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Wates welcomes finance expert to board

Will Ing — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 06:00:27 +0000

Wates once again has a female board member, after appointing a finance expert as a non-executive director. Chartered accountant Rachel Addison (pictured) will chair Wates’ group audit committee, overseeing financial reporting, processes and regulatory compliance. Addison is already a non-executive director of a handful of…

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Former CN journalist becomes CIOB president

Kerry Lorimer — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:05:19 +0000

Former Construction News journalist Sandi Rhys Jones has been appointed president of the Chartered Institute of Building. Rhys Jones, who worked as a reporter at CN in the mid-1960s, takes over from Michael Yam as the body’s 120th president. Taking on her new role at…

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Dowding to take the helm at Skanska UK

Ben Vogel — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 05:50:11 +0000

Skanska UK has appointed Katy Dowding as its new president and chief executive, effective from 2 May, making her the only woman currently running a tier one contractor. Dowding (pictured), a 20-year veteran of the company, has been promoted from her current role as executive…

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IWD 2023: Apprenticeships are key to encouraging women into the sector

Contributor — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:50:58 +0000

Hannah Mehr is an apprentice data scientist at Arup and won Apprentice of the Year at the 2022 Association for Consultancy and Engineering awards It is not news to anyone in the industry that there is a chronic skills gap in the construction and engineering…

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IWD 2023: Breaking the inner glass ceiling

Contributor — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:50:48 +0000

A Q&A for International Women's Day 2023 (IWD 2023) with Nicky Rance, project director at Sir Robert McAlpine Can you outline your career and how you got to where you are today? When I settled on civil engineering at school, I wrote to many engineering…

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IWD 2023: Four simple rules for successful leadership

Contributor — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:50:23 +0000

Roberta Downey is a partner and co-head of the international construction group at Vinson & Elkins LLP in London As people around the world celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) today, it provides a welcome opportunity to focus on the importance of authentic leadership. Leadership isn’t…

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IWD 2023: Five things you can do to improve inclusion

Contributor — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:50:21 +0000

Chithra Marsh is national chair of Women in Property and associate director of Buttress Architects While International Women’s Day 2023 (IWD 2023) creates an annual talking point on gender issues, the conversation goes on 365 days a year – or should. And while there are…

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Speakers named for Inspiring Women webinar on flexible working

Will Ing — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:48:45 +0000

Business leaders from Bam, Kier and flexible-working specialist TimeWise will join the panel for a free webinar on 8 March to look at how flexible working can help the sector address its skills crisis. The event is the first in the 2023 Inspiring Women in…

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Survey reveals lack of progress on construction diversity

Ben Vogel — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 06:50:40 +0000

Major gaps remain despite small steps on diversity and inclusion in the built environment workforce, according to the results of a new employee survey. The survey from the Sustainability Tool and the Supply Chain Sustainability School’s Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) Programme covered 339,912 employees…

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Flexible working webinar to kick off 2023 gender equality programme

Contributor — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:50:11 +0000

Construction professionals are invited to join a free webinar in March on how moving to flexible working will help the sector tackle skills shortages – the first event in the 2023 programme for Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering. Following on from the success of last…

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