Comments for Construction Student http://www.construction-student.co.uk inspiring you to success on your chosen course! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:20:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Rethinking Construction – 10 years on? by darren http://www.construction-student.co.uk/rethinking-construction-ten-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-3 darren Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:34:27 +0000 http://www.construction-student.co.uk/?p=57#comment-3 What will the next 10 years bring? Much of the same I fear - only worse! An industry in crisis, a mostly unskilled, unmotivated and illiterate workforce. The 'show-piece' schemes that exemplify best practice are too few and far between. The ordinary, everyday workings of the construction industry that most of us have to live with are stuck in the past. Maybe a widespread recession will be of some benefit in the long term? What will the next 10 years bring?
Much of the same I fear - only worse! An industry in crisis, a mostly unskilled, unmotivated and illiterate workforce.
The ’show-piece’ schemes that exemplify best practice are too few and far between. The ordinary, everyday workings of the construction industry that most of us have to live with are stuck in the past.
Maybe a widespread recession will be of some benefit in the long term?

]]> Comment on Rethinking Construction – 10 years on? by Angela Wood http://www.construction-student.co.uk/rethinking-construction-ten-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Angela Wood Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:20:32 +0000 http://www.construction-student.co.uk/?p=57#comment-2 Customer Services Manager (Now redundant after 10 years of striving to achieve customer satisfaction and quality control on building sites - which I hasten to add was achieved 9 times out of 10). No mention of sustainable products! No referal to the price of the sustainable and renewable energies! 10 years on from now you will have the same situation we had 10 years ago..... The decent managers and trades will have found alternative careers because there are NO jobs available within construction. You will be experiencing far worse quality products being produced. Every construction company I have worked for has strived to reduce and build out possible latent defects, but we have been working with a hand built product and a waive of still poor workmanship after the last recession, which will only get worse. Not enough focus on the renewable energy if we are to be carbon free by 2010 - Can't see this being achieved if everyone has been made redundant! Something needs to be done! I'd love to stop and chat, but I'm off to the job centre to sign on. After being taxed at 40% for the last 6 years for working 6 days a week and on call 24 hours a day, do you think my £900 mortgage a month will be covered?? No.... neither do I. If you know of anyone who wants to buy a partly converted 2 bed bungalow with buidling reg approval in the North West. Let me know! Customer Services Manager (Now redundant after 10 years of striving to achieve customer satisfaction and quality control on building sites - which I hasten to add was achieved 9 times out of 10).

No mention of sustainable products! No referal to the price of the sustainable and renewable energies!

10 years on from now you will have the same situation we had 10 years ago….. The decent managers and trades will have found alternative careers because there are NO jobs available within construction. You will be experiencing far worse quality products being produced.

Every construction company I have worked for has strived to reduce and build out possible latent defects, but we have been working with a hand built product and a waive of still poor workmanship after the last recession, which will only get worse.

Not enough focus on the renewable energy if we are to be carbon free by 2010 - Can’t see this being achieved if everyone has been made redundant!

Something needs to be done! I’d love to stop and chat, but I’m off to the job centre to sign on. After being taxed at 40% for the last 6 years for working 6 days a week and on call 24 hours a day, do you think my £900 mortgage a month will be covered?? No…. neither do I. If you know of anyone who wants to buy a partly converted 2 bed bungalow with buidling reg approval in the North West. Let me know!

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