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Take a look at our blog articles, webinars, and recordings of #ConstructionCast – the discussion forum we started with the arrival of COVID-19…
Construction Cast Series 2, Episode 4 – The Future…
This ConstructionCast came at the middle of an interesting week. As we continued lockdown in England, the USA gained a new President (even if the old one refused to believe it). We also had the exciting news that there might be a vaccine for COVID-19 sooner than we...
Buzzwords, ticks and clichés…
The first in a series of articles about effective writing for businesses and organisations, used with kind permission from Rod Sweet. Rod is a brilliant writer and construction journalist we've known for many years. He, like us, has a 'thing' about good writing and...
ConstructionCast – Corporate Social Responsibility
What is CSR and Why Bother? This week we looked at CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility. We were joined by Bob Nightingale MBE, Head of Fundraising for The London Legal Support Trust. Bob is one of the founders of LLST, which you may be familiar with if you have ever...
ConstructionCast – Insolvency
This week, we took a look at insolvency – what are the risks, how can you manage them, and what has happened in the law since the start of 2020? Watch the video here, or read our full review below: David Birne of Opus Restructuring opened with a definition of...
Construction Cast S02 E01 – Technical Experts
For our first session back after the summer break we were joined by David Rintoul, partner at solicitors Hill Dickinson and Mark Wheeler, Head of Diales, a consultancy which specialises in providing expert witness services to the construction industry. We started off...
Are You Communicating?
A client once said to me, ‘I don’t get involved in marketing because there’s no science to it, and everyone has an opinion’. I’d agree with the second part, but the first part is arguably not correct. 20 years of writing, researching, learning and studying have taught...
Construction Cast 14 – Procurement, Tendering and Bidding
This week we were joined by some of the UK and Ireland's leading authorities on bidding, procurement and disputes. Jon Williams of Strategic Proposals, Sarah Hannaford QC of Keating Chambers and Marian Regan of Greenville Procurement Partners. Has COVID-19 changed the...
ConstructionCast 13 – We’ve Had Enough of Experts
A fantastic turnout for the latest in the series, and many thanks to our presenters John Delaney of Base Quantum, Sarah Hannaford of Keating Chambers, Éamonn Conlon and Expert QS, George Taft of Secretariat. You can watch the recording below, or simply catch up with...
Readability: Are You Really Going to Write That?
Readability - arguably one of the biggest challenges facing the technical writer... If you work in the world of construction and law, you probably saw the latest big news around adjudication, from the ‘Bresco’ case. Lots of summaries and Linkedin Posts were shared...