As it is national apprenticeship week this week I thought it was a perfect time to do a quick blog talking about my experiences as an apprentice and my views on if I think apprenticeships are undervalued. To give a brief insight into myself firstly, I thought it may be best to talk about the … Continue reading “Are Apprenticeships Undervalued?”
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Generation4Change North East Twenty Nineteen Awards, supported by our headline sponsor and partner, Northern Counties Builders Federation. Twenty Nineteen has seen a record number of entries, a fantastic reflection of the high calibre of talent we have in our region. We would like to thank everyone … Continue reading “G4C North East Awards 2019 Shortlist”
The 5th annual G4C Awards did not disappoint yet again in 2019. The Mercure Hotel in Sheffield welcomed over 200 people for an awards ceremony hosted by Mark ‘Clemmie’ Clemmit of BBC Football, with lots of other entertainment. The evening began with speeches from the Co-chairs of G4C Yorkshire and the Humber, Lydia McGuinness and … Continue reading “G4C Awards Yorkshire & Humberside 2019”
G4C passionately believes that the construction industry needs a new image. The current image has a negative impact on attracting talent and skills retention. G4C wants to drive our industry forward and demonstrate an attractive industry that is open to change. We love opportunity to add value to society. Every day we are improving the … Continue reading “Bouncing Back: A new narrative for construction”
When ‘I’ becomes ‘We’, Illness becomes Wellness Two years ago, mental health was not something I thought about nor did I have any understanding about the issues surrounding it. As hard as it is to admit words like depression and anxiety were not something I associated with family and friends, I assumed people who had … Continue reading “Building Hope”
At the recent CE leadership breakfast, the current co-chairs of G4C, Julia Lydall of T&T and Robin Lapish of HS2, were asked to share their thoughts and expectations of the industries future. From a personal point of view it was great to hear that with no work behind the scenes, key messages were aligned to … Continue reading “A millennials guide to the future of construction”
On 16 March G4C held our semi-annual national meeting. We arranged an audience with Richard Postance; an Oxford Engineer with 20 years’ experience of shaping and delivering projects in the Energy, Technology & Infrastructure Assets sectors, who is currently involved in writing a paper on industry performance. We resolved to spend this session solving the … Continue reading “G4C’s Industry Solutions – Introduction”
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”
Constructing Excellence G4C, RIBA and CIC 2050Group have joined forces to kick-start a cross industry campaign to improve the public perception of the construction sector. A panel debate was hosted by the RIBA on the 17th June and chaired by Antonio Pisano, co-founder of Marcel Mauer Architecture and co-chair of Constructing Excellence G4C. Key note … Continue reading “Rebranding Construction”
