All articles by Chloë McCulloch – Page 11
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NewsWomen engineers: 73% experience sex discrimination
Survey by Hays reveals women continue to feel disadvantaged in a male-dominated profession
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NewsMay must boost confidence, warns BPF
British Property Federation calls on government to act quickly to reduce Brexit uncertainty
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FeaturesBrexit: Make yourself heard
As Theresa May makes clear that she favours full separation from the EU and we approach the March deadline to trigger Article 50, Building launches a survey to find out what readers want from the Brexit deal, both for your business and the wider industry
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NewsBuilding launches women in engineering survey
A joint piece of research with recruitment firm Hays seeks the views of engineers to gain a definitive picture of women in the profession
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CommentThe new reality
New Yorkers didn’t vote for Trump just as Londoners didn’t vote for Brexit, but whatever their misgivings the business of doing business goes on
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CommentBIM: digital dexterity and the next level
Building’s latest BIM survey shows usage is widening and deepening but SMEs must not be left behind on this digital journey
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CommentTheresa May must show her cards
Now the industry needs reassurance that the May administration will not lose momentum on infrastructure delivery
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FeaturesParental leave: Man about the house
Many professionals in our male-dominated industry say they want to spend more time with their children. So why aren’t new dads taking up their recent right to shared parental leave? We talk to two fathers who took time out of the workplace
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CommentEU referendum: On a knife edge
Six days out from the EU referendum and the result is too close to call
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FeaturesGood Employer Guide 2014: A focus on staff wellbeing
Mental health issues can be difficult to detect in the workplace - which means they can also be easy to ignore. But as this year’s guide shows, the best employers are those that are ready and able to heed the warning signs
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FeaturesThe Pilsdon Community: Second time lucky
When the refurbishment of a refuge for people in crisis ran into trouble, it left the community disillusioned with the building industry. But construction charity CRASH responded to its plea for help
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FeaturesWhy be a distance learner?
More and more construction professionals who want to gain a competitive edge to progress their careers are turning to distance learning. Just don’t think of it as the easy option
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FeaturesTrouble at the top
Bad managers can have a big impact on staff morale and productivity levels, and they could even pose a serious threat to the industry’s upturn. So why are there so many of them?
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FeaturesThis week in ... 1979
Read this fascinating article from Building magazine’s archive on how urban design can be used to cut the numbers of children killed on our roads
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FeaturesCRASH: Let's take things up a gear
The construction industry continued to support CRASH even through the worst years of the downturn. But now that the economy is picking up, the charity is more ambitious than ever
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FeaturesYou can have a say in how CRASH is run
As a long-standing patron of CRASH, the managing director at British Gypsum Mike Chaldecott believes he’s found an efficient form of charitable giving for his company
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NewsNew Olympic venue images
The Building team is now on its Christmas break and will be back on 3 January 2012. In the meantime we leave you with LOCOG’s new aerial images of the Olympic park
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NewsFoster to design high-speed rail station in Spain
Foster + Partners wins competition to design Ourense AVE Station
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NewsConstruction firms 'unprepared' for Bribery Act in July
Survey reveals large proportion of SMEs have not put in place anti-bribery training for staff
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NewsMortgage lending falls 16%
Figures from Council of Mortgage Lenders show loans in October were down compared with 2009