Contractors Comment – Page 5
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CommentHow smart buildings will boost our productivity
If we give office workers the means to control their environment we will be contributing to a healthier, happier and more productive population
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CommentBranding a building
Developing a brand is becoming ever more important, both for developers and occupiers
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CommentPrice rises from suppliers should be challenged
Material costs are on the up but housing associations can secure better deals from the supply chain if they know how
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CommentGetting skills down to a T
The introduction of T-levels is being sold as a lifeline for industries like construction, but Brexit threatens to derail any benefits
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CommentWhy Mipim matters
This year’s Mipim is set to be just as jam-packed as 2016, with about 23,000 participants from 90 countries
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CommentLet’s make them an offer …
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
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CommentMind the tender price gap
Cost pressures have hit new highs, creating a lag between initial project costs and the final tender price, so what’s to be done?
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CommentThe need for International Women's Day
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
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CommentWhy women don't pick construction careers
Women in Construction Week should prompt us all to think about how the industry can discard outdated stereotypes
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CommentTrain to win
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
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CommentWe need a boring Budget
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
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CommentMaking the private rented sector work
Successful affordable rented schemes are ones that allow communities to grow, and to do that we need to listen to tenants’ needs
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CommentEmployers must reduce workers' exposure to diesel fumes
Diesel fumes are a hazardous substance that can increase the risk of lung cancer, which like all work-related cancers is preventable
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CommentIndustrial revolution
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
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CommentThe benefits of Integrated Project Insurance
Early contractor involvement and a ‘no blame/no claim’ ethos are just some ways this procurement method could improve the industry
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CommentMove on up
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
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CommentThe rise and fall of the mega-city
Mega-cities are no longer sustainable and the bigger they become, the less likely are they to function efficiently
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CommentA winning formula
Creating cities that foster vibrant communities and with the infrastructure in place to secure their economic competitiveness, is no mean feat
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CommentAre you maximising your R&D tax credits?
Factoring in R D at the tendering stage may be new to some but it can give a contractor significant advantages
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CommentAll together now
The Farmer Review is the latest report to call for the fragmented built environment sector to embrace truly collaborative ways of working. The entire construction industry must come together if we are to fulfil our potential