more than they need land Concerns for Skills Shortages in the 21st Century: A Review into the Construction Industry, Australia Soft skills for business success – latest research from Deloitte Access Economics Tackling mental health in the workplace Mental health and the Construction Industry Mind matters: Protect the wellbeing of your workforce by raising awareness of mental health CBRE: Global investor intentions survey 2017 – Positive investor outlook expected to drive global capital flows in 2017 Resisting flood damage Countryside Properties ups house building but sells them for less Brexit uncertainty is ‘biggest challenge’ to property industry this year, finds survey Selecting benchmark building prices Access to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s latest research reports and comments relating to policy and practice Page | 2 Home Builders Federation (HBF) Reports and Housing Calculator. See also Heritage Update below and latest HMB Research - ‘Home on our high streets’ Building boom in regional cities as demand remains strong UK Property Research – Latest research from Savills UK incl. • Residential research – Market in Minutes | UK Residential Development Land – January 2018 • Commercial research – Spotlight | Bristol Offices – Spring 2018 • Rural Research – Spotlight | GB Agricultural Land 2018 • Brexit Research – dedicated pages to the implications for different sections of the UK property market of the European Union (EU) referendum result. Access to the House of Commons Library, Research briefings that impact on our industries incl. • The Construction Industry: statistics and policy, and • Latest research briefing papers from the House of Commons Library CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building) portal on government policy • CIOB Policy latest • Press release: CIOB launches call for evidence in construction quality • CIOB response to Autumn Budget 2017 • Help shape the CIOB response to industry consultations • Research: Social Mobility and Construction: Building routes to opportunity Latest information on Apprenticeships incl. • Implementation is key to making the apprenticeship levy less about cost and more about gain, says Chief Operating Officer at The Higher Education Academy (HEA) • Need to know: Apprenticeship levy FAQ • UCEM Trailblazer Apprenticeship programme for the surveying sector • UCEM Accreditation and recognition Access the ‘Designing Buildings Wiki’ – the construction industry knowledge base incl. Featured articles, and news. • Further information on ‘Designing Buildings Wiki’, Student resources including a wide range of resources aimed at students of the built environment, and an A-Z of Construction industry institutes and associations • Design and build: outline work plan • Designing Buildings Wiki – to celebrate reaching 5,000 articles, have a look at the most popular articles in each of the 32 subject areas covered. The Construction Information Service - CIS Insight February 2018 Edition – • February CIS Insight (2/2018 Edition) – As we continue to engage in dialogue surrounding sustainability, circular economy, renew and reuse, etc., one of the areas currently being explored and tested is the wider use of sustainable materials. But what exactly constitutes a sustainable material, and which of the materials we’re currently using are considered such?, as well as the latest current awareness, industry news, publications news and further reading that can be access via The Construction Information Service. The Smith Institute - a leading independent ‘think tank’ which promotes progressive policies for a fairer society. • Information on The Smith Institute (SI). Gain access to the latest SI research reports incl. • Out of Contract: Time to move on from the ‘love in’ with outsourcing and PFI • Safe as houses: The impact of universal credit on tenants and their rent payment behaviour in the London boroughs of Southwark and Croydon, and Peabody, Page | 3 • Delivering the renaissance in council-bit homes: the rise of local housing companies, and • #notjustforboys / women in construction The National Trust (NT) • National Trust - Big Issues (incl. ‘Transport & Tourism’ and ‘Land-use & planning’) and their views • Why the National Trust care about planning • NT – “Our Planning Principles”, • NT – “How we engage in planning: our role as a developer”, • Planning at a national level, and • Planning at a local level. Upcoming Revo Research: Revo - Property. Community. (formerly the British Council of Shopping Centres) Foster + Partners Projects - Further information available and access to the following: • Image gallery, • Sketches and drawings, • Construction, • Facts & Figures, and • Project downloads. Access the latest information on Building Information Modelling (BIM) • What is Building Information Modelling? • Gain access to theNBS.com website The National BIM (Building Information Modelling) Library - Latest information freely available to access and download incl. • The NBS BIM Toolkit, and NBS TV – the online video resource servicing built environment professionals • Free access to the ‘NBS National Building Information Modelling (BIM) Report 2017’, and ‘NBS International BIM Report 2016’ in full, • Blogging about BIM, Construction and NBS. Latest news on BIM – Blockchain could hold the key to unlocking BIM Level 3 Latest library resources incl. book titles, journal articles and research Take a look at Taylor and Francis Online, FREE planning and urban design series e-books and blog Read a free collection of research in Higher Education – from Wiley Education Read the most talked about articles in Education! RICS Library services and e-Resources, and UCEM Library services and e-Resources incl. Emerald Insight – access provided to the entire ‘Property Management and the Built Environment’ collection …and finally UK tenants paid record £50bn in rents in 2017 Property and Construction Statistics Latest RICS Economic Research / Market Surveys incl. • RICS UK Commercial Property Market Survey (Q4, 2017) • UK Residential Market Survey (January 2018) Page | 4 Barbour API’s ‘Economic and Construction Market Review’ – Report Latest Statistics and updates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) incl. • ONS Release calendar • Construction Industry update • Construction Industry highlights