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Why is nobody talking about margin?

Throughout the course of a career there will be certain topics of conversation that seem to ebb and flow with the tides of time. One minute they are all anyone seems to be talking about, and the next they have fallen out of fashion. There are often no discernible reasons as to why they float in and out of our own personal narrative, yet over time you come to accept this inevitability, and in some cases even draw comfort from their reappearance.One of the topics that continues to present itself i...

As we welcome in a new political era, is it time we re-think the way we deliver national infrastructure?

The TV show Grand Designs has been gracing our TV screens for almost 25 years, providing us a window into the life of those people who dare to build their dream home. From a converted water tower to a lighthouse, or a house made out of shipping containers, Kevin McCloud has taken us the viewer, in his own wistfully philosophical way, along for the ride. And in doing so catalogues the inevitable emotional roller coaster of budget overspends, weather driven delays, unforeseen problems and the hars...

To bond or not to bond, that is the [real] question?

I promise you, whole heartedly, that I was going to write about something else this week. I had in my mind a vision of something exciting and interesting, perhaps about new projects, current market trends or changes in law. Basically, anything other than what I am about to delve into. But with that said, this topic is something which has bothered me for years, and when Construction Enquirer published their article “Clients are being urged to ease bond conditions as contractors struggle to get ...

What might the upcoming UK election mean for construction's future?

Given the delicate state of the UK economy, along with a somewhat banal game of party political electoral tennis, you could be forgiven for thinking that the upcoming election, and potential changing of the guard, might just lead to more of the same unpredictable drudgery we have experienced over the last however many years now [I choose to forget]. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am an insufferable optimist, but this economic instability even has me questioning “What might the upcoming elec...