Who will succeed Reanna Taylor (centre, top) as the CIBSE ASHRAE Graduate of the Year? Record number of entries for Young Engineers Awards Eight on shortlist to win the prestigious CIBSE ASHRAE Graduate of the Year Award REGISTER FREE AT: bit.ly/cibsewebinars TO JOIN OUR LIVE WEBINAR Brought to you by Introducing compliant emergency lighting Tuesday 22 October 13.00 (BST) Off-site build - a solid base for future developments FREE CPD accredited webinar Available now on demand WAT C H N O W http://bit.ly/cibsewebinars Brought to you by: CIBSE JOURNAL A record number of entries for the CIBSE ASHRAE Graduate of the Year Award have been whittled down to eight finalists. Each will present on the subject How can building services professionals find the right balance between the needs of the global environment, occupant health, wellbeing and productivity, and best value in front of an expert judging panel. The winner will be announced at the annual CIBSE Young Engineers Awards event on 10 October, which also features the Employer of the Year Awards see pages 1 and 2 . Chair of judges Tim Dwyer said: The need to nurture and encourage the emerging generation is an exciting responsibility for our profession. It is hugely encouraging to see a record number of entries for this years Awards programme, showing an increasing recognition of the prestige and relevance of the award. Pre-register for the free event at www.cibse.org/yea Follow the awards on social media via #CIBSEYEA Industry to take on more offsite specialists Construction firm ier expects to see a significant rise in the employment of offsite manufacturing specialists as use of factoryassembled components increases, but called for improvements to leadership, direction and management across the sector. In the same vein that the industry has observed the creation of new roles in the digital environment, such as BIM managers, we anticipate the same for offsite manufacturing, said ier director Jamie Hillier. He called on the industrys professional bodies to work together to provide structure around role definition, competency and accreditation for offsite in a way that would work in harmony with the governments Construction Sector Deal. Hillier added that a shift towards measured outcome; procuring for value rather than lowest cost would require a re-education of key stakeholders. He was speaking in the wake of a report, The Choice Factory, which examines offsite manufacturing through the lens of behavioural science. It is named after behavioural scientist Richard Shottons book The Choice Factory, which examines how behavioural biases influence the products people buy. The economic and technological benefits of offsite manufacturing have been widely publicised. What appears more interesting, however, is why a rationally beneficial solution has for too long been irrationally marginalised, a ier statement said. 10 October 2019 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Oct19 pp10-11 News.indd 10 20/09/2019 15:35