Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Olivia Radford, offered female students advice and encouragement to seize a construction role at Nottingham Trent University’s Women in the Built Environment event
One in four young people (28%) have given construction careers the green light by awarding the sector top marks for attractiveness, according to a new report from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)
The Midlands Women in Social Housing (WISH) group has announced that its next event – the first since its official launch in September – will focus on boosting the number of women in leadership roles
The British Property Federation (BPF) has launched its Great Places campaign, a year-long programme of initiatives that will not only spread best practice amongst the real estate industry, but will actively encourage members of the industry to commit to good place shaping in all future work
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has strengthened its litigation and banking practices with the appointment of two new Partners, Rob Horne and Max Millington
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Following the launch at London Build of a landmark publication for designers and architects, the Supply Chain Sustainability School has brought together expertise from across the community, to inform and inspire both current practitioners and the next generation of professionals
Building and civil engineering company, Sir Robert McAlpine, has become the first contractor to be verified under BRE’s Ethical Labour Sourcing (ELS) Standard
Construction has been selected as one of the first three T-levels to be developed by the government as part of plans unveiled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond last year
More than 80% of construction workers believe Brexit will damage the UK’s industry and prevent high-profile government infrastructure projects from being delivered, according to a new study
New Zealand’s building sector has united to target UK construction talent in an unprecedented recruitment push to fill thousands of jobs needed for the largest infrastructure and housing build in its history
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has renewed its request for a Freight Commissioner for London, in order to ensure the city can continue to trade effectively
Build UK and Collab Group’s ‘Bridge into Construction’ initiative has launched at Sheffield College, with the one year further education course beginning on 1 October
SCIA, a provider of structural engineering software, has announced the six winners of the 10th edition of the SCIA User Contest, titled ‘The Art of Structural Design’
According to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the CITB has one last chance to fundamentally reform and start facilitating quality training among the construction industry’s smaller firms
With infrastructure strategies at the top of the agenda, how does the industry attract the talent needed to deliver the next generation of major projects?
