Business & Management

With the construction industry becoming cautious of fixed-price contracts, contractor Dan Grimshaw, founder of Beam Development, urges using cost-plus contracts.

From 9-19 June 2022, the University of Westminster’s Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (bit.ly/PRoBE) is hosting a delegation of women construction workers from North America.

The British Board of Agrément has been running free webinars on the skills shortage in the construc-tion industry, and building engineers are invited to register for the next one, Connecting a Fragmented Construction Industry Through Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, which takes place on 28 June.

Alison Durie changed career from working in homelessness and social care to become a building surveyor. She graduated in 2021 with a First and won CABE’s Best Final Year Student award

It is my great honour to have been installed as President of CABE, witnessed by my wife Geri, two of my daughters – Grainne and Geraldine – my sister Fiona and my goddaughter Grace.

This annual award is made by the Women’s Engineering Society to the best chartered engineer in the following disciplines: engineering, applied science and IT.

Third-year Architectural Technology BSc student Madeleine Clarke won the West Midlands award at the Association of Women in Property 2021 Student of the Year Awards, an event that aims to increase and support the 15% of women who make up the construction and property workforce.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), in partnership with STEM Learning, has launched an industry-specific ambassador scheme.

UK residential and commercial building warranty provider ICW Group has launched a high-value structural warranty scheme.

David Adams looks at industry apprenticeships and those who are about to retire, and asks if there’s a way to bridge the skills gap

Continuing professional development (CPD) is no longer just something that is nice to have, and the sooner employers support it with allocated time in the working day, the better

Carl Pearson, Head of Legal and Governance Services at CABE, discusses CABE’s ethical professionalism

BRE has revealed the winners at the BREEAM Summit and Awards 2022 – a thought leadership and networking conference followed by a celebration of sustainable building design.

It only seems like yesterday I was writing my first President’s welcome, and what a year it has been. I have met many members from all over the UK and Ireland, and while I have unfortunately not been able to physically visit the international chapters, I have enjoyed the opportunity to present virtually at both the Malaysia and Hong Kong chapters.

John Kraus has joined Engineers Without Borders UK as CEO, leaving the International Geosynthetics Society, where he was Executive Director.

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has appointed Eloise Francis as its new Director of Innovation.

For decades the construction industry has failed to invest in the relevant skills needed to ensure a competent workforce.

The Royal College of the Arts (RCA) has unveiled its new Battersea campus, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron.

Tim Balcon, Chief Executive of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), has written to construction employers to invite them to take part in a pilot scheme that will not only offer job opportunities to ex-offenders but help employers fill their skills gap.

To mark International Women’s Day and to celebrate its 125th anniversary this year, Wates Group announced an initiative to bring 125 more women into the construction industry by 2025