Construction Week Viewpoint

Recruitment across industries has been evidently impacted through 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic and its implications. While this has been a recurring trend across sectors, the impact across the construction industry has been collosal.

As part of the most recent Construction Week Viewpoint podcast series, we sit down with Shyam Visavadia, who has developed an online portal, driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning to ensure efficient, seamless and speedy recruitment during these trying times.

In line with its ongoing expansion as a globally-focused organisation, AESG, a specialist consultancy, engineering and advisory firm, has announced the appointment of Global Directors for each of its business lines.

The move follows the company’s establishment of offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom, and successful delivery of large-scale projects across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. The consolidation of service teams under unified global divisions will enable AESG to now deploy the industry-best skills and resources from all its international offices on projects worldwide.

As part of this move, former managing director at AESG Saeed Al Abbar has been appointed as the group-wide chief executive officer for the firm.

Saeed joins us in the Construction Week studios to reveal further details about the firm's upcoming plans.

As part of the latest episode of CW Viewpoint podcast series, Mark Castell, Partner at dispute avoidance & resolution firm HKA shares insights on how expert witness services have changed in the wake of COVID-19. Castell is a quantity surveyor with more than 35 years of construction industry experience. He has undertaken more than 25 expert witness appointments and five expert determinations. Listen to the entire podcast!

Compass Project Consulting, project and cost management consultancy, which took home the Sub-Consultancy of the Year Award at the CW Awards 2020, featured on the first CW Viewpoint podcast for the year to share details about its 'secret' project in Saudi Arabia, its 2021 strategy, upcoming projects and more.

Contractors and developers' HSE concerns today go beyond the norm, with COVID-19 being thrown into the mix. Is it then possible to mitigate HSE concerns and improve safety across sites with the use of technology? Identifying this as a win-win situation for the sector, digital construction thought leader, Prakash Senghani devised a mobile-first, AI-enabled smart management platform that works towards just this - reducing risk and enhancing safety across construction sites.

How often do you meet an all-women team of structural engineers working on projects of prominence? "Not very often, especially in the field of structural engineering," says Vanja Dimitrijevic, senior structural engineer at multi-disciplinary consultancy WME, on the latest episode of the Construction Week Viewpoint podcast series. Listen to find out how the company is redefining gender diversity and inclusion in engineering

In the latest episode of the Construction Week Viewpoint podcast series, we sit down with senior associate in Reed Smith's Energy & Natural Resources Group, Alison Eslick to gain insight on the need for a gender-diverse environment in the projects and construction (P&C) sector.

In the latest episode of the Construction Week Viewpoint podcast series, we sit down with senior associate in Reed Smith's Energy & Natural Resources Group, Alison Eslick to gain insight on the need for a gender-diverse environment in the projects and construction (P&C) sector.

As part of a recent Construction Week Viewpoint podcast series, we sit down with one such solar provider, SirajPower, which provides solutions combining development, financing, construction and operation of solar rooftops for commercial and industrial (C&I) applications in the UAE.

As part of a recent Construction Week Viewpoint podcast series, we sit down with one such solar provider, SirajPower, which provides solutions combining development, financing, construction and operation of solar rooftops for commercial and industrial (C&I) applications in the UAE.