, recognises the following core challenges facing the construction industry:.
We listen for the fall of rocks, we see flashes of images that may or may not be there, we feel the air around us, and we search for odours which could point to pending doom.Indigenous Americans used to describe each of these fears as friends who helped us to stay safe.
The fear of falling is a friend who reminds you to stay away from the edge and to keep hold of something.The sorts of friends who I met on the train were concerned about those around them.. Of course, when we start to shine a light into the cave, then we can see where there may be danger, but also where there may be richness and treasure..It is certainly more frightening to travel into new territory alone.
In a group, where you can look out for one another and work together, the path forward becomes easier, safer, and quicker.. What this bizarrely brings into my mind is the infamous story of.A Christmas Carol.
by Charles Dickens.
In my story, I am the central character, wracked by negativity and the sense of a world somehow lost, with many worries about the future.Our approach is proven to work.
There is nothing stopping us from doing this other than inertia and reluctance among some parties to change from traditional methods of design and construction.But as recent events have shown, traditional is not good enough.. We need new approaches, and smart solutions.
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(Editor: Silent Kettles)