Golden thread The concept of a golden thread, or digital golden thread, of information for buildings was initially recommended by Dame...

Corruption free 2025 ? In December’s episode of the www.duncancartlidgeonlinepodcast I touched on the infamous Poulson corruption case...

Festive hospitality

There have been hints this week that billions of pounds of government borrowing could be spent on new infrastructure projects because of...

The government will change its self-imposed debt rules in order to free up billions for infrastructure spending, the chancellor has told...

The management of the RICS and the relationship that the professional body has with the members goes from bad to worse. It’s as if they...

Can there be any other industry that has generated so many reports? It's 30 years since Sir Michael Latham published his report on the UK...

In both ISG and Carillion’s cases they had no choice but to keep on taking on contracts with very thin or even negative margins to...

Is UK construction broken? Sir Michael Latham thought so.  30 years ago, Sir Michael Latham published his final report on the UK...

The construction acts were supposed to right a lot of the poor practice in the construction industry, particularly relating to getting...

Stop calling cost reconciliation value engineering and call it for what it is; good old fashioned q.s.cost cutting.

In a recent podcast on duncancartlidgeonline.com I pointed out that many of the Private Finance Initiative or PFI deals struck in the...

I've been reading the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology Review 2020-2023 which includes their vision of...

Review of entry and assessment for RICS membership A few months ago I wrote a blog voicing my concern about the state of education and...

Review of entry and assessment for RICS membership A few weeks ago I wrote a blog voicing my concern about the state of education and...

Sustainability and construction, let's face it, the numbers are undeniably poor.

"Whistle Blowing: Ethical Obligation or Career Risk?"

Whistle blowing – would you dare? In common with many sectors the construction industry has a poor record when it comes to looking after...

Like many of you I guess you received the RICS All Profession Update for April. The RICS seem to me a bit like the BBC: a top heavy...

June / July sees the publication of new editions of The Estimator's and The Construction Project Manager's Pocket Books.