Contractors Comment – Page 5

  • Mark farmer
    Comment

    Training to a T

    2017-03-22T06:00:00Z

    More of the same training means more bad press, poor productivity and an industry struggling to find people willing to fill its job vacancies. The newly-announced T-level may give us the chance to change all that

  • Dominic Thasarathar
    Comment

    Six trends that will define design for contractors

    2017-03-21T10:21:00Z

    Advances in technology will lift many of the constraints currently faced by contractors and it will pay to keep up to speed with the changes

  • Philip Watson
    Comment

    How smart buildings will boost our productivity

    2017-03-21T09:22:00Z

    If we give office workers the means to control their environment we will be contributing to a healthier, happier and more productive population

  • Tal Donahue and Matthew McGuinness
    Comment

    Branding a building

    2017-03-16T06:00:00Z

    Developing a brand is becoming ever more important, both for developers and occupiers

  • Mike-Williams
    Comment

    Price rises from suppliers should be challenged

    2017-03-15T13:05:00Z

    Material costs are on the up but housing associations can secure better deals from the supply chain if they know how

  • Michael Thirkettle
    Comment

    Getting skills down to a T

    2017-03-14T06:00:00Z

    The introduction of T-levels is being sold as a lifeline for industries like construction, but Brexit threatens to derail any benefits

  • Rennie Dalrymple
    Comment

    Why Mipim matters

    2017-03-13T10:01:00Z

    This year’s Mipim is set to be just as jam-packed as 2016, with about 23,000 participants from 90 countries

  • Richard Threlfall
    Comment

    Let’s make them an offer …

    2017-03-10T06:00:00Z

    If we want the government’s industrial strategy to work for our industry, construction must offer a proposition based on collaboration, investment and innovation. Here’s how we can do that

  • Sarah McCann-Bartlett
    Comment

    Mind the tender price gap

    2017-03-08T06:00:00Z

    Cost pressures have hit new highs, creating a lag between initial project costs and the final tender price, so what’s to be done?

  • Helen Gough
    Comment

    The need for International Women's Day

    2017-03-07T06:00:00Z

    Gender equality in the workplace is not a ‘women’s issue’, the fact that it is still an aspiration has huge economic implications for us all

  • Paula Broadbent
    Comment

    Why women don't pick construction careers

    2017-03-06T06:00:00Z

    Women in Construction Week should prompt us all to think about how the industry can discard outdated stereotypes

  • James Wates
    Comment

    Train to win

    2017-03-03T06:00:00Z

    The apprenticeship levy is coming, so we might as well make the best of it. And how we do that is by thinking smarter and working together to make the scheme succeed for us

  • Richard McCarthy
    Comment

    We need a boring Budget

    2017-03-02T06:00:00Z

    Next week the chancellor will unveil his spring Budget, let’s hope he uses it to strengthen existing policies and provide certainty rather than unleash any big surprises

  • Mark Leeson
    Comment

    Making the private rented sector work

    2017-03-01T07:00:00Z

    Successful affordable rented schemes are ones that allow communities to grow, and to do that we need to listen to tenants’ needs

  • Paul Haxell
    Comment

    Employers must reduce workers' exposure to diesel fumes

    2017-02-23T06:00:00Z

    Diesel fumes are a hazardous substance that can increase the risk of lung cancer, which like all work-related cancers is preventable

  • Mark-Farmer
    Comment

    Industrial revolution

    2017-02-02T06:00:00Z

    The government’s industrial strategy offers a welcome prompt to improve productivity and foster innovation, says Mark Farmer, but real change will need to be driven by client demand

  • Steve Faulkner
    Comment

    The benefits of Integrated Project Insurance

    2017-01-31T11:25:00Z

    Early contractor involvement and a ‘no blame/no claim’ ethos are just some ways this procurement method could improve the industry

  • James Wates
    Comment

    Move on up

    2017-01-18T12:17:00Z

    Construction has always valued experience and ability over background and connections. But it can still do a lot more to help increase social mobility - and apprenticeships should be at the heart of our efforts

  • Richard Threlfall
    Comment

    The rise and fall of the mega-city

    2017-01-11T06:00:00Z

    Mega-cities are no longer sustainable and the bigger they become, the less likely are they to function efficiently

  • Richard Threlfall
    Comment

    A winning formula

    2016-12-08T06:00:00Z

    Creating cities that foster vibrant communities and with the infrastructure in place to secure their economic competitiveness, is no mean feat