The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has appointed a new Chairman.

Mr John Nolan has taken up the position with immediate effect. He succeeds Tony Burton.

Mr Burton has now taken up the Deputy Chairman post for a year, in accordance with CIC's rules and by-laws.

Mr Nolan is a past President of the Institution of Structural Engineers and a Fellow of both that Institution and the Institution of Civil Engineers. He is also a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Innovation at the University of Birmingham and he is a Chartered Engineer with over forty years experience in the construction industry.

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Mr Nolan said: "To be the advocate and representative for one's own profession was a great honour which I didn't think could be surpassed, but I must say that to find oneself trusted to be the advocate and representative of 50 built environment professional bodies with their 500,000 members, responsible for 7% of our GDP, is an even greater honour. It is my fervent hope that at the end of my two year tenure as chairman of the Construction Industry Council the members will feel that I have justified that trust. It has been a privilege to learn from Tony Burton as his Deputy for the last year and I am delighted that I will still have his wise council for the coming year."

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