The collapse of the UK’s second-biggest contractor has sent shockwaves through our industry. It is a scandal which leaves up to 30,000 suppliers and 43,000 people with an uncertain future, including hundreds of young apprentices and graduates making their first career steps. It is a hammer blow for the industry’s image, toughening the challenge of … Continue reading “Carillion: A crisis not to be wasted”
G4C asked the Head of Regeneration in the government’s IPA, Phillip Williams how we will meet the housing requirements of the future. Watch Phillip’s response where he outlines the recommendations of the recent government white paper and explains how we can provide 160,000 new homes through grants, finance, freeing up more land and creating a … Continue reading “G4C interview with Phillip Williams, Head of Regeneration at the IPA”
Highlights from the Major Projects Association event held on 18th May 2016 With post-war baby boomers exiting the workforce and the expectation that generation Y (1980 –1995), the Millennials, will shortly make up the largest proportion of the workforce. The event raised the question, ‘How will major projects change when they are led by … Continue reading “How Will Generations X, Y (Millennials) Change Major Projects?”
Presentation by Antonio Pisano, Previous G4C Co-Chair and Director of Marcel Mauer at the Vision Olympia Conference in London on the Internet of Things and the future of the Built Environment. Vision Olympia Conference. Marcel Mauer Presentation. First question, where is the IoT coming from? The IoT is the result of the combined development of … Continue reading “An Internet of Narrative, Making Sense of the IoT”
On 26 May I attended a BRE hosted event with University Campus St. Albans. I was invited to be one of the speakers as the G4C Co-chair and I was asked to prepare a speech on the following: ‘What is the industry’s response to the question: does education matter in construction?’ At first I thought … Continue reading “A Matter of Education in Construction”
A key value of Constructing Excellence and G4C is collaboration. Collaboration is possible only when there is transparency and inclusion, when thoughts, developments and proposed actions are openly discussed and accessible to all. Therefore G4C 2016 is now an open forum, accessible to all, with no geographical boundaries or limitations. We are working together across … Continue reading “G4C Renewed”
Our time as co-chairs of G4C came to an end at the recent annual reception held at the Houses of Parliament. It provided us with a great send off and an excellent opportunity to introduce Robin Lapish and Julia Lydall who will as co-chairs for the next two years continue to take G4C forward into … Continue reading “Farewell from Ben and Antonio”
G4C are looking for new Board members! If you would like to be part of the next G4C board fill out the following survey to tell us why you would be the next best candidate to join the team. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DXJYSXF Raise your profile, boost your network and help lead exciting and fulfilling initiatives to change … Continue reading “G4C are looking for new Board members”
Open data has been described by Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of the www protocol) as the new frontier of the Internet. We find ourselves today in respect to open data in a similar situation to the one we faced 26 years ago when the world wide web protocol was released. Something big had just started … Continue reading “You may say I am an Open Data dreamer”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnlPfg2SV_U Internet has changed our life. Communication, education, shopping, business etc. What about energy? Via internet, it is possible to access our energy account information, we can monitor our energy usage and we have become more aware of the importance of renewable energy. But has the way we buy and sell our energy changed? Not … Continue reading “Open Data for Energy”
