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NZ Construction Industry Council

  • By Corrie Cook
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  • 22 Oct, 2019

The New Zealand Construction Industry Council (CIC) is a not-for-profit industry association that is the collaborative voice of the built environment industry in New Zealand. It operates at the interface between central and local government and industry, and meets every second month.

CIC members are not-for-profit organisations and peak bodies for professions involved in the delivery of our built environment, whose core purpose is to be the collaborative voice, forum and agent for improvement in this situation. CIC works in the areas of information, networking, advocacy, research and legislation.

The industry attractiveness project developed by CIC is proposed to be an integrated and engaging, web-based platform where young people, their teachers, advisors, family and community members can find information on the broad range of built environment careers - and break down some of the barriers to accessing a career in the construction industry.

“It is very relevant to the growth and support of girls and young women who are part of the future of our industry,” says NAWIC’s representative on this Council Ruth Williams.

Her report from the September meeting includes

·        Confirmation that Housing NZ is being merged into newly-established Kainga Ora with its focus on sustainable buildings and sustainable communities, which together with the delivery of warm, dry homes will establish increased wellbeing for all New Zealanders.

·        MBIE is creating a searchable, online marketplace which it’s hoped will match opportunities in the government sector with suppliers and/or relevant services.

·        NZCIC members believe that SMEs are largely unaware of how the government is communicating with industry, or what it is communicating

·        ‘Mates in Construction’ is being supported to confront the levels of stress and uncertainty found in the industry. CHANZ has resources for use on its website for both managers and workers – see https://www.chasnz.org/resources. Although there was mention of age and ethnicity, there was no mention of sex in the discussion of suicide risks and rates.

Is it possible women are not heard because we are not talking about it? Perhaps we could use some of the CHANZ resources to start a meaningful conversation amongst women in construction!

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