{"id":155803,"date":"2025-10-06T14:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=155803"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:05:37","slug":"actis-welcomes-call-for-skill-baby-skill-to-support-build-baby-build-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/actis-welcomes-call-for-skill-baby-skill-to-support-build-baby-build-initiative\/155803\/","title":{"rendered":"Actis welcomes call for \u2018skill, baby, skill\u2019 to support \u2018build, baby, build\u2019 initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Insulation specialist Actis has backed a warning by the NHBC that \u2018skill, baby, skill\u2019 is required for the government to achieve its target to \u2018build, baby, build\u2019 1.5 million homes by 2029<\/h2>\n<p>The call, by NHBC chief operating officer David Campbell at a construction reception at the Labour party conference, stressed that a significant expansion of the housebuilding workforce was vital to enable it to hit its ambitious target.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest warning from industry bodies, which also include Checkatrade and the Association of Project Managers, that strong investment and sustained action are required to bridge the construction industry skills gap.<\/p>\n<p>David Campbell said that merely to meet current demand, before even considering upping housebuilding volumes, would require an additional 250,000 construction workers by 2028.<\/p>\n<h3>Creating the skilled workforce necessary to deliver much-needed new home<\/h3>\n<p>Actis UK and Ireland sales director Mark Cooper agrees that encouraging more people to choose a career in construction is vital if such a target is to be achieved.<\/p>\n<p>The company is playing its part by upskilling existing professionals via its RIBA-approved CPD training courses and interesting young people in the industry through school and college outreach sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Mark adds that at the other end of the process the housebuilding industry must also embrace speedier construction methods to help compensate for a smaller than needed workforce.<\/p>\n<p>That means more offsite construction, which can be around 30% faster than traditional brick and block, thus increasing output capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur <a href=\"http:\/\/hybrid.insulation-actis.com\/hybrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hybrid insulation systems<\/a> are used in many of these modular homes. As the products can be installed by less experienced members of the construction team, this frees up the longer serving colleagues to carry out some of the more skilled tasks,\u201d explained Mark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs they are factory built, such homes are also known to deliver more consistent quality and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/building-for-net-zero-meeting-the-future-homes-standard-with-fabric-efficiency\/154429\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more effective thermal efficiency<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He welcomes the widening of NHBC\u2019s apprenticeship training network and \u00a3100m investment in 12 new multi-skill training hubs across the UK, each of which will train 3,000 new apprentices each year, initially in the most needed trades.<\/p>\n<p>And he echoed David Campbell\u2019s support of government initiatives such as its \u00a3625m investment in construction skills, the creation of the Construction Skills Mission Board and the \u00a33bn apprenticeship budget.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insulation specialist Actis has backed a warning by the NHBC that \u2018skill, baby, skill\u2019 is required for the government to achieve its target to \u2018build, baby, build\u2019 1.5 million homes by 2029. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":155804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[464,172727,571,592,660],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-155803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hr-skills-news","8":"tag-contributor-profile","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-housing-crisis","11":"tag-skills","12":"tag-skills-shortage"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Actis welcomes call for \u2018skill, baby, skill\u2019 to support \u2018build, baby, build\u2019 initiative | Planning, Building &amp; 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