The knowledge and skill exists to build sustainable homes – the challenge is how we make them available in volume, at a competitive cost and desirable to the consumer.
Andy Walder, director of the National Construction College (NCC), Europe’s largest construction training provider, describes the importance of investing in training in the current economic climate and outlines the benefits it can bring to businesses.
School construction is not just about the architecture and building materials. The role of the project manager is pivotal to the successful completion of any construction scheme, non more so than at the new Swindon Academy.
Manchester has a combined Building Schools for the Future (BSF) and Academies Programme with an unprecedented £500m capital investment to rebuild or refurbish all 33 of the city’s high schools, seven which will be specialist Academies.
Standards can’t afford to slip. And according to the BSI Group, the construction sector must up its game to exploit the huge opportunities resulting from 2012 Olympics, stay ahead of the competition and increase stakeholder appeal...
