The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has launched 11 short training courses on leadership and management.
The training provides support in areas such as leading and organising teams, handling difficult situations, and problem solving. It has been developed in consultation with the construction industry.
Students can focus on one module as a short course, or take a pick-and-mix approach by
A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led research team has solved a longstanding mystery surrounding strontium titanate, an unusual metal oxide that can be an insulator, a semiconductor, or a metal. The research provides insight for future applications of this material to electronic devices and data storage.
The paper is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),
The City of Chicago has signed a $422.2 million agreement with electricity supplier Constellation NewEnergy Inc. to have all city amenities sourced by renewable energy by 2025.
In collaboration with the city, Swift Current Energy is currently developing the new solar generation installation that will eventually be used to power Chicago’s airports, government buildings, streetlights and more. According to Illinois
The Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility project team will update the public on the status of the Port of Long Beach project during a virtual community meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7.
Click here to register. You can join this virtual meeting from a computer, phone and other mobile device.
In the wake of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, developers, contractors and indeed the whole construction supply chain have been wading through impediments to make high-rise blocks of flats safe. The insurance industry has been a persistent impediment.
The hope is that the new model clause – freely available for use by underwriters looking to provide professional indemnity insurance for
Willmott Dixon is working with the Black Professionals in Construction network (BPIC) to improve ethnic minority representation and retention.
BPIC provides guidance on inclusion, career opportunities, training, and networking, to improve diverse representation in construction. It will provide Willmott Dixon with a two-month programme of eight workshops on listening and understanding.
The workshops will capture the personal experiences of employees,
