Building For The Future Competitors

Our mission is to put civil engineers "at the heart of society". We are a qualifying body, a centre for the exchange of knowledge and a provider of resources to encourage innovation and excellence in the profession worldwide. Our 95,000 members help to create the structures and systems that sustain society. They are responsible for designing, building, maintaining and improving bridges, roads, canals, docks, office buildings, hospitals, schools, airports, power stations, railways, flood defences, water-treatment facilities... everywhere. We make sure that the high standards needed to become a professional civil engineer are met. Professionals who are awarded membership of our Institution are among the best in the world. In the UK, we talk to national, devolved and local government and to the media. Our experts give informed comments to journalists, politicians and the public. We let politicians know what our members think. We give our opinion to government in writing and in person, and encourage our members to comment on consultation documents.

CITB is the industry training board for the construction sector in England, Scotland, and Wales. We support the construction industry to have a skilled, competent and inclusive workforce, now and in the future.

British Gypsum is the UK’s leading manufacturer of high-performance drylining solutions, that deliver sustainability and performance for people and our planet. Our mission is to develop innovative products and services that help customers build better spaces to live, work and play. In every kind of building – from home to work, from the local supermarket to the local hospital – we help to create partitions, provide comfort, protect against fire and insulate against sound. British Gypsum is part of Saint-Gobain Interior Solutions, a unique collective harnessing the know-how and technical expertise of three leading brands: Collectively we offer market-leading, innovative, sustainable solutions to the construction industry to make everyone’s built environments better because we care about making the world a better home. We care about building better.