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Communication Is an Underrated Skill in the Construction Industry

Many tangible skills define construction, from understanding materials to the ability to read complex blueprints. Communication doesn’t fall under this category. Yet, its failure often causes visible...

Why are we still losing trees on our highways and not counting the cost?

Over the past five years, the UK has seen the delivery of some of its largest highways schemes in decades. Alongside this has come a growing emphasis on sustainability, biodiversity net gain and the...

Logistics - the sustainability problem we prefer to ignore

Sustainability in construction is usually discussed in terms of materials, energy use and operational performance. We measure embodied carbon, specify low-impact products, and track emissions through...

Lessons from safety incidents that did not make headlines

Construction is very good at learning from the big failures. When something catastrophic happens, when there is loss of life, when there is a major structural collapse, the industry responds....

The hidden carbon cost of infrastructure loss

Sustainability reporting across major infrastructure has become increasingly sophisticated. Airports and transport hubs now measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across Scope 1, 2 and 3, publish...

Are we measuring the wrong things when it comes to carbon?

Carbon has become the defining metric of our time. In construction, it shapes policy, drives design decisions, influences material choices and increasingly determines how projects are judged. Targets...

Are we ignoring water as the biggest threat to buildings?

Ask most people in construction what keeps them awake at night and you’ll hear the same answers about fire risk, structural failure, programme schedules and rising costs. They are all valid and...

Mass timber and water - are we asking the right questions?

"Why sprinkler water - not fire - is mass timber's greatest threat" was the original headline of a recent research article. Take a moment with that headline. A system that keeps fires small is being...

The Lifespan of Common Building Materials Explained

Every house is built in layers, and each layer wears down on its own clock. Roofing, walls, floors, insulation and pipework all age at different speeds. A 30-year-old home has probably been re-roofed...