{"id":22453,"date":"2019-04-23T16:10:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T15:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=22453"},"modified":"2019-04-21T18:28:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T17:28:45","slug":"ihbcs-cpd-boost-on-adversarial-behaviour-in-the-uk-construction-industry-from-dbw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=22453","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s CPD Boost on \u2018Adversarial behaviour in the UK construction industry\u2019, from DBW"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"people\"As a built environment discipline, conservation is no less susceptible to adversarial tactics than that sector as a whole \u2013 see for example our \u2018Ten Red Flags\u2026\u2019 Guidance Note<\/a> on the IHBC\u2019s ToolBox<\/a> \u2013 while Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW), as host platform for the IHBC\u2019s\u00a0Conservation Wiki<\/a>, features guidance on \u2018Adversarial behaviour\u2019 for mainstream practitioners that may also offer useful context for IHBC members.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
image: DBW website<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Designing Buildings Wiki writes:<\/p>\n

The\u00a0construction industry<\/a>\u00a0is often described as being \u2018adversarial<\/a>\u2019, that is, it frequently involves conflict, opposition, confrontation,\u00a0dispute<\/a>\u00a0and even hostility. Indeed, in her autobiography ‘Open Secret’, published in 2002, Stella Rimmington, the former Director General of MI5, wrote; ‘…the Thames\u00a0House<\/a>\u00a0Refurbishment<\/a>\u00a0was fraught with difficulties. It was clear that dealing with the\u00a0building industry<\/a>\u00a0was just as tricky as dealing with the KGB.’<\/p>\n

The evidence of nearly 100 years of\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0about the\u00a0construction industry<\/a>\u00a0would seem to support this characterisation:<\/p>\n