Scotland’s largest Energy Transition Skills Hub has officially opened in Aberdeen, showcasing a state-of-the-art welding academy, an advanced manufacturing zone, and pioneering digital training suites designed for the technologies of the future.
Specifiers, designers and architects, mark your calendars: the UK’s biggest event for the built environment returns to the NEC this autumn for its 10th anniversary.
Leeds College of Building has celebrated the achievements of its students at the annual Building Industry Greats Awards, against the backdrop of growing concern over skills shortages across the construction sector.
The newly elected president of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), Pete Curtis, urged members to take responsibility for making a better industry.
Thirty-three organisations have signed a letter to Matthew Pennycook, urging urgent support for planning schools to continue recruiting and training apprentice planners.
The SOCOTEC Group, leading provider of testing, inspection and certification (TIC) services, has launched its Blue Alliance employee shareholding initiative to its staff in the United Kingdom.
Thirty crane operators at Hinkley Point C have been issued redundancy notifications as parts of the site’s operations begin to be gradually scaled back.
Through its new Partner a College programme, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) aims to help students on full-time construction courses achieve better career outcomes.
The UK construction industry is changing — and at the heart of that change is people. For years, the sector has faced challenges around skills shortages, ageing workforces, and misconceptions about what a career in construction looks like.
