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My route into construction … Amaia Harries, design manager at Legendre UK

2024-10-30T07:00:00+00:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this  series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction … Dan Lewis, construction director at Momentum

2024-10-04T06:00:00+01:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this  series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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Working towards wellbeing in office design

2024-07-31T07:00:00+01:00By Sam Carey-Smith

The way that office spaces are planned is changing significantly as the needs of occupiers evolve. Get it right and happiness and productivity improves, says Sam Carey-Smith

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My route into construction … Milind Page, surveyor at Rund

2024-05-24T06:00:00+01:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this  series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction … Astrid Dazin, senior estimator at Legendre UK

2024-04-30T06:00:00+01:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this  series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

India Cormack

My route into construction … India Cormack, management trainee at Willmott Dixon

2024-03-04T07:00:00+00:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

Damilola Ola

My route into construction … Damilola Ola, assistant site manager at Mount Anvil

2024-02-27T07:00:00+00:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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Building the Future Commission: why recruitment is industry’s top priority

2024-02-08T07:00:00+00:00By

After a year of consultation and careful consideration, the Building the Future Commission has published its final report. In this final chapter, Dave Rogers considers the challenge of building a skilled workforce to do increasingly complex jobs – and then keeping them happy

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Let’s make 2024 the year we really start improving workplace culture

2024-01-19T07:00:00+00:00By Ceri Moyers

Construction still lags behind in terms of gender diversity. Improving the balance requires more than establishing a DEI group and a decent maternity policy, says Ceri Moyers

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London’s old problems require new solutions

2023-12-13T07:00:00+00:00By

The capital is congested, polluted and expensive but, thanks to the insight and ingenuity that its people possess, the way it functions can be mended, writes Sadie Morgan

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My route into construction … Nasrin Sadeghi, structural engineer at Symmetrys

2023-12-04T07:00:00+00:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction … Sean O’Regan, assistant quantity surveyor, McLaren

2023-11-27T07:00:00+00:00

The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series,  we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

Thomas Edgcumbe

My route into construction … Thomas Edgcumbe, managing director, Aggregate Industries

2023-11-20T07:00:00+00:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

Sean Van Buiten

My route into construction … Sean van Buiten, assistant building manager, Willmott Dixon

2023-10-31T07:00:00+00:00

The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction … Kate Sadler, assistant quantity surveyor, McLaren

2023-10-24T06:00:00+01:00

The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series,  we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction … Richard Wilson, cost manager, Turner & Townsend Alinea

2023-10-16T06:00:00+01:00

The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series,  we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction … Camilla Fletcher, senior acoustic engineer, Max Fordham

2023-10-04T06:00:00+01:00

The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series,  we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction … Paul Devlin, chief operating officer at Causeway Technologies

2023-09-27T06:00:00+01:00

The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series,  we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction … James Preston, site manager, McLaren

2023-09-20T06:00:00+01:00

The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series,  we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction … Parissa Kokabi, assistant cost consultant, Currie & Brown

2023-09-13T06:00:00+01:00

The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series,  we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns

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My route into construction … Michelle Zompi, head of RLB Digital

2023-09-04T06:00:00+01:00

The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but it can be hard to know how to break in. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their career twists and turns

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Active collaboration is the key to progress in the built environment

2023-08-24T06:00:00+01:00By

There are so many vibrant, young, energetic new practices and individuals shaping the narrative of what is good in our profession. We must protect and nurture them, writes Sadie Morgan

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‘I came back from maternity leave and didn’t have a desk’ How one CEO is using her experiences to help others

2023-07-03T05:09:00+01:00By

The boss of M&E consultant FHP believes opportunities for women are, finally, looking up – just don’t make them wear a pink hard hat

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Time for ministers to enforce boardroom diversity? Meet Lara Oyedele

2023-06-23T05:49:00+01:00By

Have we reached the point where diversity needs to be enforced through regulation? The CIH president thinks so

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What does ‘fit for purpose’ mean for today’s world?

2023-06-15T06:00:00+01:00By

The scandal at the CBI is an opportunity for us all to reflect on how we treat each other in the workplace, writes Sadie Morgan

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How can we tackle the skills crisis? The next generation reports

2023-05-23T06:00:00+01:00By

The Building the Future Commission young persons’ advisory panel has made a series of recommendations to help the industry attract a better and more diverse range of recruits

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We need go back to the root causes of construction’s mental health challenge

2023-05-11T06:00:00+01:00By Nicola Hodkinson

We focus too much on reactive solutions that can only catch people when they fall, says Seddon’s Nicola Hodkinson

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The men speaking up about gender equality in construction

2023-04-27T06:00:00+01:00By

A discussion about gender with the twist that it featured an all-male panel is just what we need right now. Here’s why.

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Construction should adopt a coaching style of management to make every person count

2023-04-25T06:00:00+01:00By Dave Stitt

Construction still suffers from a culture more likely to turn workers away than encourage new recruits. Dave Stitt says this has to change.

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Why women are over mentored and under promoted

2023-04-17T06:00:00+01:00By Ceri Moyers

Research shows men and women’s experience of mentoring is very different – this is what has been missing

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Marginal gains: Why contractors need help to make a bigger profit

2023-04-04T06:00:00+01:00By

For years, margins have barely shifted much beyond 3% and, to some, talk of 5% and above seems fanciful. But others believe that mandating a figure like that would turn the industry on its head

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