A new institute has been launched for those professionals who specialise in construction claims.
The Institute of Construction Claims Practitioners (ICCP) offers individual membership at Associate (AICCP), Member (MICCP) and Fellow (FICCP) levels based on qualifications and experience.
Corporate membership is available to companies that specialise, or who have departments that specialise, in construction claims and membership will be judged on the basis of the services offered, expertise and company history.
Membership to the ICCP will come with a range of benefits. Aside from gaining recognition within the industry as someone who possesses the right knowledge and skills to gain membership of the ICCP at the appropriate level, members will have access to an online Knowledge Centre where they have the opportunity to interact with other members in the ICCP discussion forum, download industry papers, search books and explore further education and training courses. Members and Fellows operating on a consultancy basis will also have the opportunity to include themselves on the ICCP Register of Claims Consultants so that third parties seeking professional advice may make direct contact.
Before the ICCP, there was no specific qualification or professional institute, which recognised that a certain level of professional expertise must have been achieved in order to prepare, respond to or manage claims properly.
Founder of the Knowles Group and Honorary President of the ICCP, Roger Knowles, commented on the decision to create the ICCP. "There is now an urgent need to standardise the methods used by claims practitioners and to publicise their services. With this objective in mind, the Institute of Construction Claims Practitioners has been created.
For those who join the ICCP there will be immediate recognition of their knowledge and skills which is essential when seeking commissions to prepare and negotiate claims, to respond to claims, or for those seeking positions of employment as claims practitioners".
For further information please visit www.instituteccp.com or contact hello@instituteccp.com.
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About the Institute of Construction Claims Practitioners
The ICCP is a professional institute that offers individual and corporate membership to those who specialise in construction claims.
The ICCP is an international organisation and is accessible to appropriately qualified and experienced claims practitioners on a worldwide basis.
The objectives of the institute are: to establish international professional standards for the management of claims; to give recognition to those who have gained appropriate knowledge and experience in the management of claims; and to help and educate those who wish to gain experience in the management of claims.
The Institute of Construction Claims Practitioners is registered as a Special Purpose Trust in the Isle of Man.
As the institute grows in numbers a committee will be appointed to help create policy and steer the institute in the direction that most benefits its members. Our target is to have the committee appointed within 12 months of the launch of the institute.
Press Release 2015
