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Coronavirus: Housing Upgrades Urged to Create Thousands of Jobs
housands of old homes should be "retro-fitted" with energy-saving improvements to create jobs as part of the economic recovery from coronavirus, housing bodies have urged. Better insulation and the latest energy-efficient technology could cut bills and help tackle...
Don’t Demolish Old Buildings, Urge Architects
Footage of buildings being flattened in a noisy demolition may be a popular feature of local TV news reports, but architects say such structures should be protected - to fight climate change. They say property owners should be incentivised to upgrade draughty...
Productivity Expert Nir Eyal Says Life Hacks Don’t Work. Here’s Why
What if you found the perfect life hack? In a few seconds, you’d suddenly finish up your tasks in record time. With the wave of your iPhone, poof — suddenly you’re getting things done. According to author and productivity expert Nir Eyal, constantly pursuing these...
Effective Leadership; How can You increase Your Emotional Intelligence?
Everyone has had to deal with a difficult challenge, the poor performance of others or something that didn’t go as planned.When such a situation occurs, we may begin to experience an emotional reaction. The question we must then answer is, “Do we manage our emotions,...
Dusty Robotics CEO Tessa Lau Discusses Robotics Start-Ups and Autonomous Robots for Construction
Industrial Robot’s Joanne Pransky interviews Tessa Lau, CEO at Dusty Robotics about Dusty’s autonomous mobile robots that print layout plans onto the floors of job sites using information from building information models (BIM) as a guide. Tessa Lau is Founder/CEO at...
Concrete Slabs with Bubbles? How Biaxial Voided Slabs Work
In the dome of the Pantheon in Rome, several construction techniques were used to allow such a bold construction to stand. One concerns the composition of the concrete (in this case, non-reinforced concrete) with different densities throughout the structure. Closer to...
Why You’re Feeling Work-From-Home Burnout and What can be Done
As the pandemic drags on, many remote workers are reporting feeling drained. Here’s what some employers—and employees—are doing to feel better. When quarantines and stay-at-home orders swept across the country in March, many workers thought they’d be back in the...
7 Bidding Mistakes that can Throw Off a Project
Since the coronavirus pandemic arrived in the U.S., contractors have been increasingly nervous about maintaining and building their backlog of work as jobs in some areas and sectors are put on hold or canceled.To build their books, many firms are bidding on more...
How I Taught the ‘Leam from Hell’ to Trust Each Other
Effective organisations rely on teamwork, not least because it facilitates problem solving. Many leaders, however, are ambivalent about teams. They fear overt and covert conflict, uneven participation, tunnel vision, lack of accountability and indifference to the...