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Going In Circles? Good!

All Work

Architects and designers are increasingly prioritizing sustainability, focusing on low-VOC, recycled materials, and reducing embodied carbon through reuse and modular construction. Rather than drywall and studs with added finishes, there are modular construction options like DIRTT and Falkbuilt.

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Lockers: The New Unexpected Star Of Workspace Design

All Work

The construction industry accounts for 38% of all CO2 emissions. It’s important for product designers and retailers to understand their embodied carbon emissions , which relate to the manufacturing, processing, transportation, assembly, maintenance, replacement, and deconstruction and disposal of goods. FSC® : Preserving forests.

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Inspired by Southwest Airlines’ Strategy, Ryanair Now Soars Above Them Financially

Success

By 2019, Ryanair’s profits were over 1 billion euros , and they were reported to be transporting more passengers than any other airline in the continent. The CEO scoffed at luxury airlines that were preoccupied with constructing first-class suite designs, gourmet menus and celebrity commercials. By no means is this an exaggeration.

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Isaac Oates: Building Skyscrapers In 2016

Justworks

And as we’ve constructed our 2016 plan, we’ve circulated our discussions more and more around building skyscrapers. Manhattan’s bedrock supports a crazy transportation system dug out from underneath, and some of the tallest buildings in the world above. We’ve invested time building the things we expect to last: team leadership.

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5 new workplace trends you must know heading into 2024

Work Life

Meanwhile, in other industries, we’ve seen DEI gains—health, construction, and transportation, to name a few. Heading into 2024, beefing up your employer branding around mentorship, mental health, and overall connectivity could meet these needs and support a more gender-equitable leadership pipeline.

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Why Companies Focused on Sustainability Should Focus on the Employee Experience

Great Place to Work

“We’ve always thought about how do we reach these Sustainable Development Goals , but rarely do we talk about the people and the leadership that it requires to reach those goals,” says Tony Bond, chief diversity and innovation officer at Great Place To Work®. “A It’s the employee.” “If higher than the market. It’s the employee.”

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To boost productivity in the UK, we need to think big and different

Workplace Insight

The direct cost of avoidable error in the construction industry, for example, is around 5 percent of project value according to international studies highlighted by construction industry experts GIRI (Get It Right Initiative). ’ Similarly in the oil and gas sector, it’s circa 15 percent of project value.