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Something for the Weekend, sir?

Judgement day approaches. As you can see in this newsletter, we have the Hammers coming up once more in the middle of next month. There have been a couple of changes from last year, mainly in categories that are decided by our judging panel and which cover essential aspects of the construction industry if not the actual bricks and mortar. The most important one, I suppose, is Health & Safety, as a recent report cited the construction industry as taking second spot in the league for industrial accidents. Nomimated companies cover risk assessment and certification besides keeping track of the volumes of standards and regulations that need adhering to.

Competence Management and Biometric Workforce Solutions are two other categories that you would not have come across a mere four or five years ago. It shows, I suppose, that the industry is becoming more workforce oriented, having adequately mastered design and construction. One might even say, with tongue in cheek, that faced with a severe shortfall in skilled trades, we have to look after the professionals we still have.

Another recent addition, Cloud Computing, is well represented, with many companies looking at the technology from different angles, representing the many ways that companies can take advantage of cloud based applications. Most nominations are decided by readers, but for obvious reasons we also need a panel of judges for some categories. I look forward to digging into my pile of PDFs this weekend.

David Chadwick

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