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Royal Charter

7th May 2010 The Charter Document arrives

Following granting of our Royal Charter by HM The Queen the sealed charter arrived for us all to see. Above The Master reads the words over and Court Assistant Henry Lamb together with Court Assistant Michael Parrett also check out this wonderful document on show at Vinters Hall for a Court Meeting.

11th February 2010

The Company is granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation

“At the Privy Council meeting held at Buckingham Palace on 10th February Her Majesty approved an Order for the application of the Great Seal to (our) Company's Charter.” This is our Royal Charter that we submitted our humble petition to Her Majesty for, and have worked for two years towards. This is great news for the Company and an historic milestone in our development and progress as a Livery Company of the City of London. More about this to come when we have it.

Inspired by Past Master Martin Wade FRICS, FCIOB who as Master in 2007/08 gave the company the challenge of completing the circle from formation of a Company without Livery to a Company holding a Royal Charter of Incorporation.

This vision and foresight has now indeed come full circle.

With grateful thanks to The Clerk for his attention to detail in our preparation to Her Majesty.

Publication Date: Friday, 20 November 2009

Notice Code: 1106

Privy Council Office

Notice is given that a Petition has been presented to Her Majesty in Council by The Worshipful Company of Constructors praying for the grant of a Charter of Incorporation. Her Majesty has referred the Petition to a Committee of the Privy Council. All Petitions for or against such a grant should be delivered to the Privy Council Office, 2 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA, on or before 12th January 2010.

The Worshipful Company of Constructors was first formed as a Company without Livery in 1976 with the title of The Company of Builders, and it received Grant of Livery with its present title from the Court of Aldermen in 1990. The Company now proposes to petition Her Majesty the Queen, through the Privy Council, for the Grant of a Royal Charter.

The Constructors’ Court believes that we are ready for this important step in the development of our Company. Our membership is growing, and the great majority are chartered professionals within construction. We manage an active scholarship programme and support our industry in a number of ways, from provision of prizes for trade and study achievement, to presentations and lectures on relevant topics, and apprenticeships for aspiring young people. In these we work closely with many of the chartered bodies in our industry. Through the fellowship of our meetings and functions’ we facilitate a useful exchange of ideas and views between like minded professionals.

It is not our intention that members of the Company will be granted the status of a chartered practitioner as a consequence of this petition; the qualifications of the professional bodies within construction is, in our view, the best route to the achievement of that status.