Tag: fill
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Middlesex launches digital apprenticeships to fill skills gap
Middlesex University has launched six digital apprenticeship programmes for construction, spanning cyber security and data science through to digital marketing and user experience (UX). The programme aims to address current construction skills shortages and future skills needs, promote social inclusion, and increase productivity. Some 56% of businesses told the London Local Skills Improvement Plan that…
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Mayfair’s million-pound mistake: Owner ordered to fill illegal basement with concrete
An underground cinema. A private gym. A bespoke sauna. All of it is now set to be entombed – literally – beneath one of London’s most historic streets. In a dramatic enforcement ruling, the owner of a Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse on Park Street, Mayfair has been ordered to fill an unlawfully built basement with…
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How to use tech to fill construction’s skills gap
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Gonzalo Galindo is head of Madrid-based Cemex Ventures, the investment arm of the building materials giant. Opinions are the author’s own. It’s no secret construction faces a skills shortage, one that’s widening as veteran workers retire, project…