Thank you ever so much for your help. Il defo let you know how I get on.
Cheers
William

Hi William

Sorry for the delay, i have been speaking to people at ConstructionSkills and luckily enough they have a whole department now working on this area. If you email futureskills@cskills.org they should be able to help. Keep me posted how you get on!

Tracy

Hello Tracy,
yeah I am lookin for a job but I am also looking for help on my thesis. I am lookin into the modern methods of copnstruction in the 21st century and pointing out how sustainable the are or vice versa. Then my aim is to highlight areas in which it can be improved. Such issues as- 1 is the design of the building considered when its being built so it uses more natural light than energy light 2 then waste issues like what waste in being generated and is it being recycled if so where is it recycled 3 is it local or does it have to be transported which increases carbon footprint. Have waste masses declined due to the introduction of laws in april of 2008 or have waste masses just continued to rise. Overall how can modern day construction be made more sustainable or can it due to the lack of laws and govermental legislation. these are some issues I am considering and if you could shed some light on them it would be great.
Kind Regards
William

Hi Niall,

Am not sure what the situation is with gaining work experience and needing a card. Might be worth contacting cscs to see if they can advise you? They can be contacted on customerservice@cscs.gb.com or 0844 576 8777.
Hope this helps

Tracy

Hello My name is William Carter and I have completed an MSc in Environmental Management and my thesis is based on Sustainable Construction and I was wondering do you yhave any contacts for me to get in touch with. If you would that wud be of great benefit for me. Thank you very much for your time and co operation. Thank You

Hi , I am a full time Civil student, I am off now for the summer and looking for work. There was a labourers job but the employer wanted a CSCS card. I have looked online at the site and I need to know more about what would be involved in an Exam, which exam should i do? any ideas. This is as far as i can go at the moment since they want the money up front for the exam

Hi Kevin
Thats a valid point and there’s no easy fix. The whole industry is affected, some areas more than others.
Major house builders are offering discounts through shared ownership schemes being made even more attractive to new buyers but it is a slow process. However we are seeing some movement with house builders putting foundations in the ground in the hope of an upward turn in the marketplace and work in the domestic market seems buoyant with people spending their money on kitchens, extensions, gardens etc…
We still do need to promote the industry to meet the demand when the market gets stronger. When this will be we don’t know but it will happen and that is why nobody can afford to be complacent. If we turn our back on innovation, enterprise and future talent now we face a real skill shortage in five or ten year’s time. Some companies already recognise the risk and have committed to boosting their recruitment intakes and offering more work experience.

Construction Crew

this pic was taken at Sirling park with our church group just dropped in to say hello

Hi Killian

I spoke to someone in ConstructionSkills who are in touch with Laing O'Rouke and they have asked if you can send me your email address or a contact telephone number so they can get in touch with you?

Let me know!

Tracy

Hi Cahal

I am one of many intelligent, talented girls working in construction. I have always enjoyed building things – from the Lego sets when I was younger, to design projects in school and now to building motorways. I greatly enjoy working in the construction industry, am treated as an equal by male members of staff and am judged on my abilities and not my gender. On the construction site I work on there are a number of female members of staff. These include trainee engineers, section engineers, machine drivers and even the design manager for the £75m scheme I am currently working on. It just goes to show that being a girl does not stop you having a successful and happy career in construction. There are people who still have the opinion that construction is a man’s job, but I’m glad to say that in all the hundreds of people I have worked with over the past years, I haven’t met one yet!

Construction Crew member,
Anne

Hi Cahal,

I have worked with numerous female colleagues throughout my career so far in the construction industry. You don’t necessarily come across too many women completing trade roles, but the one’s in which I have have been more than competent within their roles. You tend to mainly find females in managerial roles such as site management, quantity surveying, estimating and planning to name but a few, all of which have been highly skilled and capable in their jobs.

It doesn’t make a difference in which your sex is, the difference is how the person conducts themselves in their role. The difference is whether they are trained to complete their tasks competently, are confident and self motivated.

Construction Crew member,
Colin Slade

Hello Cahal,
That’s certainly a strong opinion and whilst you have every right to it factually it doesn’t hold much I’m afraid. If you have ever been across Waterloo Bridge in London and admired it’s beauty as Italian Sculptor Antonio Canova did remarking it 'the noblest in the world', you might be surprised to know it was built almost entirely by women whilst the men were away fighting WW2. That is just one example where women have been part of amazing construction projects.
I have worked in construction for over 10 years and my ability is not affected by my gender what so ever.
Maybe its worth thinking about how much you would like someone telling you couldn’t do something you loved and were good at just because you were a boy.
If its construction you wish to work in I wish you the best of luck, but be careful one day your site manager might just be a woman!

Construction Crew member, Chrissi

Good morning.

Hi Claudz,
Yes I do think it is an alright job. You can do whatever you want to do. If construction is the way you want to go then go for it and don't let anyone stand in your way!
You will always get comments being a minority (I was the only girl in my class at college), but you will learn to dish out the comments just as good as they can. I did find it hard to start with but it was what I wanted to do and I was good at it.
You don't have to go straight into site work from school. You could go on to further education and do an HNC in construction. This will give you a good background into all elements of construction which leaves you free and with a good qualification to pick the trade that best suits you.
I did it the other way round. I researched construction trades and picked the one I thought I might enjoy the most. 15 years down the line I am now teaching that trade.

If you want anymore advice do ask, happy to help!!!

Tracy

Cahal Quinn is a sexist pig ¬_¬

hiya, erm i was wanting to do construction or trades when im older but dident think many girls done it tho so am a bit to shy to do it when leave school, do u think its an alright job??. wb

GIRLS CAN BUILD NOTHING, THEY SHOULD BE HOME MAKIN THE DINNER AN THE TAE, AN POLISHIN GERRY'S RIFLE FOR IM. GIRLS OUT!

Cool ;D

Hello again,

I notice there are a lot of people wanting to gain some work experience and are unsure where to begin. Best place to start would be to check out bConstructive which lists companies that are willing to give work experience and contact them direct for information. Go to www.bconstructive.co.uk/careers/workfor for the full list! Also I know that the following website might be of use to you www.work-experience.org

Good luck and keep me posted how you get on!

Tracy