I am writing this on the eve of the general election after what feels like a very long campaign. Regardless of who forms the new government, infrastructure will be a significant in-tray priority for them.

Major infrastructure projects have the potential to make significant contributions to the UK’s economic goals by supporting local supply chains, creating jobs and fostering skills development. The benefits of good quality and purposeful infrastructure are obvious and well understood. Equally, the key blockers to delivery are also well rehearsed; the need for a stable pipeline, the reform of planning and speed of decision making have been widely discussed.

However, in my belief, even if these issues are removed, the key constraint in the whole infrastructure value chain will be whether the workforce has the capacity and capability to deliver the demand that will be needed in the months and years ahead.