All Careers Advice
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Britain’s brickwork is often overlooked and the skills needed to craft brickwork into something of beauty often taken for granted.
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As part of CN’s week-long look at the industry’s skills challenge, James Wilmore discovers how fresh data and political investigations are shedding more and more light on the impact Brexit is having and will have on workforces.
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A panel of the industry’s best new talent came together to offer a unique insight on why construction is struggling to attract young people – and how it can solve the problem.
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Construction has the largest gender pay gap of any UK industry. But behind the data, why is this issue business-critical and what do the experiences of women in the sector reveal about the challenges we must tackle? Lucy Alderson investigates.
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Heathrow's £900m rail link gears up for bids
08/05/2018
The government has begun the search for companies to finance and construct a £900m rail line linking Heathrow to the Great Western Main Line. -
From selling books and groceries through to drone delivery and robot PAs, Amazon seems to have a hand in everything. Should construction feel emboldened or threatened? James Wilmore finds out.
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Keltbray has agreed a partnership with Canadian construction giant Aecon to target future rail projects across Canada.
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Gender inequality: What your business can do
17/04/2018
The findings of Randstad’s 2018 Women in Construction report can be seen as bittersweet. -
Balfour Beatty lands £115m Network Rail deal
11/04/2018
Network Rail has awarded Balfour Beatty a £115m deal to supply a fleet of vehicles to carry out track maintenance across two of the client’s busiest routes. -
Women are paid nearly a third less than men across the top 100 contractors by turnover, analysis by Construction News has revealed.
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Imagine using an app to book a car to work everyday – and your driver is an artificial intelligence system. It might sound like something from science fiction, but driverless cars are closer than we think. But is construction ready to play its part? Lucy Alderson finds out.
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Balfour builds boutique hotel-style hospice
26/03/2018
Welsh slate exterior, Danish brickwork and wallpaper from France, the completed Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice will be a grand design befitting its royal name. -
Battersea Power Station: 'Don't do ordinary'
22/03/2018
“If you are not excited by what you see today, you might want to change careers,” Mace’s project director Jonathan Foster tells assembled students. -
Digital Construction Excellence: Winner
12/03/2018
Winner: M J Rooney Construction – Virtual Basements M J Rooney’s progressive mindset and exceptional outputs left the judges unanimous in handing it this award. -
Training Excellence: Winner
09/03/2018
Winner: M J Rooney Construction – Virtual Basements M J Rooney’s progressive mindset and exceptional outputs left the judges unanimous in handing it this award. -
Apprentice of the Year: Winner
09/03/2018
Winner: Tyler Pearce – Lee Marley Brickwork In one of the most fiercely contested Apprentice of the Year shortlists to date, the judges were given a hugely difficult task. -
Winners revealed at Specialists Awards 2018
09/03/2018
The winners of the Construction News Specialists Awards have been revealed at a glittering ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. -
Inspire Me: CN campaign launches in London
21/02/2018
Something very unusual happened yesterday evening at the launch party of Construction News’ Inspire Me campaign. -
Following Mark Carne’s announcement that he will be retiring later this year, CN assesses the biggest obstacles his successor will need to tackle during CP6 and beyond.
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Where’s construction’s inspirational leader
30/01/2018
As Carillion’s collapse continues to dominate headlines and thousands across the industry are left asking what will happen next, I can’t help but wonder: who is leading the way for construction in these difficult times?