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Cognitive bias and its impact on outsourcing
Cognitive biases can have a serious impact on supply chain management when it comes to outsourcing vendors. Krishnan Lakshminarayanan CQP MCQI, a Lead Auditor and Senior Manager at William Hare in India, examines some common examples and looks at how they can be avoided.
Five years of celebrating World Quality
As we approach World Quality Week 2021, Nataliya Nasonova CQP MCQI, Project Quality Manager at Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, looks back at how she and her team at the Battersea Phase 3A project have celebrated World Quality Day over the years, how the World Quality themes have influenced their work, and share their plans for World Quality Week 2021.
Managing supply chains post Brexit
Malcolm Harrison, Group CEO of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), talks to Daniel Moore about how Brexit will impact supply chains and logistics in 2021.
Can your tendering process build potential failure into your project?
Dave Sheedy, CQP MCQI, Quality Assurance Manager at ArcelorMittal Kent Wire Ltd, UK, explains the life-saving importance of suppliers producing the correct accreditation for the latest construction quality standards.
CQI awards the first Quality in Construction graduates
The CQI are delighted to congratulate the first delegates to achieve the Practitioners’ Certificate in Construction Quality Management, which includes the new Quality in Construction course.
The impact of Covid-19 on careers in quality
Jessica Plested leads the quality recruitment team at Shirley Parsons and has been working throughout the pandemic alongside her colleagues Ethan Baddeley and Emily Swindlehurst who both specialise in quality recruitment across all sectors. We asked Jessica to let us know how the jobs market has been affected by Covid-19.
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Quality in Construction
This course has been developed in partnership with the CQI’s Construction Special Interest Group (ConSig). It introduces learners to practical tools and good practice approaches to managing quality in construction at all stages of the project lifecycle.
What makes our team a winner?
After being awarded Quality Team of the year in the International Quality Awards 2018, David Sanders, Business Improvement Manager at Costain, shares what he believes makes his team exemplary in its field. He outlines eight key elements for the success of Costain’s Business Improvement Team which could be applied to any quality team
Enhancing construction through digital technology
Ian Mills and Mike Buss speak to Alicia Dimas about how new technologies are changing the construction industry and helping quality managers to better perform their jobs.
Using digital technology to generate value in construction
The CQI’s Construction Special Interest Group (ConSIG) held an event on “Using Digital Technology to Generate Value in Construction,” on 7 March at the CQI office in London, UK.