29 March 2022
Why It Matters: Steel price on the rise due to Ukraine war, impact on construction industry
Global supply chains, which had already been severely impacted by two years or so of Covid-19, face renewed disruption, the Russia-Ukraine conflict. And to escalate things further, the US, EU and UK move to impose a severe package of restrictions on Russia will continue to cause renewed disruption to supply chains, which were just showing signs of improvement after the pandemic. John Butler, Managing Director, APAC & MENA, Linesight shares what those in the construction sectors can do to mitigate the consequences and how lessons learnt from handling Covid-10 can be applied to managing projects as this particular crisis evolves.

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15 September 2020
Singapore’s rise to becoming a data localisation hub within the region
Here in Southeast Asia, we’ve been enjoying unprecedented attention as the new global data center hotbed for a few years now. In fact, last year Cushman & Wakefield’s found that Singapore is ranked the third most robust data centre market globally across 38 countries. John Butler, Managing Director of APAC and Middle East and North Africa at Linesight shares why Singapore is specifically becoming a data localization hub within Southeast Asia and what are the implications of this for us.

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19 May 2020
Best practices for construction firms as Singapore’s economy opens up in phases
Highlighting the construction sector in Singapore, Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong stressed that the work culture and practices of businesses had to fundamentally change in coming weeks and months to avoid triggering a second wave of infections. John Butler, Managing Director, APAC and MENA, Linesight shares how prepared the construction industry in Singapore is to resume business and what measures can they take to avoid infections in their work sites.

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