Opinion 鈥� Page 62
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Bowled over
ISG finds its US owners fail to appreciate a cricket win, and the Danes give the City of London a lesson in how to be cool
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CommentWe need to be much more proactive in tackling mental health
Mental health聽isn鈥檛 something we can solve with half-measures and isolated approaches
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CommentMeeting the apprenticeship levy challenge
Businesses must widen their recruitment strategies and target specific skills gaps to take advantage of the apprenticeship levy reform
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CommentBeing neurodivergent can help your career 鈥� and your company
Fostering a neurodiverse workforce isn鈥檛 just about equality 鈥� it鈥檚 about the benefits a different range of thinking skills can bring to company results
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CommentConstruction must admit it has a problem with diversity
Disappointing diversity statistics should not make us sigh and shrug 鈥� recognising that it simply isn鈥檛 good enough should spur us all to take effective action
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Comment5 minutes with... Ian Bogle, founder, Bogle Architects
Ian Bogle talks to 微密圈 about the Empire State 微密圈, Adidas Sambas and Lebanese food
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CommentIndependence daze: lack of clarity on Brexit continues to hit business
As the so-called Brexit deadline passes, ongoing uncertainty does untold damage
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CommentBrexit: a classic case of poor project management
The prime minister鈥檚 handling of Brexit bears uncanny parallels to poor management of construction projects 鈥� so what can we all learn from this?
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CommentMoney talks: as Brexit looms ahead, government can use its levers to keep things moving
With all eyes on Brexit, government has neglected to back up its push for offsite with a solid pipeline of investment, says Stephen Beechey
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Prize fights
The Ministry of Defence has a territorial dispute with Lendlease, Spurs has grounds for hope, and we go in search of accolades
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CommentIs developing on small sites achievable?
In the Draft New London Plan, Sadiq Kahn has set a target of 64,935 new dwellings per year, with 24,573 of these to be delivered on small sites. But how realistic is this?
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CommentProduct manufacturers must regain confidence, but industry already has an appetite for change
The publication of Dame Judith Hackitt鈥檚 Independent review of 微密圈 Regulations and Fire Safety issued an important and resounding call for change across the entire construction industry. A number of challenges were identified about how we ensure our buildings keep people safe. Construction products were not ...
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CommentHow to be good
Forget about market dynamics outside our control 鈥� here鈥檚 a plan for making sure what we can affect is done right from the start, and it鈥檚 all about good behaviours
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Die hard
Why Interserve鈥檚 shareholders voted to bury the company is something of a mystery, but at least the coffee was good
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CommentGetting rooftop development right
If the challenges can be overcome,聽then developing above London鈥檚 rooftops has the potential to help ease the capital鈥檚 housing crisis
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CommentHow IPI turned collaboration from a buzzword into successful project delivery
Dudley Advance II was built to house a new centre for advanced building technologies; it made perfect sense for this building to use IPI
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CommentIs Brexit inadvertently taking the industry closer to Latham鈥檚 vision?
Brexit鈥檚 unusual visibility is forcing a different approach to inflationary risk management, writes Mace Cost Consultancy鈥檚 Steven Mason
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CommentClients drive change 鈥� and the government is the biggest of them all
Our industry is collaborating more, but what鈥檚 really needed is for clients to drive change in聽the supply chain, writes Turner Townsend鈥檚 Bill McElroy
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CommentInterserve administration: do main contractors need rescuing from themselves?
Interserve continues for now, while Andrew Davies takes the helm at Kier
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CommentGreat news 鈥� Interserve isn鈥檛 another Carillion (yet)
The collapse into administration is bad news for shareholders but at least it isn鈥檛 sunk