Building the Future Commission: introducing the workplace, culture and leadership stream

By Dave Rogers2023-02-15T07:00:00

This stream will seek solutions to construction’s skills crisis along with new models to improve culture and leadership in a post-covid environment

Over the summer, the Construction Skills Network said an additional 266,000 workers would be needed to meet the level of anticipated output by 2026.

While a recession is coming, many in the industry are struggling to square this news with the fact that so many vacancies need filling.

Stanhope construction director Tony Wall told Building in the autumn: “There is a lot of work out there, which makes it a very different issue to previous recessions. If all that [work] happens, we will have problems with labour and professional shortages.

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