CIOBA - President 2006

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Patrick Weaver FCIOB, was the regional president of the Chartered Institute of Building Australasia from May 2006 to May 2008. He has been a CIOB member since joining as a student in 1971, was Victorian Committee Chair from the formation of CIOBA in 2003 to 2004 and then Vice President in 2005.

CIOB Australasia is part of CIOB International network of CIOB branches comprising CIOB China, CIOB Hong Kong, CIOB Malaysia, CIOB Singapore and CIOB Africa. CIOB Australasia plays an active role in promoting professionalism and innovative thinking in the construction industry throughout its region with members located around the Australian continent as well as in New Zealand and the South Pacific. Since its launch, CIOB Australasia has played an important role in the region by organising events and seminars relevant to the industry and established close links with Universities, construction professionals, academics and government bodies.

The primary focus of his first year as President was to move CIOBA to a properly structured Region supporting a number of dynamic Centres; with a focus on three main areas:-

Empowering members in the various Centres to grow and develop CIOBA in their State or Country. The first and biggest Centre remains Sydney, other locations include Brisbane, Auckland, Melbourne and Perth.
Membership: in two parts:

Continue to provide a high quality of member services in each of the Centres including events, newsletters and networking opportunities; joining wherever possible with kindred organisations.
Drive for growth including a new focus on Universities and student members (as a foundation for the future) and maintaining our existing efforts to attract corporate and professional members.

Business systems: CIOBA spans one sixth of the world’s time zones; there is a 4 hour time difference between New Zealand and Perth (not to mention the 3315 miles or 5334 km)! Dealing with these distances requires effective virtual and networked systems to provide equality of support to all of the Region’s members and Centres.

The focus of his second year was to build on the momentum from 2006 and consolidate active centre committees in the existing locations and potentially expand into new areas such as Newcastle, Canberra, Adelaide and Wellington (subject to local members being willing and able to establish centre committees).

Key initiatives for the 2007 year included:

The formal recognition of Universities that deliver accredited courses (in Australia accredited by AIB).
Continuing the development of business management systems appropriate for a diverse region, including supporting the work undertaken by CIOB’s overseas management leading to improved budgeting, finance and administrative support from ‘head office’.
Establishing a permanent administrative office in Sydney for the region.
Working on completing the CIOBA constitution update.
Working towards resolving the differences between the UK and Australian education systems to allow CIOB qualifications and training to be recognised in Australasia.
Reducing CIOBA's dependence on the financial subsidy from CIOB, working towards achieving a positive cash flow within a few years.

At the international level, Patrick was actively involved in the CIOB Governance review. This review resulted in the abolition of the International Board and the creation of a new body, the 'Members Forum' that takes on some of the roles of the old CIOB Council and some of the roles of the International Board. The forum has a representative of every CIOB region as a member plus a number of appointees and is charged with developing the ideas needed to keep CIOB growing and relevant in the years ahead, as well as providing a forum for internal discussion and review. The full forum will meet twice a year (probably in the UK) and a regional components of the forum will meet ‘locally’ twice a year. CIOBA's ‘local’ area is ‘East Asia and the Pacific’ and Patrick attended the first local meeting, held in Kuala Lumpur on the 19th May 2007.

P. Weaver, President CIOBA May 2006 - May 2008

P. Weaver, President CIOBA
May 2006 - May 2008