Is the construction industry doing enough to retain and look after its staff?

In the eighth and final episode of the Big 5 Global Podcast, Georgia Tolley speaks to Rachael Keeble, Founder Lead Instructor at Built Well Project Management about why the construction industry needs to more to look after its people, and the importance of upskilling and reskilling. She was also in…

Should kids be taught construction at school?

In the seventh episode of the Big 5 Global Podcast, Georgia Tolley speaks to Alison Watson, Chief Executive and Founder, Class Of Your Own (COYO) and Sana Hafsa, Sustainability Coordinator at AESG, about what the construction sector needs to do in order to attract the next generation of builders an…

Is the construction doing enough to go green?

In the sixth episode of the Big 5 Global Podcast, Georgia Tolley speaks to Cynthia Corby, who is an Audit & Assurance Partner at Deloitte’s Dubai office and Deloitte Middle East's Construction Industry Leader, about the root causes for some of the major issues when it comes to delivering capital pr…

Is the construction industry attracting enough young graduates?

In the fifth episode of the Big 5 Global Podcast, Georgia Tolley speaks to Kathleen McGrail, Managing Director for WSP Middle East’s Advisory Services, about jobs in the construction sector and what they're seeing in the talent pool. She also told us how the industry needs to reposition itself to b…

How can the construction industry be more diverse?

In the fourth episode of the Big 5 Global podcast, Georgia Tolley speaks with Prakash Senghani, who is the CEO and Co-founder of Navatech Group, about what the industry needs to do in order to become more diverse and less male-oriented. He also told Georgia how the industry is using LLM (large lang…

Will robots construct the buildings of the future?

In the third episode of the Big 5 Global podcast, our very own Georgia Tolley speaks with Andrew Shaw, Chair of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Gulf Chapter and Managing Partner of AMA Design, about the impact Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having on the construction industry and …

Would you live in a net zero city?

Building more sustainable cities will help power the UAE’s journey to net zero. In the second episode of the Big 5 Global podcast, our very own Georgia Tolley speaks with Majd Fayyad, DSM Strategy & Policy Lead at the Supreme Council Of Energy, about their ambitious strategy to reduce energy and wa…

The Big 5 Global Podcast EP1

The real estate industry contributes around 40% of the world’s carbon emissions. In the opening episode of the Big 5 Global podcast, our very own Georgia Tolley speaks with Cristina Savian, Founder & CEO of BE-WISE Consulting. She's been telling us how technology is transforming the industry and ho…