Who would you listen to? Someone talking about themselves, telling you all about their expertise and experience? Or an industry colleague telling you about someone that they worked with who wowed them with their knowledge and skilled approach to work? It’s almost certain you chose […]
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Completing infrastructure projects on budget is a complete anomaly in the UK. It simply doesn’t happen. There are always delays and cost over runs – partly because of the delays and partly because there are just so many factors that impact the costs over time. […]
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Collaboration may sound easy, after all working together is a requirement for effective teams, but it isn’t always that simple. People come from varying backgrounds and the default is often to take an approach based on personal experience. When that experience differs and people have […]
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Applying for a new job? Asking for a raise? Closing a contract for a major framework? Submitting a bid for a tender? All of these tasks involve elements of negotiation, and yet these aren’t skills that most people consciously develop. They just become part of […]
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So often when we talk about gender disparities in construction it’s with a negative angle. The gender pay gap, the percentage of women working in construction, and the biases towards maternity leave. While these continue to be important points to have conversations on, it’s really […]
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Construction has long had the unfortunate accolade of producing some of the highest levels of carbon emissions and waste. While there have been good improvements in the volumes of construction waste that’s recycled, the process is often outsourced so that construction companies can continue to […]
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Optimism is up in construction, which is a refreshing change from the pressure the industry has been experiencing in recent years. Increase building activity and main contractors returning to profit, makes a nice change from liquidations and cancelled projects. A recent Arcadis report predicts that […]
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In the construction industry we talk so much about skills – or the shortage thereof. We talk about productivity – and the lack thereof. And we talk about technology and the snail’s pace at which it has been adopted. The problem is that despite all […]
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Hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, several main high speed rail routes within France were sabotaged. Fires were set on the signally systems, presumably with the intention of causing chaos. Attacks on transport infrastructure are not new and fortunately in this case the damage […]
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If you’re a senior professional in construction, it’s likely you’re getting calls and emails from recruiters every week, asking if you’re interested in making a move. Some find this annoying, others unbalancing, yet for others it opens a door to considering new opportunities. Your response […]
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