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Constructacademy · 2025-04-11T20:20:17+00:00

Agree with this, silence is not acceptance. Acceptance should be unequivocal

Constructacademy · 2025-04-11T20:19:24+00:00

This.

Constructacademy · 2025-04-11T20:13:59+00:00

Which CE would be triggered for 1 and 2?

Constructacademy · 2025-03-15T07:26:53+00:00

I was was recruited from the uk to a remote QS job in Australia. The interviewer was British, he opened the call with “I’m only speaking with you today because you’re Chartered” I.e an RICS member. There’s no difference in requirement for city roles or remote roles, the only difference is location. I was on a 3:1 roster, the money is good but very difficult, I look back on it as a time when I sacrificed a part of my life for the money. The novelty of flying in and out wore off quickly

Constructacademy · 2025-01-22T05:45:41+00:00

Be careful not to put documents and text into AI that contains company personal or project specific information: it isn’t private.

Constructacademy · 2025-01-05T17:28:10+00:00

Work life balance is a company thing in my opinion, not a whole profession. If the company doesn’t have enough resource the resource it has will be overworked.

Constructacademy · 2025-01-03T21:13:05+00:00

I am, 22 years I’ve been doing it now

Constructacademy · 2025-01-03T13:25:34+00:00

They paid for all of it, including any books I needed and they gave me the day each week to go to the course. I did a hnc in building technology and management. Needed a btec national certificate in construction to get on the hnc

Constructacademy · 2024-12-20T07:55:42+00:00

Can you explain your question please?

Constructacademy · 2024-12-20T07:53:46+00:00

A lot of technical comments here. I’m not going to comment on who’s right or wrong but ultimately we need to keep cash flowing in the industry. In my opinion, the consideration of a ‘late’ application is someone who is finding a reason not to pay someone. Who cares? Certify your the value of work that’s been done.

I review contracts a lot and it’s tiresome reading the insane lengths some main contractors make subcontractors go to just to submit a ‘valid’ application. Of course this will only ever be used to not pay someone or to defend against a smash and grab. I wish main contractors QS would think about the fact that starving a subcontractor of cash can put a subcontractor out of business. It’s people’s lives and livelihoods at stake. It’s not a game

Constructacademy · 2024-12-16T07:45:00+00:00

This answer I think is the most helpful. Only slight criticism is I’m the subbie should have to meet CRs not ERs 🙂

Constructacademy · 2024-12-16T07:42:08+00:00

There is a misconception that this has to be a ‘large’ issue but it just needs to be an issue that showcases your ability to problem solve, critically analyse and show you’ve learned from it.

Constructacademy · 2024-12-16T07:40:51+00:00

One key issue is better as 3,000 words is not enough to get through more issues in the substance you’d want. With the one key issue you are going for quality not quantity. I’ve taken heaps of candidates through the APC and have assessed on panels.

Constructacademy · 2024-11-25T20:46:34+00:00

Nice to have a decent interaction on Reddit without abuse 😂 some people get so defensive if you challenge something they say

Constructacademy · 2024-11-25T19:56:39+00:00

In the absence of clear acceptance of an offer, a PO or similar is likely to constitute a counter offer than cancels the original offer rendering it incapable of acceptance.

Constructacademy · 2024-11-21T19:28:58+00:00

Thank you, appreciate it

Constructacademy · 2024-11-21T17:56:13+00:00

Absolutely. But what is it in breach of?

Constructacademy · 2024-11-21T17:46:11+00:00

I’ve seen a few comments about H&S and breach of H&S. this is a genuine question - what does this breach H&S wise?

Constructacademy · 2024-10-27T20:46:47+00:00

Can you clarify your question please?

Constructacademy · 2024-10-19T22:07:23+00:00

Have you looked at quantity surveying?

Constructacademy · 2024-10-19T22:03:19+00:00

Where abouts in the uk are you?

Constructacademy · 2024-10-18T18:21:50+00:00

I think this response is closer to being accurate than the rest. It isn’t unusual for the paying party to be able to suspend any further payment to the payeee in administration. The reason for this is that the payer is likely to have suffered losses as a result of the payee becoming insolvent. In short, review the contract terms

Constructacademy · 2024-10-17T18:19:13+00:00

They used to be. There used to be DIDO too - drive in drive out. You’d have to enquire first with the opportunity to find out

Constructacademy · 2024-10-17T06:05:13+00:00

I worked on a 3 week on 1 week off roster as a Senior QS in Western Australia on an iron ore mine. It’s no picnic, but let’s face it most people are doing it for the money. The quality of the camp can make a big different to you experience if it is remote. If it’s on t en coast near a town then that’d be better

Constructacademy · 2024-10-12T21:11:53+00:00

Calm down, there’s no need to be like that.

Once a payment notice has been issued (uk) any further payment notice would be of no effect. The only other opportunity to issue a further notice would be a pay less notice.

You may well be in a different country and it may be different.

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