Long Form

I’ve got to tell you something that seems to be landing with very little fanfare, but that could quietly blow a hole in budgets up and down the demolition and construction supply chain. It currently costs £4.05 per tonne to dump inert waste – rock and concrete – at a UK landfill. In the grand…Read moreRead more

It is Zero Waste Week. It’s OK if you didn’t know that. I didn’t either, until someone told me. Perhaps those behind the campaign decided not to waste their money promoting it. When demolition and construction people hear the words “Zero Waste Week”, I am sure most of them will picture overflowing skips, mountains of…Read moreRead more

About this time last year, I wrote an article entitled “the law of unintended consequences” in which I spoke about how one seemingly positive action can result in a negative outcome. I revisited that subject in May this year with an article called “construction’s lack of consequences”. The same notion was also the inspiration for…Read moreRead more

“This is the worst it will ever be”. It’s an expression used widely to describe nascent technology that has huge future potential and years or even decades of development and improvement ahead. I used the expression myself just yesterday to convey my feelings on Artificial Intelligence as it stands today. The technology behind AI is…Read moreRead more

“If you keep people exhausted and distracted, they won’t organise. If you keep them struggling and divided, they won’t resist. The system isn’t broken, it’s working as designed.” I saw those words posted as a rallying cry to fight back against the increasing authoritarianism of the Trump government. It was posted on the Substack social…Read moreRead more

When I was a child, I loved stickers. I had stickers on my bicycle, stickers on my skateboard, stickers on my schoolbooks. One time, I put stickers on my bedroom wall, only to discover that they pulled off the wallpaper if you tried to remove them. My mother was not impressed. But the stickers I…Read moreRead more

Permit me, if you will, to take you through my “process”. I have an idea, whether that’s for an article, a video, an audio podcast or a new segment for my daily LiveStream. I think about it for a bit and then, assuming I am happy with my idea and if I think my readers,…Read moreRead more

What will it take? What will it take for the UK demolition industry to accept its responsibilities? What will it take for the sector to address the accidents, fatalities and the corruption? What will it take for the industry to quit resting on its laurels and make the positive changes required to be competitive and…Read moreRead more

If you’ve seen any of the Rocky movies, you’ve seen him. The fighter. Not the flashy young contender, bouncing on his toes, unmarked by the scars of battle. No. This one’s been there. In the ring. In the mud. In the dust. In the cold dawns and the long nights. His face carries a reminder…Read moreRead more