All articles by James Wates – Page 2
-
CommentExport strength
If the UK is to win work on overseas infrastructure megaprojects, we will have to get better at forming consortiums that offer the whole package. The newly-formed Infrastructure Exports: UK group may be able to help
-
CommentHow to get the best out of Brexit
The election provides the chance to drive home key messages around areas for Brexit negotiations. If we come together, we can work for the changes we want from leaving Europe
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
CommentWe need to enthuse young people about vocational training
If we were to do for vocational training what we did for sport over the past two decades, investing in it and enthusing young people, the skills shortage that threatens our industry would be a thing of the past
-
CommentWhy can't builders and architects work it out?
Topping out ceremonies present builders with an irresistible opportunity to throw the architect off the top of the building but we need to collaborate
-
CommentSee you in the boardroom
Questions remains over the government’s target of 3 million apprentices by 2020 but we owe it to generations of young (and not so young) people to change our thinking about what apprenticeships are and how we use them
-
CommentSo what do you think of it so far?
Six months in and Build UK is already making a difference on illegal working, pre-qualification, payment issues, the skills shortage and apprenticeships. It’s also got different parts of the industry talking to each other
-
CommentThe Professionals
In the built environment, professionalism has largely been the preserve of the consultants and designers in charge of the ‘virtual’ part of construction. But ‘real’ construction needs these values too - in spades
-
CommentFacing an uncertain future
This government’s shift into a higher gear has presented many positives for the industry but there are still question marks around apprenticeships. How can we best deliver a new generation of skilled construction workers?
-
CommentThe long and winding road
Housing is now recognised as one of the small handful of public policy issues that is absolutely essential for the government - and broader society - to solve. But this is just the start…
-
CommentThe class of 2050
Education is a key part of any society’s future prosperity and social cohesion. How can we create the buildings that will help our children’s children to succeed in a generation’s time?
-
CommentThe power of three
City villages, city regions and buildings that are more resilient to the weather show some innovative ways in which construction is steadily improving the future of the built environment
-
CommentKeeping resolutions
This year could be a year of big changes - both political and technological. As long as we respond positively to these changes, there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic
-
CommentYour local builder
As George Osborne discusses devolving greater powers to UK cities, it’s more important than ever to build strong relationships with local decision-makers
-
CommentWhat a waste of talent
Construction badly needs people with skills yet is failing to appeal both to those who have no experience of work and to those who are drawn to other industries
-
CommentHome ownership is a UK tradition
Despite warnings that the government scheme is overheating the housing market, Help to Buy has tapped into Britain’s cultural desire for home ownership and helped restore confidence in the market in the process
-
CommentOver to you: Osborne's simple act of trust
The chancellor’s Budget decision to give pensioners more control over their pension pot was a great example of how politicians should trust the electorate to make sensible decisions. Let’s have more of it
-
CommentLet'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
- Previous Page
- Page1
- Page2
- Page3
- Next Page