All Construction 2025 articles – Page 4
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Nearly half of workers want to change jobs
Stuy of more than 2,000 construction professionals finds nearly 50% are hoping to leave their current employer in the next year
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Revealed: The tastes and habits of Britain's average builder
Study of tradespeople across the country finds average builder earns £26,000, supports Manchester United and is called Paul
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Wates defends two-year retention payments
Contractor argues that retention policy is more generous than many of its competitors
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MPs slam 'dismal' number of construction apprenticeships
Cross-party inquiry calls on construction firms to boost apprentice numbers
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In construction, good relationships count
Being ethical and treating your supply chain properly can guard against risks like inflation
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Bad advice turning young people off construction
CITB report calls for industry to engage with schools to improve ‘largely unfavourable, outdated and ill-informed careers advice’
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Let's build communities, not just buildings
When we think about what we build and who we build it for, we should think about the wider wiring of the country and about what makes a community
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Builders merchants urge government action on late payment
Builders Merchants Federation backs subcontractors calls to improve payment culture in construction
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The artists, the artisans and the end users
Construction is often wrongly cast as thwarting the architect’s ambitions or vision
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Wates slammed for ‘unethical’ two-year retentions demand
Exclusive: Subcontractors hit out at contract terms demanding that retention money be held for 24 months
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The question of confidence
We need a long-term and steady pipeline of work to guard against wild variations in industry sentiment
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Specialists urge tough action over ‘killer’ late payments
Specialist contractors urge government to bar from public sector work firms who do not pay supply chain within 30 days
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Keep looking to the future
Could we be designing building using gaming technology such as Minecraft? It seems anything is possible …
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CITB drops winding-up petition against tiny firm
Enquiries from ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV prompt both parties to resolve dispute over CITB levy
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New year, new thinking
We need more of the initiative and drive behind proposals such as London’s Garden Bridge
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Construction to grow by 182,000 jobs in five years
CITB predicts jobs growth, but employment still expected to be below pre-recession peak
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Doing the robot
For an industry still, largely, employing the same methods of construction as it did five decades ago, advances in technology represent an opportunity to explore more efficient ways of working
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Biodiversity is our next big challenge
Adding or preserving trees, plants and habitats is an opportunity for construction
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Cultural skills not technology skills are what the young bring to BIM
A simplified interpretation of youth culture is not going to attract the brightest minds into construction