We must expand the skilled workforce if construction is to fuel recovery

By Bob Hide 2021-11-12T09:22:00

A wider range of construction career paths is available now than ever before – but we need to do more to promote them

For major infrastructure projects to play their full part in fuelling the UK economy’s post-covid recovery, a greater focus on infrastructure-specific skills is required.

While initiatives such as the Lifetime Skills Guarantee will go some way towards developing new talent within the traditional construction trades, we need a plan of action for nurturing the mega-project teams of the future.

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