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Construcciones Yamaro: IIWIC inspires action in construction through global storytelling

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Research can show where construction needs to improve, but stories are what help people see that change is possible. (Image: Gorodenkoff/stock.adobe.com) The International Institute for Women in Construction (IIWIC) is helping the industry see how change is already taking shape. By Dr Gretchen Gagel. I was born in the US state of Missouri, known as the ‘Show Me State’, meaning ‘I’ll believe you when you show me’. I often joke that the global construction industry was born there because we lean to the ‘laggard’ rather than ‘early adopter’ side of the innovation adoption curve. Sometimes we are hesitant to try new things unless peers have led the way. Dr Gretchen Gagel. (Image: Heidi Victoria) I was recently in a meeting with several US principal contractor leaders. I mentioned that John Holland Group was piloting two different project start times to accommodate workers who need to drop children at school or daycare. The response was immediate: “How are they doing that? We’ve been t...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Transmutation sets the terms for decarbonisation

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Collaboration sits at the centre of Transmutation’s approach. (Images: Transmutation) Transmutation is building sustainable, data-backed supply chains for construction, aligning material innovation with commercial and compliance pressures. Contractors now require more from suppliers than product compliance alone. Scope 3 reporting has moved emissions accountability from aspiration to verification. Materials, transport and subcontractor inputs must be quantified, not estimated. The challenge is no longer identifying alternatives but securing inputs that can be traced, measured and defended. Transmutation defines its role in construction through control of sustainable supply chains, not through individual products. The business operates across sourcing, processing, material engineering and delivery, with verified emissions data attached at each stage. From source to site Founder Brad Scott describes the company’s current phase as an expansion of an established model, calibrated to t...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Knauf systems support durable building interiors

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FIBEROCK’s paperless, homogeneous surface resists delamination, scratching and picking. (Images: Knauf) Knauf systems give internal walls and ceilings staying power in spaces that see constant wear. Facilities exposed to constant traffic ask a lot of internal walls and ceilings. They need to withstand impact, satisfy functional requirements, maintain a clean finish and limit repair disruption, often in spaces that can’t easily be shut down when damage occurs. Knauf MultiStop ONE and FIBEROCK Aqua-Tough boards give project teams a way to add strength where it is needed most, without treating impact resistance as separate from broader design, compliance and construction requirements. The range is graduated by exposure. MultiStop ONE combines fire, water, mould and impact resistance with acoustic performance in a single gypsum plasterboard, making it suitable for healthcare, education, aged care, public buildings, hotels and student accommodation. MultiStop ONE HI adds mesh reinforceme...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Leighs Construction captures the full picture with Cupix

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Cupix is used to track progress on the Taranaki Base Hospital Redevelopment. (Images: Leighs Construction) Leighs Construction is using Cupix to turn site progress into a visual record that shows exactly what was built and when. Leighs Construction, an established New Zealand civil and commercial contractor, introduced Cupix in 2023. Within 12 months, it had been rolled out across the company’s projects. Initially adopted to verify built works against the design model, the AI-powered spatial intelligence platform quickly demonstrated its value, as project director Marcus Hogan saw firsthand. “Before Cupix, you would walk around with a camera, take photos of what you thought was important, then file them, add dates and catalogue them into a system,” he says. “When you needed to find something, you had to trawl through all those photos. Most of the time you couldn’t find what you were looking for, and sometimes you realised you hadn’t taken a photo of it at all. It was labour-intens...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Countdown begins for 2026 Women in Industry Awards

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The evening celebrates the achievements of women across industry. (Image: Prime Creative Media) Tickets are selling fast for the 2026 Women in Industry Awards, with organisers issuing a final call to secure a place at the event. The awards recognise women making an impact across Australia’s industrial sectors, including construction, mining, manufacturing, engineering, transport and logistics. Hosted by Prime Creative Media, the awards will be held on Thursday 18 June at Doltone House Darling Island Wharf in Sydney. “The Women in Industry Awards is one of the most important nights in the calendar for women working across Australia’s industrial sectors,” said Molly Hancock, head of marketing, events at Prime Creative Media. “Year after year, it brings together the women who are genuinely driving change, from the mine site to the boardroom, from construction to engineering and beyond. The recognition, the connections and the conversations that happen in that room cannot be replicate...
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Construcciones Yamaro: Hiring for skills in construction matters more than ever

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Redundancies are exposing a gap between hiring and retention. (Image: Theerapat/stock.adobe.com) NexGen’s Lauren Fahey is urging the construction sector to rethink how it attracts, recruits and retains women as redundancy patterns expose deeper flaws. By Lauren Fahey, executive director at NexGen . Over the past few months, I’ve been contacted by women in construction who have been made redundant. Highly capable women. Women who were doing good work. Women who want to stay in construction, and yet when work slowed or projects wrapped up, they were the first to go. What’s confronting is not just the volume of redundancies, but the pattern. Too often, these women were hired to meet a gender target, not because their skills were genuinely embedded into workforce planning, but because a number needed to be hit. Lauren Fahey, executive director at NexGen. (Image: NexGen) And when pressure comes, targets are easy to undo. I’m a strong advocate for improving gender representation in co...
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Construcciones Yamaro: FTI Group locks in supply certainty

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Projects using FTI Group’s product range benefit from coordinated supply. (Images: FTI Group) Cost, supply and delivery are moving targets in construction, but FTI Group is working to restore certainty. Instability in construction supply chains is being driven by a mix of global pressures, many of which sit outside a project’s control. Ongoing geopolitical tensions are adding to that uncertainty, even when products are not sourced directly from those regions. In its own business, building solutions provider FTI Group is seeing the impact in diesel and fuel prices, particularly given it runs its own logistics fleet, alongside volatility in global steel prices. The company is focused on consistency and reliability in response. CEO Cameron Arkcoll says these pressures are creating a new baseline for the industry to work with. “Across the construction industry, there are delays on shipments, delays on imported products, and even locally manufactured products that are waiting on compon...
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