Competition News
Winning the CIOB Global Student Challenge Competition
The construction industry needs to attract new talent to thrive in the years to come. This is part of the inspiration for the Chartered Institute of Building’s annual competition, the COIB Global Student Challenge, which sees students from around the world run a virtual construction company for a few weeks, with tasks and job performance being scored by an expert panel of judges.
Reflections on winning the CIOB’s Global Student Challenge competition
Attracting exceptional talent is vital for any industry — we want to attract talented people of all ages, especially young talent since they are the future, after all. As any construction industry executive will tell you, encouraging young people to consider a career...
Why we like to sponsor CIOB’s GSC
As sponsors of the Global Student Challenge for the second year running, we’re advocates for new talent coming into the industry. We love that the GSC helps sets students up for the realities of running their own construction business. What is it truly like to run a...
Global Student Challenge 2020 – Covid-19 Update
In responding to the latest information from local governments and the World Health Organization, regarding Covid-19, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is putting a number of measures in place in order to play our part in the efforts to support "social...
Bluebeam announced as Global Student Challenge sponsor
Ready, set, go! We’re off to the races again sponsoring another exciting CIOB Global Student Challenge (GSC) where the best and brightest student teams from top universities around the world put their Construction knowledge and business acumen to the test. The GSC is...
Global Student Challenge 2017 – A Perspective from Cameron MacKenzie and Team Kier
It was the 7 April 2017, and what would otherwise have been a completely normal afternoon, had turned into an anxious wait in anticipation of some news – big news! Finally, at 16:47 the email I had been expecting popped up, subject header; You’re a Global Student...