The IHBC has welcomed the launch by Building People and Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – of a new support service, ‘People Wiki’, a free, open access knowledge sharing platform for diversity and inclusion.
People Wiki and DBW write:
The UK needs to build, but there is a shortage of competent and experienced workers, and the workforce we have lacks diversity. Building People joins the dots to help people find employers, opportunities and resources, and to help employers engage with a more diverse range of talent.
The launch of People Wiki is a crucial part of Building People’s ambition to create a single platform that brings together a multitude of previously fragmented information, knowledge, resources, opportunities and needs focused on diversity and inclusion, skills and careers, and social value. It has been created as part of Designing Buildings Wiki, and is fully linked to its 10,000 existing articles and easily accessible by its 7.5 million annual users. This collaboration with an established and respected industry knowledge base will help Building People achieve its vision of a built environment that improves social and economic value by being better connected, more diverse and more inclusive.
Building People joins the dots to help people find employers, opportunities and resources, and to help employers engage with a more diverse range of talent.
Rebecca Lovelace, Chief Dot-joiner at Building People, said: ‘We’re thrilled to be making it easier for people to find existing information on the vitally important topics of diversity, skills and social value. When we came across Designing Buildings Wiki with its strap line ‘Put all construction industry knowledge in one place and make it available for free’, it was an obvious and exciting partnership to create.’ Dr Gregor Harvie, Director of Designing Buildings, said: ‘There is an increasing need for change in the construction industry and a growing demand to make that change now. The time is right to focus on diversity, equality and skills, and integrating People Wiki with the 10,000 existing industry articles on Designing Buildings Wiki will help ensure this becomes the new normal.’
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