News Robotic micro-factories for housebuilding? Listen to April’s 21CC podcast The April episode of the 21CC podcast is out, featuring a play by Swiss high-tech manufacturer ABB to promote site-based robotic micro-factories for UK affordable housing.
News Crushed by a horse, now crushing prejudice A former dressage champion who was nearly killed by her horse is on a mission to have women comprise 30% of construction tradespeople in Australia by 2030, up from just 3% now.
News Stop giving orders! It’s time to start coaching Dave Stitt FCIOB used to be hard as nails. He tells this month’s 21CC podcast how he changed his management style to coaching.
Opinion Refugees like Omar at Kier can help us build Is the construction industry overlooking a rich talent pool by failing to emply refugees like Omar, who now works for Kier?
News 21CC podcast: meet the Yemeni refugee building Britain The December edition of the 21CC podcast is now live, featuring stories about refugees working in UK construction, the logistical challenges of the site Christmas lunch, and the epic project to build the Grand Egyptian Museum.
News 21CC podcast: Is construction broken and why? A prominent professor of construction management has blamed the seemingly intractable problems of the industry – including chronic skills shortages, defective buildings, and business failures – on its response to successive governments’ embracing of laissez-faire economic ideology over the past four decades.
News 21CC podcast: staff with cancer want flexibility at work A building control surveyor who kept working after being diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2019 is calling on employers to be flexible with staff battling cancer and other long-term illnesses.
News October’s 21CC podcast: Trust a bot to run your project? The October edition of the 21CC podcast, brought to you by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), is now available.
News Construction at the end of the world: what’s it like? Construction sites can be challenging environments to work in at the best of times, so how would you feel about building on the coldest continent on Earth? The latest episode of our 21CC podcast asked those with hands-on experience.
News Will Bath colosseum echo in eternity or find itself in Elysium? The architect who proposed a Roman-style colosseum for the new Bath Rugby stadium has defended his higher-cost plan, saying “you have to have the balls” to pursue a scheme that would provide a greater return on investment.
Opinion The sheer, switched-off obtuseness of woman crane operator’s first day Rod Sweet reflects on Katie Kelleher’s tale of her first day as a crane operator, as revealed in this month’s 21CC podcast.
News 21CC Podcast: Call for Saudi giga project to be halted A scientist has called for the cancellation of Saudi Arabia’s giga project, The Line, on the grounds that it would be a terrible place to live.
News Did futurologists get the 2000s right? Back to the future with CIOB’s latest podcast The latest episode of the Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) new podcast, 21CC, launches today with an investigation into what futurologists of the 1970s got right about the built environment of the 2000s.
News Embrace social media to boost your career and recruitment Construction managers and bosses can boost their career prospects and attract talent into their companies by becoming “influencers” on social media platforms, two LinkedIn super-users who work in the industry tell the CIOB’s new podcast, 21CC.