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Keep up to dateIt’s good to see Building espousing the cause for more women in construction but sadly the hammer-wielding lady on your front cover isn’t properly equipped for the job.
As any chippie will tell you, she’s clutching a ball peen hammer, favoured tool of car mechanics, engineers and bodgers everywhere but certainly not carpenters, who need something to pull out the nails they have just hammered in the wrong place.
Yours pedantically, Andrew Bond, Bovis Lend Lease
Two staff members from The Bartlett offer their views on a recent column
The Scottish Building Federation welcomes a £100m stimulus plan from the Scottish government
A reader writes: ‘Great final article by Ann Minogue’
The parties’ election pledges to build more houses will remain unattainable using traditional methods, writes Tide Construction’s Christy Hayes
Regardless of who forms the next government, the industry needs to change its mindset and create a much bigger skills base to address the challenges that lie before us, says Mark Wild
The next government must provide tangible support for employers, educational institutions and apprentices if construction is to play its full part in driving economic growth, says Nicola Hodkinson
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