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How We Can All Help to Build a Safer Future
Let’s start with a bit of jargon busting….you may have heard of the CCPI, but what is it? CCPI stands for the Code for Construction Product Information and has come about as a result of the devastating tragedy at Grenfell and the disturbing allegations of malpractice by some construction product manufacturers. Never wanting to have…
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Infographic: Making the Most of Your Construction CPD
Infographic: Making the Most of Your Construction CPD Further information: The team at Competitive Advantage have helped many construction product manufacturers develop and maximise the benefit of their construction CPD. Learn more here. We can help review your CPD. Providing a score, as well comments and observations, on elements such as promotion, presentation content and…
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Forecasting in Construction
Understanding the diversity and scale of the construction sector and its many different elements can be a challenge for anyone, this is where we come to rely on Forecasting. In 2018, UK construction contributed £117 billion to the UK economy, 6% of the total. The construction sector provided employment for 2.4 million people in Q2…
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Market Research in the New Now
With changes to home working and greater digitisation, Competitive Advantage’s telephone researchers answer some questions about how they are coping with the New Now. What is the main difference between conducting telephone interviews before Covid and now? For trades people or site workers where a mobile number has always been the principal means of contact…
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Welcome to the New Now – How Has This Changed Construction Communications?
As the UK starts to relax social restrictions we are returning to normal. But Chris Ashworth thinks it will be a very different normal to that of two years ago with construction communications permanently changed. As we start to enjoy some relaxation of social restrictions following the pandemic, the construction industry continues to face new…
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Infographic: Mapping Out a Specification Strategy
Engaging with construction specifiers and influencing specification is a constant challenge for the construction product manufacturer. This infographic looks at the effective steps to take when putting in place a specification strategy. #Specstrategy. It concludes with a number of tools that are available to the construction marketer.
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Infographic: Timeline for the UK Construction Industry
This is a summary from the eLearning module History of the Industry part of our course Construction Industry Overview which is available to subscribers.
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What We Learned in 2020
As 2020 draws to a close we look back over what can only be described as a roller coaster ride to see what the construction product manufacturer can learn and the positives to take away. After many years of the UK government receiving conflicting messages from the construction industry we finally saw the value of…
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Writing Blogs to Promote CPD
After investing considerable time, effort and money in developing, testing and approving your construction CPD, it is now the time to start using it to enable engagement with specifiers. The advent of Covid 19 has meant the traditional face-to-face delivery of construction CPD is not currently an option. Instead manufacturers are generally now offering their…
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How to Choose the Construction Market Research That’s Right for You
Research is an important tool to manage risk by allowing informed decision making through a better understanding of your customers and markets. Typically, research is conducted when changes to the business such as a product launch, or a new communications strategy are planned. But it is wise to conduct ongoing research to monitor changes in…
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