The Building Podcast
Mark Wakeford is Chairman of the National Federation of Builders, vice-chair at Constructing Excellence Midlands and a Governor at Construction College, Moulton College. He has run a large regional building contractor and now chairs Evoenergy, one of the UK's foremost renewable companies, bringing low carbon solutions to corporate Britain.
Mark talks to leading experts from across the construction sector to discuss issues facing the built environment. He explores various challenges with his guests, who offer solutions, information and ideas that listeners can apply to their own situations, be it in a company, on a project or studying at college.
The Building Podcast aims to provide CPD on the go. Supporting the sector with easily digestible ideas to support a rapidly changing industry!
The Building Podcast
Mark talks to Andy Laflin
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Construction is a complicated and often challenging occupation, both on site and back in the office. Our smaller, regional main contractors have to deal with all the same legislation and pressures as their larger competitors, but with substantially fewer resources, if they are to remain competitive. Andy Laflin, Joint MD of Gipping Construction, a £26M business, based in Suffolk, talks about their focus on recruitment and training to ensure the quality and calibre of their staff and supply chain and the value that they place on their membership of the National Federation of Builders.
Listen to this podcast to understand the best practice that is possible within a medium sized main contractor and the value placed on competence. Listen too if you want to explore the value of membership of the National Federation of Builders and some of the challenges that members and the federation try to tackle together.