Ben Tops Construction Class
21 January 2010
Any construction graduate would be more than happy to
come top in a Chartered Institute of Building graduate diploma
programme and that is exactly what Ben Miloudi, Costain Assistant
Design Manager, has achieved.
Ben, currently working on the Newbury Parkway project, is 'non
cognate' - his formal education is in a non construction-related
discipline, having previously graduated with a Masters of Design in
Industrial Product Design.
Held at the College of Estate Management, Reading University,
the graduate diploma was nothing if not tough. There was a high
drop-out rate from the course, which covered a wide range of
subjects including building technology, construction site
management, building structures, planning
tendering finance and strategy.
"I don't have a construction degree, so this was in effect a
conversion course," explains Ben. "It's been really useful and has
helped me at work. My next target is to gain MCIOB status in
2010."
Ben joined Costain in 2006; his projects to date have included
South Holland Community Hospital, Prime Care Health Centres,
University of Worcester's student accommodation and now the Newbury
Parkway mixed-use development.
As Alec Newing, Head of Design Management, Community Sectors,
says: "I am extremely proud to have Ben as a member of our team. He
has always embraced challenges enthusiastically and has been
willing to take on responsibilities to ensure the schemes that he
has been involved with have been effectively delivered."