Edwin James Group improving its workforce through their Digital Academy. The academy is the third purpose-built training centre established by the group.
The first tranche of successful T-level construction students whose results were released in the last few days, is in the vanguard of helping transform an industry struggling to find skilled tradespeople.
A new report from the Centre for Ageing Better and Demos has revealed that spending £625m a year to improve heating, safety, and home accessibility could create 100,000 new jobs and generate a £10bn annual economic boost.
Procore has partnered with The B1M to launch Get Construction Talking to address the mental health crisis, reduce stigma and provide resources to tackle the industry’s biggest killer – suicide.
Are apprenticeships in the built environment being undersold? That’s the view of Felicity Allerton, who looks after a cohort of building control apprentices at Socotec.
HS2 is working alongside Women into Construction (WiC), an independent nonprofit organisation, to help more women in the Midlands to enter the construction industry.
A National Federation of Builders (NFB) report also found that 54% of neurodiverse construction workers had ADHD, in a report that suggested attitudes are improving towards neurodiversity in the industry.
With the industry facing a construction skills shortage and in need of thousands of new workers in the next few years, NHBC is investing in a network of bricklaying training hubs to provide a flow of skilled apprentices to sites across the UK.
The ECITB has launched the eighth version of the CCNSG Safety Passport course, which covers new fire extinguisher updates as well as equality in the workplace and mental health.
Tackling the UK’s shortage of engineering skills requires a holistic approach to address outdated attitudes and stereotypes, says Fraser Robb, managing director of Perega.
According to Rated People, a platform for finding tradespeople, many tradespeople are looking to leave the country which could worsen the already severe construction labour shortage.
