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Comment on End conflict disputes that are ‘robbing’ value, say industry leaders by edward@edwardjohnfulton.uk

edward@edwardjohnfulton.uk — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:10:23 +0000

Whilst this makes a good ‘read’, it does not address the winning over and convincing the ‘supply chain’ to participate, as the lack of trust of the lower tiers of their employing tier 1 / 2 still remains, and will continue to do so until it is correctly and evenly resolved. This proposal merely offers a further procedure to tick the appropriate boxes. Apologies for the cynicism.

Comment on Will a four-day week work for construction? by jackarnold29

jackarnold29 — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:44:18 +0000

A 4-day week only really applies to salaried staff. You need to consider the implications of day rates / price work, and the hourly paid operatives. Additionally, as soon as the programme slips, 4 days working is out of the window.

Comment on Government offers redundancy pay advice for ISG staff by Dee Field

Dee Field — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:37:24 +0000

Feel for the suppliers who are owed millions like Go Green who may not face financial trouble due to this huge industry collapse from ISG. Talk is that they will be massively affected as a key supplier it’s not good, and the current government saw this coming from ISG so why didn’t they step in? Next one to watch is Kier their in an even worse situation…

Comment on ISG UK subsidiaries apply for administration by Dee Field

Dee Field — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:34:50 +0000

Go Green the ISG Group preferred waste management supplier are looking to be out of pocket by over £3 million it appears. The fall out from the ISG collapse could cause a huge knock on effect to suppliers who are not going to get paid. £3 million is a lot to be not getting back!

Comment on T-level results ‘do not paint a positive picture’, warns Farmer by denise@denbre.com

denise@denbre.com — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:14:00 +0000

Enough said. Whatever the routes into construction, the lack of long term experience in the workplace as an apprentice / trainee is, and remains, the real problem. The barriers are too many and currently too entrenched to get a person from T-level or diploma level to qualified if they cannot continue into long term employment as an apprentice or trainee.

Same old, same old.

Comment on The timeline of work done on fire-hit Dagenham residential block by Michael O'Brien

Michael O'Brien — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:16:42 +0000

It looks like the scaffolding was boarded at floor level lifts and somebody has said the scaffold boards could get hot and cause the fire to spread up the scaffolding.looking at what was shown on the Television the fire seems to be mainly coming up out of the building on the rear elevation .
Let’s see what the investigation comes up with ..

Comment on Employee-owned fit-out specialist files for administration by Frances Watkins

Frances Watkins — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 06:41:34 +0000

This highlights that the retention system needs to be changed. Our second company this year going into administration where we have lost our retention.

Comment on The predictable state of board diversity by jackarnold29

jackarnold29 — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:24:59 +0000

No mention of disability?

Comment on How to best allocate risk in construction contracts by edward@edwardjohnfulton.uk

edward@edwardjohnfulton.uk — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:55:54 +0000

I am sure the thousands of two / three tier sub-sub-contractors / supply chain will disagree, the only risk allocation that they are aware of is simply called ‘subbie bashing’, as it is they that ultimately pay the price.

Comment on Are apprenticeship targets harming the sector? by denise@denbre.com

denise@denbre.com — Fri, 31 May 2024 09:47:35 +0000

An excellent article, highlighting issues surrounding contruction apprenticeships.

There is a problem with the agency pros and cons section.
1 ATAs (Apprenticeship Training Agencies) are now defunct and were replaced by FJAAs (FlexiJob Apprentice Agencies)
2. FJAAs are not a Local Labour Agency and construction companies do not have the type of issues mentioned with a FJAA as they might have with a Local Labour Agency. It is very misleading to conflate the two.