University of Salford - First UK President of International
Council for 30 years
An academic working at the University of Salford has
become the first British President in 30 years of the
UN-established International Council for Research and
Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB).
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor Peter Barrett, who is
also the first surveyor to hold the post, was elected by
CIB members at a conference in Cape Town and immediately
set out his objectives for the three years of his
tenure.
He said: “Construction has a huge role to play in
eradicating poverty, recovering from natural and
man-made disasters and creating a better quality of life
for the world’s population. The 2,000 experts of the CIB
have a key role to play in advancing these causes.”
The CIB was founded by the UN in 1954 as an association
aiming to increase international co-operation between
researchers in the building and construction sector. It
now has 375 member organisations from 60 countries and
is regarded as the world’s foremost organisation in the
field.
Peter said: “It can be fashionable to criticise the
construction industry, but, with 20% of the UK’s economy
directly engaged in creating, maintaining and operating
the built environment it really cannot be
under-estimated. This was underlined for me when two
South African Government ministers attended our last
conference. In a country desperate for better
infrastructure and housing the work of the CIB is at the
top of the political agenda”.
Peter is heavily involved in the UK’s top research
centre for the built environment at the University of
Salford which scored the maximum 6* in the last
Government Research Assessment Exercise. His three year
tenure as President will culminate in 2010 as he brings
the CIB World Congress to Salford.
In the meantime, he intends to continue to increase the
profile and work of the CIB to further improve the
contribution of built environment sectors to societies
throughout the world.
Email: j.brown@salford.ac.uk
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