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CITB NI Celebrating Success with Construction Professionals & students at Annual CIOB Awards.

CITB NI hosted another successful Chartered Institute of Building Lecture and Awards evening at Nutts Corner Training Centre last week acknowledging local students in their professional exams in 2015.

The presentation focused on the development, design and build of The Welcome-Wolfson Centre for Experimental Medicine at Queen’s University Belfast and focused on all aspects of the project from design to completion presented by O’Hare & Govern.

Certificates were awarded to 21 candidates who successfully passed their CIOB examinations last year through QTAS and Training LMS training organisations.  Justin Keane and Brenda Regan were presented with the joint Best Overall Performance Award for their outstanding results in the CMP programme in 2015 in Ireland.
 
Barry Neilson, Chief Executive CITB NI presented the students with their certificates said, “It is important that the construction industry acknowledges its very best individuals, not just for them or their employers but also to illustrate that construction is a good career option for our young people who are starting on their career paths. As both an Industry Training Board and Sector Skills Council CITB NI are proud to host these awards and we congratulate all those who have worked incredibly hard to achieve CIOB status. The construction industry has weathered the financial storm and 2015 was finally the year that our local industry seen some real growth after a long period of contraction. Growth is gradual in our sector but development of local projects and housing will help all help to develop the local industry for now and the future.”
 
As part of the ceremony certificates were awarded to those who gained top grades in GCSE Construction and Built Environment in 2015. First place was awarded to Jonathan Loughridge Ballymena Academy, second place  Emmett Hamill from St. Patricks Grammar Armagh and third place  Conor McAvoy, Abbey CBS, Grammar School Newry.

Barry Neilson continued, “We are delighted to also present awards to those young people who have excelled at GCSE in Construction and Built Environment.  We congratulate them for undertaking the subject and acknowledge their achievements. The construction industry presents an exciting and dynamic opportunity for careers for future generations and it’s an industry that never stops training and developing its people to achieve the best results they can.”
 
Anyone interested in supervisory or management level qualifications through CIOB can contact Mandy Coleman mcoleman@ciob.org.uk

Pictured are: Barry Neilson, Chief Executive CITB NI, Martin Cushnahan QTAS, Brenda Regan and Justin Keane joint winners of the CMP award, Mark Gilmore CIOB and Roger Gillespie, Training LMS