Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment news round-up: January 10, 2019
…A look back at the past year What links Carillion, giant hands, a high-speed rail line in South Korea and a near-complete Croatian bridge? They all feature in Global Construction…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment news round-up: January 17, 2019
…RICS Modus in 2018 included a feature on apprentices (page 26 onwards) which saw UCEM apprentice, Adelle Rhule-Martin open up about her experience with the institution. Further apprentice testimonials can…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Looking ahead to the near future
…Monopoly then hotel investment could be just the thing! A research article on the leading commercial and residential real estate service provider’s website suggests investing in hotels could be a…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Getting outdoors, planning for a no-deal Brexit and ‘Men at Work’
…will be inviting visitors from Monday 18 March to Saturday 23 March as part of the next Open Doors week. As the organisation’s website says, it’s a unique chance to…
What we are doing to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week
…of the Built Environment will be published on the Construction Industry Council (CIC) website. – AOOs, Bethan Watts and Debi Gaskin-Palmer, will shadow apprentices at Savills in London and Lambert…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Reasons to be cheerful
…noise we are making on our social media channels about this week’s National Apprenticeship Week. Since moving into the provision of further education in 2015, UCEM has continued to refine…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Inspiration and innovation
…saw a barrage of activity on our social media channels and website. To look at all the activity which took place to mark the triumvirate of National Apprenticeship Week, University…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Brexit business advice, recent architectural feats and surprising facts about librarians
…world of entertainment from Oscar-winning filmmaker, Steve McQueen to legendary record producer, Quincy Jones. There is plenty more about the project on its website. Nine things you didn’t know about…
Principal Thoughts: Doing our bit to prevent another Grenfell
…which featured stories relating to fire standards and building safety and she linked to a video on the BBC website which showed some of the community-led initiatives to remember the…
Focus on our Centenary: The year so far
…a rundown of what’s taken place so far… January The official launch of our centenary year took place on 7 January with the centenary section on our website going live,…
Lucy Roper’s Built Environment blog: (Space) Planes, trains and flat-pack housing deals
…in the industry, be sure to share your thoughts. Housing for people with dementia IKEA’s flat-pack furniture is world-renowned and the furniture giant has now used its clout to team…
International Day of Charity: Hannah Peck’s use of UCEM’s charity day
…will change depending on who you are communicating to). Together, we wrote a messaging matrix for Starting Point that can be used by anyone writing communications for the charity. This…