I like the reference to the Hippocratic Oath...

Ending the scourge of damp in buildings - CIOB People: ciobpeople.com/ending-the-sco…

#icymi - last week's #IBEblog by Joel Feyerherm discusses the principle of comply and explain in corporate reporting.
#businessethics

The #CommonAssessmentStandard is not just about A supply chain, but ALL supply chains...

Underlying problem here is that government delegates infrastructure and construction to junior ministerial level...

Construction minister tells CLC event she’s in post for ‘rest of year’ – hours before being moved on building.co.uk/news/construct…

Corporate governance reporting should be more about the explaining than the complying... #WatesPrinciples give companies a structure for doing just that...
See my Inst Business Ethics blog...

ibe.org.uk/resource/expla…

Three years after proposing a properly empowered governance regulator (ARGA) the government still hasn't delivered, claiming lack of legislative time.
ft.com/content/e60efa… via @ft

Impressive passivhaus approach at Spelthorne Leisure Centre by Willmott Dixon as seen in today’s Open Doors Week event … I especially like the CLT (cross laminated timber to you and me)
#opendoors24

Thanks to Cheryl, Joline and Michael of Willmott Dixon for a great Open Doors Week return to the Spelthorne Leisure Centre #opendoors24 delivered by Build UK

Great visit to Canada Water for the ⁦Wates Group⁩⁩ topping out ceremony today… impressive ⁦British Land⁩ development

“we live in a land of potholes, a daily symbol of collective lack of belief in the future”
Jeremy Hunt and the fiscal headroom fallacy via Financial Times
on.ft.com/4c4g658

Interesting concept for overseeing (and ideally improving) regulation...

Regulators should answer to joint UK parliamentary committee, says Conservative group ft.com/content/dfa5db… via @ft

Genuine effort by Sports Direct to change?

Jon Thompson to join Frasers board in corporate governance push ft.com/content/56f7b0… via @ft

Citizens’ assemblies could help repair our toxic political culture ft.com/content/6de680… via @ft

National Apprenticeship Week: why employers should never discount older candidates - interesting thoughts from Construction TRS / Talentview Construction via CIOB People: ciobpeople.com/six-reasons-em…

Sounds like a Big Dialogue on how public and private sectors can work together is in order...

Can the UK afford to build better infrastructure? ft.com/content/9cc19c… via @ft

Construction firms now account for one in six of all business failures.
“We saw a number of bigger contractors filing for insolvency 12 to 18 months ago and now those failures are being felt downstream in the supply chain”
constructionenquirer.com/2024/01/29/a-d…

Provocative series of observations here on corporate governance via Financial Times
But it doesn’t disprove that if you improve a company’s governance, you improve the company on.ft.com/49bq9CO

Useful overview from the FT on why the UK struggles with infrastructure, with a focus on the Lower Thames Crossing -- also covered in the Build UK fact sheet: builduk.org/wp-content/upl…
ft.com/content/304ecc… via @ft

Sensible set of recommendations in the new Building News report, and I especially like this one:

Building the Future Commission calls for return of chief construction adviser building.co.uk/building-the-f…

UK shareholder body to tackle ‘fractious’ relations with boards via Financial Times
on.ft.com/490nHis