Last Tuesday, I attended last Tuesday’s launch of CIMCIG’s report “The Commercial Value of Sustainability” (download, PDF) at the Building Centre in London. The first in a series of specially commissioned industry reports for construction marketers, this CIMCIG report looks at the opportunities sustainability represents for construction, and the opportunities low impact buildings represent, and …
Tag: ICT
Nov 27 2009
Open letter to the new Chief Construction Adviser
First mooted in July 2008, the appointment of the UK government’s first Chief Construction Advisor was finally announced this week. Former Davis Langdon quantity surveyor Paul Morrell has taken up the three-days-a-week job at a critical time for the construction industry, and his new role has been extensively covered in the main construction weeklies. I …
Apr 07 2009
Why I didn’t follow you on Twitter
Since my post Should every business Twitter?, I have had an email and a Tweet from people asking who they could follow on Twitter. In my experience, it is almost easier to explain why I don’t follow some people (NB: these are in no particular order): I don’t auto-follow. – It’s no good following me …
Mar 30 2009
Making better use of office space
Last week, in Ten things to manage in a recession: 5 – cut power, I very briefly talked (point 5) about the energy-saving potential of enabling people to work from home. It needs to be emphasised that this should not be about cost-cutting, but about achieving a more efficient combination of ICT, buildings and human resources. …
