Business
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Vocational careers and the need for a Big Bang in engineering
Next week's Big Bang careers fair must prompt greater vocation career support, says EngineeringUK boss Paul Jackson -
Contractor beefs up mental fitness of rail staff
An innovative programme to increase the mental resilience of contractor Osborne’s rail staff has been underway for six months to improve performance. -
Structural safety alert - tension systems and post-drilled resin fixings in spotlight
Recent collapse of tension structures in buildings and tunnels prompts alert, says SCOSS boss Alastair Soane -
Leadership needed to tackle ‘pathetically dismal’ apprenticeship numbers in construction
Employers must embrace training that is driven by industry need, says Mace director David Rowbotham. -
Stations, commerce and sugar in concrete
London Underground’s capital programmes director David Waboso starts his regular column for Infrastructure Intelligence. -
Highways Agency plans not a "Trojan horse for road privatisation"
Transport minister Robert Goodwill tells Transport Select Committee that public funding is still best for highways. -
Political dithering not financing structure is still the investment killer
Politicians must do more to embrace private investment in infrastructure, says Antony Oliver -
Grasping the case for growth in the UK starts with clear political decisions - today not tomorrow.
There has never been a better time to invest in UK infrastructure. So why are we still making it so difficult, asks Baroness Jo Valentine -
Consultancy needs to be paid on value added if clients want the best solutions
Industry must reverse the drive for cut throat fee competition if it wants to create the infrastructure to drive the economy, says Gurminder Sagoo. -
Halting investment in London is no solution to the UK's widening north-south divide.
The capital must lead with investment in projects like Crossrail 2 to tackle the economic imbalance across the UK's major cities, says Richard Threlfall.