Podcasts about laing o'rourke

Day 5 of our Modern Methods of Construction series brings leading players in housing to the table to chat about offsite manufacturing. Andrew Teacher, founder of Blackstock Consulting (www.blackstock.co.uk) is joined by Céire O'Rourke, Director of UK Clients & Markets at Laing O'Rourke to discuss the impacts of the current Covid-19 crisis and views for the future of offsite manufacturing, along with insights from Mark Farmer, CEO of Cast Consultancy and government proclaimed MMC Champion. Join the debate and hear more at the RESI Convention (www.resiconf.com) organised by Property Week.

Over the last 18 months GCI Director, Annette Gray, helped initiate and embed a coaching culture to improve safety at Laing O’Rourke, a multinational construction company. Laing O’Rourke is a quite a different setting to the education sector that GCI mostly works in. But in this conversation, Rob and Suzy share a lot of transferrable insights for educators. Listen to how taking a different approach to safety and changing the conversation to be more solution-focussed has helped Laing O’Rourke. In this podcast, Rob Mitchell, Coaching Lead at Laing O’Rourke and Suzy Ivy, Training Coordinator at Laing O’Rourke share the impact coaching has had on their organisation.

In this episode, host Michael Bird talks to Softcat's CTO, Sam Routledge, Tim Jeans, Softcat's Datacentre and Cloud Practice Manager and Paul Petty, Laing O'Rourke's Infrastructure Team Leader about what a hyper-converged infrastructure is and how it's worked for Laing O'Rourke. They discuss the importance of forward planning when looking at your infrastructure options, as well as the practicalities of implementing a hyperconverged infrastructure and the benefits that come with it.____Get in Touchhttps://www.softcat.com/Podcast-S1E4https://twitter.com/softcathttps://www.linkedin.com/company/softcat/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Just days after Erith Group confirmed that it had won more work in a single month than construction behemoths Sir Robert McAlpine and Laing O'Rourke, we look at the dawning of a new era of super-sized demolition companies.

With vast experience working on innovative global building construction projects in the Middle East, Europe and Korea, our guest Angus McFarlane now heads up the Engineering Excellence Group at Laing O'Rourke, responsible for devising engineering strategies that effect positive change in engineering methods. With his sound knowledge and experience on the subject, Angus discusses Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) - a principal way to deliver innovation. Learn all about this process, the pros, cons and the impact it is having on sustainability, health and safety.  You will also hear tales from Angus's personal experiences in construction on some international and iconic building projects.

Check it out below! Just because it keep's me on my toes, and breaks the pattern in our communication (thanks Jen Jackson from Episode 22 for that insight), I've flipped this episode around and upside down.  Let me know what you think.   First, I want to tempt you with our upcoming guests.   Our schedule is looking pretty impressive, so much so that I'm actually concerned that it might almost be too much growth fuelling goodness! We've got John Green, the European HSEQ Director from Laing O'Rourke coming on the show.  John is probably best known for his public stand, and that of LoR's, against the idea of zero harm.  We've got a special guest, whose identity I'll keep a secret just for now, who will be enlightening us about how we really learn - which will help us as growth-hungry professionals, and will also help us in our day-to-day work.  And I'm seriously excited about getting some safety on tap listeners on the line, to share with you their growth journey - I know their stories will give you plenty to identify with. I hope today's episode title causes some controversy.  I seriously hope that it's not just because I've used a naughty word.  Today's episode is short and sweet, the audio comes from one of Safety on Tap TV's recent video's.  I hope it's controversial because it is raw, and it is personal.  I hope it's controversial because I am making you feel uncomfortable - I want you to really take in what I say today, and have a good hard look at yourself.  My mission is to help support your growth.  That means you shouldn't always like what I have to say, but need to know that it is absolutely focussed on helping you.   If you are a passive consumer of information, and just enjoy the podcast for entertainment value, that makes me happy.  But if you are seriously invested in your own growth, you'll feel pushed, compelled into discomfort and to take action based on the things we discuss today.   Here we go: Brent died last week.  Brent was a part of my families life, and he's left his family way earlier than a young man should.  The details don't matter, and the core message of this video never anticipated Brent.  In fact I wasn't actually going to do this video, but his death spurred me on, because it does speak to today's take away message, and I think Brent would approve.   The phrase piss or get off the pot is quite crude, and may not be used in all parts of the world.  It's about being on the toilet - do something or get off, that's the point of the toilet.  In fact, you can Imagine that it is a saying considerate of others, as in make way for someone who does want to piss.   Does it ever feel in your work like you are just sitting, and not much pissing? I know I've been there, trying not to reflect too much because it's seriously uncomfortable when you realise you aren't making a difference, you aren't actually doing much at all despite feeling like you are just by sitting.  Sitting is not the same as pissing.   How much of our work in trying to support better health and safety is just sitting, no pissing? We get caught up in all the fluff and trash that fills our work day in the name of systems, compliance, corporate requirements….but how much of an impact are we really having on health and safety outcomes based on seriously important risks, in the lives of real people with real names and families? I know plenty of people who are just sitting because it's safe, and they keep telling themselves sitting is the same as pissing.  It's not.   So if you are serious about making a difference in the world, in the lives of people, take a good look at yourself and ask how much of your working day is spent sitting versus pissing. Because a life lived fully, but cut short, like Brent's, will be much more impactful than a life long lived but wasted by ineffectiveness.   So today I want you to think about those things in your work day that are ineffective, that are just sitting…..and replace them with something proactive, positive and effective.  Time on the pot, well spent.   If you are a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way, you'll want to sign up for Safety on Tap Connected, the growth hub we are launching to accelerate your growth and in turn the impact you are making on the world. safetyontap.com