Construction manager at GIR Services, Ben Chalk MCIOB, discusses pursuing chartered status and the pursuit of excellence.
Why did you choose construction for a career? What else might you have done?
The combination of hard work and managing complex processes drew me toward the industry. I started as an apprentice at 15 and progressed to co-owning a chartered construction consultancy advising clients on all levels. I would’ve become a mixed martial arts fighter.
You were the youngest ever chartered member. Why did you want to pursue MCIOB status?
I have always very strongly believed in education and my own responsibility to advance in my own CPD. The CIOB is an organisation whose principles stand for progressing in your career by educating yourself and achieving milestones.
MCIOB status shows the clients that all the CPD learned, and experience built up over the years, is tried and tested. It reassures not only clients, but other stakeholders in projects to know that they are working with people at the highest possible professional level within our industry.
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