There is no doubt that the government has ambitious and rapid plans to invest in our shared public infrastructure through its commitment to transform built assets across education, healthcare, energy our prison estates and defence capability, to name but a few sectors. It’s yet further evidence of the growing prominence of our sector as a direct contributor to the nation’s GDP, but also recognition that these delivered projects represent an unparalleled opportunity for future growth, investment, innovation and opportunity.

There is of course a catch to this overwhelmingly positive outlook for our sector – and the elephant in the room is capacity. There is a risk that at a time when our industry is asked to step up to deliver this capital works bonanza, that we simply do not have the capacity and resource at a contractor and supply chain level to satisfy this demand – and we won’t even add in here the complications of a possible no-deal Brexit.

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