Tag: month
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CIOB Apprentice of the Month: Oshia Rahmani
What was your favourite project to work on over the course of your apprenticeship? During my third placement I was working for Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, based on site at Surrey Quays station. It was my first time on site, and I was really lucky to be working with a female graduate site engineer. Over the…
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National Recovery Month: Tackling Addiction and Mental Health in Construction
Breaking the Silence on Addiction in Construction Construction workers account for 15% of workplace overdose fatalities in the U.S. — a staggering number that highlights the urgent need for awareness and action during National Recovery Month this September. Research shows construction employees are nearly twice as likely as the general workforce to struggle with substance…
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MOTO REVEAL: How Mallory Made Her Boring Living Room Feel Homey In Just One Month
Welcome to my new apartment!! You last saw my 500 sqft studio in Hollywood, and now you’re entering my 2-bed 1950s Los Feliz pad. This apartment has been in my friend group for about 4 years, and we just keep passing it down to each other because it has a ton of perks: it’s rent-stabilized,…
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Interim chief construction adviser appointment ‘expected’ this month
However, Paul Morrell, who held this post from its creation until 2012, told CM last year that the position recommended by the Grenfell Inquiry is very different from the role he had and sounded “much more like [the role] carried out by the Building Regulations Advisory Committee”. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Diary dates: highlights of the CIOB calendar for the coming month
A round-up of CIOB events taking place in September. Image: Dreamstime Street’s Life Sciences Landmark 9 September, 3-4.45pm, Cambridge 8build hosts a CIOB site tour at Project Fox, Mission Street’s newly completed Life Science’s facility in Foxton, near Cambridge. Attendees will enjoy a guided walkthrough of the building, with Owers Warwick Architects sharing insights into…
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Construction spending drops for fourth straight month
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Nonresidential construction spending dropped 0.2% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.237 trillion, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis released July 1. Spending fell from the month prior in eight…
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CIOB apprentice of the month: Ben Hatch, BAM Construction
Ben Hatch is currently working as a site manager for BAM Construction. Ben Hatch, BAM Construction What are your future career ambitions? I am currently a site manager at BAM Construction. My short-term aspirations will be to progress up to senior management, a level above where I am now. And then my long-term aspiration is…
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A One Month Living Room Makeover – Here’s The Design Plan + A BIG Media Center DIY
Welcome to my living room!! This is my 1950s apartment in Los Feliz, and I moved here because it’s A. Super affordable B. In a fantastic location and C. Has a ton of charm and potential. At its current state, this living room is underwhelming at best, but we’re going to make it so sick,…
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CIOB Apprentice of the Month: ‘Say yes to every opportunity’
Martha Penney is a quantity surveyor, Level 6 construction, at Barratt Redrow Martha Penney working on site in Macclesfield (Image: Mark Waugh) What was your favourite project to work on over the course of your apprenticeship? A site at Macclesfield. It’s the biggest site that I’ve worked on since I’ve been there and it’s the…
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CIOB Apprentice of the Month: ‘construction’s carbon footprint is a big issue’
Abbie Griffiths is an apprentice engineer and Level 4 construction site supervisor, at Tilbury Douglas. Abbie Griffiths, Tilbury Douglas What is one piece of advice you would give to someone enrolling onto a construction apprenticeship? To try and do a placement and not necessarily pick an industry category. If, say, you have chosen QS, also…