At the end of last month, construction industry expert Mark Farmer published a new independent review of the construction sector’s skills shortages, commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE).

With rising unemployment, regional governments are making increasing efforts to give nationals the skills they need to find jobs in the local construction industry. Dubai aside, the Gulf’s ...

Figures released last week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the number of full-time construction workers ...

With the construction sector increasingly adopting digital technologies for improved productivity and safety, it is crucial to prioritize equipping all workers with fundamental digital skills. (Image: ...

A new report into the housebuilding sector calls for an overhaul of the construction skills system amid a “hollowing-out” of its workforce. Jenny Messenger looks at the review’s key recommendations ...

This four-part article series addresses nationwide programs and initiatives developed to recruit and train skilled workers to help fill the construction industry’s labor shortage and workforce needs.

A Women’s Work (AWW Org) today announced the launch of the MODWORKS Program: 2026 Training Module, a one-week intensive ...

CHICO — Valley Contractors Exchange will be launching Hands on Tools Mobile Construction Training in the spring. The camps are in partnership with junior high, high school and continuation schools, ...

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Soaring material costs and skills shortages across the industry will make it difficult for the Government to reach its 2030 home construction and retrofitting targets, according to two-thirds of Irish ...