Making construction a great place to work

Our recent webinar with an expert panel of HR leaders from within the industry tackled the key challenges faced by the industry and shared real-life, practical insights on how to create more on-site flexibility.

Here are 3 takeaways from the event:

• It sounds like informal flex agreements onsite are becoming widespread, which is great in terms of volume, although the informality can hide the flex. We need to shout more loudly about all flex arrangements onsite.

• Flex helps physical wellbeing. It helps mental wellbeing. We know it works when we empower managers to find the right solutions.

• We need to be bold and challenge the way things have always been done. That’s how you start laying the foundations of a better future.

Watch the webinar recording below:

Can flexible working can be implemented without an adverse impact on budgets or timelines?

In 2021, in a programme co-designed with Build UK, Timewise piloted flexible working in site-based teams at four leading construction firms. It’s a sector that works to notoriously demanding budgets and deadlines, yet the results have proved that flexibility can be implemented successfully.

Our report includes a 10 point plan with guidance for employers on how to do this, and also recommendations to the Construction Leadership Council to catalyse change at scale.

Read more:

Making construction a great place to work: can flexible working help?
In a programme co-designed with Build UK, Timewise piloted flexible working in site-based teams at four leading construction firms. The results have proved that flexibility can be implemented successfully, despite the sector’s significant operational barriers.

Construction Pioneers Pilot one year on: what’s new?
This review of the outcomes of our flexible working trial, carried out by four major construction firms, shows the benefits are sustainable – and new ones have emerged.

Reaching a positive financial return on investment in flexible working
Our third and final report in the ‘Fair Flexible Futures’ programme demonstrates the financial case for frontline firms to invest in flexible working. The results show that break-even is reached surprisingly quickly, through savings in costs relating to sickness absence and staff churn.