Skills

Simon Harris is senior director of operations at Randstad Construction Property and Engineering In a recent poll, we asked construction professionals who had moved jobs within the past 12 months about whether they would feel confident enough to move to a new job again now. Three-quarters said they would be…

Graham Harle is chief executive of Gleeds Worldwide Surely 2022 should be the year in which the developed world learns to live with COVID-19? High levels of vaccination have helped weaken the link between case rates and deaths in richer countries and, despite spreading at lightning speed and generating record…

Chris Walker is head of health and safety at Napthen Solicitors COVID-19 has had a huge impact on every sector and changed the way many people work. For the construction sector, a strong focus on preventing the spread of the coronavirus on site has sometimes meant a loss of focus…

Adrian Attwood is executive director at conservation specialist DBR A skills assessment undertaken by the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme in recent weeks quantified the number of heritage craftspeople and conservation specialists that will be needed to renovate the whole Parliamentary Estate. The extent of this project presents…

Cliff Smith is executive director of the Get It Right Initiative (GIRI) Productivity has to be the top priority for construction firms in 2022. The sector faces unprecedented challenges over the next 12 months – including building safety, skills and material shortages, COVID restrictions, and the climate crisis. Each issue…

Gillian Charlesworth is chief executive of Building Research Establishment (BRE) As we come to the end of 2021 – a year of serious challenges probably few of us envisaged – where does sentiment currently lie in our industry? In what frame of mind do we approach 2022? With material and…

Board members of major clients, government figures, a mayor and the head of construction's skills body are set to be among those making headlines in the New Year. Here are 10 people the industry will be watching in 2022.

Andrew Haines It can’t be easy being the head of a…

Tim Balcon is chief executive of the CITB We all know the size and scale of the challenge when it comes to climate change. Globally, progress on climate action has not been anywhere near fast enough. The coronavirus pandemic led to a historic drop in global emissions last year, but…

Winner: Zak Stephens, Measom Dryline Zak joined Measom Dryline in June 2019 and undertook a two year apprenticeship, working on the high-profile Battersea Power Station project. The company said he showed “great eagerness” to learn the drylining trade from day one, as well as ambition to take on responsibility and…

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) needs to “shout loud” so the industry understands what it has achieved, according to its departing chief executive. In an interview with Construction News as she prepares to leave the organisation she has led since 2017, Sarah Beale says the recent result of the…