Amid a compelling business case for more diversity and inclusion, new five-point charter aims to set out practical and useful behaviours that construction companies can work towards to make the industry more inclusive.

Balfour Beatty has launched a new site cabin design with integrated disability and neurodiverse features.

Women, ethnic minorities and other intersectional groups are leaving the engineering profession prematurely as a result of “career deflection”, Atkins has warned.

HS2 has launched a new initiative that aims to enable companies of all sizes in its supply chain to be inclusive and to follow best practice on diversity.

Multiplex has adopted a new flexible working plan called ‘Multiple Flex’ as part of a bid to increase the number and influence women working in the business.

A Balfour Beatty project engineer, Ayo Ogunbambi-Alao, has been sharing her views on diversity and inclusion with Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn, as part of a reverse mentoring programme

Members of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) have created a new video setting out their vision for an inclusive future in construction.

Jane Dackiewicz, head of HR at SCAPE, reports on its work with Willmott Dixon and the CIOB to produce a diversity and inclusion charter.

The Construction Leadership Council is to develop standard measures of how the sector seeks to improve equality and diversity in its workforce and is seeking industry views on how best to do this.

A group of Balfour Beatty shareholders has registered its unhappiness with the lack of diversity on Balfour Beatty’s board by voting against the reappointment of one of its directors.

A new scheme has been launched that will see construction workers use stickers on their hard hats to display that they have undertaken training courses on issues such as inclusion and mental health.

This month marks the first anniversary of the Black Lives Matter protests, sparked by George Floyd’s death on 25 May 2020 in the USA. One year on, CM asks construction professionals from ethnic minority backgrounds if they feel racial attitudes in the industry are changing

The industry is slowly tackling its gender imbalance but there is a clear business case for doing more, says Sarah Wales “We can all choose to seek out and celebrate…

Claire Mullen receives this year’s Sir Ian Dixon scholarship for her project to engage men as agents of change The 2021/22 Sir Ian Dixon scholarship has been awarded to Claire…

We need period dignity across all building sites, argues Mark Bennett, co-chair of Willmott Dixon Interiors’ equality, diversity,and inclusion team A few years ago, I was out having a coffee…

Remote working is a step forward towards the culture and behaviour change construction needs to embed inclusive working practices, says Anna Koukoullis Since the pandemic hit, more businesses have started…

Introducing equality, diversity and inclusion can be a challenge for the supply chain, but main contractors can make it happen, says Anjali Pindoria I have always wanted to be the…

Construction minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan calls on the sector to be a more attractive employer for women Hard hats, diggers and drills. Looking back to my childhood, from the toys we…