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Subsidising declining apprenticeship numbers just isn’t the answer
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (544+ words) Youth unemployment is rising, not because young people lack ambition, but because construction businesses increasingly cannot afford to employ and train them, argues Craig Bell, CEO of Bell Group. While some positive action has been taken, such as the investment…...
Willmott Dixon to build new fire station in Bath after ‘unfortunate loss’ of old one
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (378+ words) Willmott Dixon has won a £16.9m contract to build a new fire station in Bath to replace a 1938-built classical art deco building that some wanted to save. Recently demolished, the old Bath Fire Station, clad in Bath stone, was considered…...
Who owns construction knowledge in the age of AI?
6+ day, 6+ min ago (669+ words) For a long time, much of that knowledge has remained fragmented. Some of it sits in common data environments, health and safety files and O&M manuals. Some of it sits in consultants’ archives. A great deal of it sits…...
AI boom hits residential and commercial sector demand, finds T&T report
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (345+ words) The boom in AI has pushed data centres to the second most in-demand construction sector in the UK, new data from Turner & Townsend reveals. Data centres are behind defence but above industrial logistics, with more traditional sectors such as commercial…...
Balfour Beatty invests £10m in VC to gain early access to innovations
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (367+ words) Balfour Beatty has invested £10m in a venture capital fund to gain early access to the robotics and AI innovations the fund is backing. The contractor has invested in venture capital firm Pi Labs’ Fund IV – the first time it has…...
NEETs crisis drives interest in trades, but apprenticeships barriers remain
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (572+ words) Nearly half of young people are now considering a career in the construction and trade sectors, as rising youth unemployment and concerns over job security push more 16- to 25-year-olds towards hands-on skilled work. New research from Checkatrade, the UK home…...
Skills for nuclear, not just nuclear skills - Construction Management
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (807+ words) The UK’s civil and defence nuclear programmes are competing for many of the same people and suppliers. Sharmila Jugessur, strategic growth director at AtkinsRéalis, says greater coordination, better use of transferable skills and a more strategic approach to procurement could…...
Risk-based approach agreed for construction apprenticeships reform
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (302+ words) The reform of construction apprenticeships will now reflect different risk factors for different tradespeople under a new approach agreed between the industry and government. A methodology for risk profiling different trades has been developed following a year of talks between…...
CIOB Americas celebrate contractor Graham’s centenary - Construction Management
1+ week, 5+ day ago (866+ words) CIOB Americas helped North American contractor Graham mark its 100th anniversary this spring when a group of CIOB Toronto Hub members visited two important projects the contractor is delivering in Canada’s largest city, Toronto. Sereena Kang, CIOB Americas regional manager, said…...
Startup lowdown: Build tackles the pre-construction phase
1+ week, 5+ day ago (426+ words) Would you like to significantly speed up the pre-construction phase on major industrial projects? Want to deal with technical due diligence and early design work in days rather than months? If so, Build and its army of AI workers may…...