Graham Watts

Congratulations to friends and colleagues who received honours in the New Year’s List: Dr David Mosey - CBE Adam Matthews - OBE Oluwole Folayan - MBE Terry Stocks - MBE

Pleasing to see that my opinion piece entitled ‘Why new safety laws could do more harm than good’ was the 4th most popular piece in Building for 2022’ building.co.uk/focus/best-of-…

And it was also great to catch up with Victoria Hills, CEO of the Royal Town Planning Institute at the #cihtannuallunch

The #cihtannuallunch also featured excellent speeches by President Neil Johnstone and Baroness Brown on the journey towards carbon net zero - great to see CIHT in such great health with 1600 in attendance

Had an enjoyable lunch with CIHT at The Grosvenor House on Friday topped off by a stand-up performance by comedian Milton Jones whose comedy was fast and frequently hilarious. Disconcertingly, since I was sitting nearby he spent a lot of his act staring straight at me!

Celebrating Black Professionals in Construction with @Fabiana_QJ at the BPIC Awards at East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf - a great evening to celebrate the excellence of Black and Asian professionals in construction.

So this happened yesterday. At Reading Town Hall to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the University College of Estate Management.

Quoted in Building Design on Rishi Sunak and COP27 What a difference a year makes! One year we’re running the show - the next “it’s just a gathering of people in Egypt”. bdonline.co.uk/news/industry-…

All at CIC send deepest condolences to The Royal Family on the occasion of the death of HM The Queen. We thank and praise her for an unstinting lifetime of public service.

We are all, of course, deeply concerned about the health of Her Majesty The Queen and she and her family are now permanently in our thoughts and prayers

The latest Product Availability Statement from the Construction Leadership Council constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/news/construct…

CIC chair, Justin Sullivan, makes some excellent and very valid points in this BBC piece about construction in the heatwave bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Started the week with a delicious lunch at the House of Lords, courtesy of the Earl of Lindsay in his capacity as Chair of UKAS, together with Matt Ganley (CEO) and Richard Collins - highly enjoyable lunch and I managed to get the chocolates back without them melting! 🤣🤣🤣

Budget friendly but content rich, this course has had contributions from key industry professionals. 🤓 The @CICtweet are holding a series of FREE 30 min webinars to showcase this new cutting edge e-learning H&S course. Register here 👉bit.ly/3QApaUq @CICCEO @cscs

Congratulations to Mark Reynolds on his appointment as industry chair of the Construction Leadership Council and to Richard Robinson (CEO of Atkins) on his appointment as the new CLC Deputy Chair constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/news/mark-reyn…

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has today launched a new cutting edge flexible e-learning Heath & Safety Certification course which provides a new route to the CSCS card. To purchase the course please click here<accredex.co.uk/product-page/c…>.

Many congratulations to my colleague Denise Chevin on her well-deserved MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List

@VictoriaRTPI @CICtweet @WillmottDixon @IStructE @JustinAdai @RTPIPlanners The CIC running club! Impressed….

Early start for @CICtweet annual conference #running club with @WillmottDixon & @IStructE - the before, during & after...Great start to the day!!🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃We missed you @CICCEO 😊 #Planning #construction #netzero 🌍🌏🌎 #FridayFitness #FridayFeeling

CIC Conference about what the industry should look like in 2050 - the first idea is in…..

CIC Chair Justin Sullivan presentIng Andy McMillan from the Government Property Agency with their Inclusive Environments Recognition at Organisational Level #inclusiveenvironments #bettertogether #essentialprinciples #property #inclusivedesign