Tag: Problem
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Safety Isn’t the Problem — Resistance Is: How to Build a Culture That Actually Protects Your Crew
In construction, safety isn’t in a classroom, it’s forged in the field. Most jobsite injuries aren’t freak accidents but the result of small oversights, ignored signals, or old habits that persist because “it’s always been done that way.” The real threat isn’t lack of knowledge; it’s cultural resistance. Pie Insurance’s 2025 Workplace Safety Report confirms…
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Retaining women in construction: are leaders the problem?
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Construction needs inclusive leaders, but everyone has a role to play in driving positive change. We have issues in the construction and built environment industry, let’s face it! We have an industry that, despite increasing efforts to improve diversity, has never managed to get the proportion of women working in it to more than 15.84%…
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How GCs can cope with problem subs
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. This feature is a part of “The Dotted Line” series, which takes an in-depth look at the complex legal landscape of the construction industry. To view the entire series, click here Nearly every prime contractor has a story…
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Nature protections ‘not the problem’ — so why is the government rolling them back?
The UK government’s Planning & Infrastructure Bill aims to expedite housing and infrastructure projects by streamlining environmental regulations. Central to the bill is the establishment of a Nature Restoration Fund (NRF), allowing developers to offset environmental obligations through financial contributions. While the government asserts that these latest planning reforms will support development without compromising environmental…
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The BIM Quality Problem: What’s Broken and How We Can Fix It
I’ve discussed BIM quality with contractors, quantity surveyors, and software developers. Invariably, they complain about the quality of BIM models they receive, especially from architects. If we want to automate digital workflows, the information quality of models is critical and should be ensured to a much higher standard than it is today. Poor Modeling Is…
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Does Manufacturing Have a Mental Health Problem?
The UK’s manufacturing sector has faced some big issues in recent years. Supply chain disruption in the wake of Brexit and COVID-19 has created some challenging market conditions, while rising energy prices and shortages of skilled workers have created different issues from an operating point of view. However, one of the biggest challenges remaining is…
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Does Construction Tech Have a Jargon Problem?
Neuroscientists tell us that, strictly speaking, the popular conception of “left brain” versus “right brain” is off base. I’m sure that’s true, but the notion may still have some utility. Medical News Today sums up that popular conception this way: Left-brained people are said to be more: analytical logical detail- and fact-oriented numerical likely to think…