Monday morning strikes fear (or at least a flat mood) into the minds of many. If you are suffering from a case of Monday-itis, browsing employment websites might be overtaking the time spent doing your actual job. But here’s the good news: research conducted by the...
Clear fire safety design guidance for bridges should be “accelerated” after the collapse of a rail bridge in Arizona, USA, according to leading bridge expert Ian Firth. The Salt River Union Pacific Bridge collapsed last week, after a freight train derailed and caught...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become all but an inevitability for the vast majority of industries, and construction is no different. It stands as one of humanity’s oldest disciplines, refined over millennia and swayed in new directions by every civilisation and...
Nita Chhinzer says people working at home need to speak up and ask for development opportunities. Working from home during the pandemic has had some great benefits (less commuting, more time with beloved pets and cost savings on items like parking and gas), but it...
When someone thinks about how a house is built, images of bustling, noisy and dusty construction sites spring to mind. Our hunger for new buildings and internal space has an impact on the planet. A recent report from the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction,...
Few consider meetings the highlight of their workday – more probably consider it the bane of their work life. It is true that meetings, while important and potentially useful, aren’t always very good. Sadly, now that most meetings are being held virtually, it hasn’t...
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