Debika Ray
FeaturesRethinking Design: putting the fun back into the future
How will the hospitality and leisure sectors adapt to post-covid restrictions while satisfying our craving for excitement, wellbeing and social interaction?聽Debika Ray聽reports
FeaturesRethinking Design: what鈥檚 the word on the street with retail?
With the impact of the pandemic expected to last for years, retailers and shoppers will be adjusting to changes long after covid has been contained. Sector experts talk about what we can expect
FeaturesCounting the human cost of late payment
Industry experts discuss the pain created by delayed payments, what causes the issue and how聽to eradicate the problem for good
FeaturesUsing technology to fix construction's productivity crisis: 11 talking points
Industry experts met recently to debate the problems that technology can solve聽鈥� and the headaches that will have to be cured first
NewsHigher salaries overseas set to tempt UK professionals, 黑洞社区 survey finds
Shortages in Canada and New Zealand to test UK staff鈥檚 resolve
FeaturesInternational salary survey 2019
This year鈥檚 Hays International Salary Survey shows juicy opportunities in聽several regions 鈥� but UK professionals aren鈥檛 biting yet
FeaturesDigital transformation: What workers want
The industry may be showing faith in new technologies, but uptake isn鈥檛 automatically keeping up
FeaturesDigital: let鈥檚 do it better
Everyone says they鈥檙e going digital, but are construction firms and their clients really making the most of the opportunities the process offers to increase efficiency?
FeaturesProjects: Exploring 鈥榯he third space鈥�
Three new London commercial schemes explore the 鈥榠n-between鈥� areas that are neither home nor workplace, neither public nor private
FeaturesBIM survey 2019: What's the problem?
As the government鈥檚 push for BIM eases and client expectations evolve, the latest NBS survey shows adoption is tailing off a little. So what is holding back those final few 鈥� and have the rest of us already moved on?
FeaturesElectric dreams: how construction is improving its use of clean technology
With the future of our planet at stake, construction urgently needs to prove its capacity for innovation through clean technology
FeaturesOutreach: what the industry should do to attract school leavers
The skills shortage continues to worsen, and while the government聽is taking action now with the apprenticeship levy, it鈥檚 not enough. Debika Ray reports on what the industry is doing to inspire young minds and win new recruits
FeaturesThe face of diversity: construction鈥檚 hidden problem
Diversity and inclusion is the subject of our latest industry survey, conducted by Hays. Debika Ray looks at what the results say about the industry, and finds out what employers can do to improve the situation
FeaturesHow India's construction sector is heating up
The Indian construction market is hot property right now, and foreign firms are keen to get a piece of it
FeaturesPlastic waste in construction - is the sector doing enough?
Oceans of plastic waste are created each year by the construction industry, and the public is calling for action. So what are construction firms doing to reduce their discarded plastic, and what more could be done?
FeaturesBreak through: how AI and machine learning could transform construction
Advances in AI and machine learning could be about to transform the construction sector, using techniques such as image recognition and analysis to reduce risk, prevent schedule overruns, and improve cost-effectiveness.
Features黑洞社区 Good Employer Guide 2018: Taking the initiative
Our new Good Employer Guide Award is looking at five key areas in which companies are working to keep their staff happy and feeling valued, encouraging innovation, and finding new ways to attract fresh talent
FeaturesRoundtable: The way forward for fire safety
Industry professionals discuss their verdict on Hackitt鈥檚 fire safety recommendations,聽with tougher sanctions, responsibility and a potential Joint Combined Authority in the spotlight.
FeaturesAsian innovation
From on-site robots to bamboo construction, communal living and smart cities, here are some of the region鈥檚 most technologically impressive construction experiments
FeaturesReinventing construction: how does the industry keep up?
At Ryder Architecture鈥檚 launch of the Reinvention for an Exceptional Construction Industry campaign, some of the industry鈥檚 key voices discussed the steps we need to take to transform the industry.