Two New Members for the CICV Forum

TWO NEW MEMBERS have joined the Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum this week, helping the organisation to provide support for Scotland’s building sector.

The CICV Forum is a unique collective, which was set up in March as COVID-19 struck. It has been at the vanguard of the battle to save the construction sector in Scotland during the first enforced shutdown and to help it through the difficult conditions which have followed.

The Forum is now welcoming the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) and the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) as the latest bodies to become full members.

Their arrival means the Forum now has 27 full member bodies from across Scotland and beyond, including the NFRC, SPRA and the Scaffolding Association.

Two New Members

Forum Chair and SELECT Managing Director Alan Wilson, said: “The Forum, in its daily activities and in its comprehensive provision of practical information and advice, has performed an unprecedented service to every component part of our vital industry and each new member brings new strengths.”

CICES, founded in 1969, is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence for civil engineering surveying, satisfying the needs of the construction industry throughout the world.

The GGF represents companies that manufacture, supply or install glass and glazing products in the UK and internationally. As the industry authority, it promotes best practice and helps shape the highest technical and health and safety standards.

Since its creation in March, the Forum has been drawing on the collective expertise of its members to maintain a steady supply of information and practical advice to the sector as well as carrying out surveys, hosting webinars and making appeals to government ministers.

The manner in which it has co-ordinated this guidance by encouraging a culture of working together for mutual benefit is being noted across the sector as a model for future collaboration, says CICV.

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