CITB\u2019s<\/a> chief executive Sarah Beale said: \u201cWhile we are forecasting slower growth for our industry than we were last year, employers will still be creating tens of thousands of new jobs.<\/p>\n\u201cWe will be working with employers to attract new talent into our industry and to train them for rewarding careers in the sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we have factored Brexit into this forecast, there remain many unknowns to life after leaving the EU. We will be working with our industry to understand what it means for our migrant workforce and what we must do to attract and grow more of our own.\u201d<\/p>\n
Infrastructure projects hold the key<\/h3>\n
The CITB said it expects the sector to see growth during the period, but warned this would be reliant on large planned infrastructure projects going ahead and not experiencing any delays. If HS2, and the Hinkley Point C and Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plants go ahead these projects will make up 45 per cent of construction growth.<\/p>\n
The report stated: \u201cAll predictions for the construction sector are made against a backdrop of ongoing political and economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe impact on the construction pipeline of Britain\u2019s vote to leave the European Union is one of the most significant unknowns.<\/p>\n
It added: \u201cAs wider economic turbulence can affect many parts of construction, the commitment to infrastructure is helpful to the forecast.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, with output growth so reliant on these major projects, any shifting of the goalposts on, for example HS2 or nuclear new build could be felt throughout the industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf, for example, Hinkley was taken out of the pipeline, total construction output for 2021 would be 0.8 per cent lower than currently predicted. And the reliance on large infrastructure projects means that forecasts, particularly those made over the longer term, are less balanced than in the past.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, the changing of the guard at the top of government in the UK has, so far, not affected its commitment to the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan. The government is still pledged to invest over \u00a3100 billion in infrastructure by 2021.”<\/p>\n
Regional construction growth<\/h3>\n
The construction sector in Wales will grow by 6.2 per cent a year due to work starting on Wyfla and the M4 upgrade. This figure is more than three times the national average.<\/p>\n
England will also experience a good level of growth, with the capital increasing 2.4 per cent per year. The other regions across the country will also see a rise, with the South West forecast to grow 3.1 per cent, the North West 2.5 per cent, the South East 2.2 per cent, and the West Midlands by 1.3 per cent. Only the North East is expected to fall by -0.1 per cent.<\/p>\n
However, Scotland is estimated to suffer a contraction in growth of 0.4 per cent. This is due to a number of major projects completing during this period.<\/p>\n
The report said: \u201cProfitability remains a concern, with the volatility of material and labour costs squeezing margins.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation is not helped by deteriorating levels of productivity, and there is also the prospect of a potential gap in the labour market resulting from any changes to immigration policy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Defying economic headwinds\u2019<\/h3>\n
CITB director of policy Steve Radley said: \u201cWe expect construction to keep defying the economic headwinds, with almost half of its growth coming from Hinkley, HS2 and Wylfa and other infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese huge projects give our industry a great chance to seize the initiative on skills and start investing in the next generation and upskilling the current one. So it\u2019s vital that we don\u2019t throw this opportunity away by allowing these projects to slip or get squeezed together and worsen the pressure on key skills.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The CITB has forecast growth in the construction sector will be reliant on the raft of planned infrastructure projects in the pipeline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":[304],"tags":[624,676,661],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-citb","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-hr"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Infrastructure projects hold the key to construction growth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The CITB has forecast growth in the construction sector will be reliant on the raft of planned infrastructure projects in the pipeline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Infrastructure projects hold the key to construction growth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The CITB has forecast growth in the construction sector will be reliant on the raft of planned infrastructure projects in the pipeline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-08T10:38:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dreamstime_s_67435661-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lisa Carnwell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lisa Carnwell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38\"},\"headline\":\"Infrastructure projects hold the key to construction growth\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-08T10:38:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/\"},\"wordCount\":712,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"CITB\",\"Construction Processes\",\"HR\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Planning & Construction News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2017\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/\",\"name\":\"Infrastructure projects hold the key to construction growth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-08T10:38:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"The CITB has forecast growth in the construction sector will be reliant on the raft of planned infrastructure projects in the pipeline\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Infrastructure projects hold the key to construction growth\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38\",\"name\":\"Lisa Carnwell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lisa Carnwell\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/lisa-carnwell\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Infrastructure projects hold the key to construction growth","description":"The CITB has forecast growth in the construction sector will be reliant on the raft of planned infrastructure projects in the pipeline","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Infrastructure projects hold the key to construction growth","og_description":"The CITB has forecast growth in the construction sector will be reliant on the raft of planned infrastructure projects in the pipeline","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2017-02-08T10:38:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dreamstime_s_67435661-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lisa Carnwell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/"},"author":{"name":"Lisa Carnwell","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38"},"headline":"Infrastructure projects hold the key to construction growth","datePublished":"2017-02-08T10:38:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/"},"wordCount":712,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["CITB","Construction Processes","HR"],"articleSection":["Planning & Construction News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2017","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/","name":"Infrastructure projects hold the key to construction growth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-02-08T10:38:07+00:00","description":"The CITB has forecast growth in the construction sector will be reliant on the raft of planned infrastructure projects in the pipeline","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/infrastructure-projects-construction-growth\/30701\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Infrastructure projects hold the key to construction growth"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38","name":"Lisa Carnwell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lisa Carnwell"},"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/lisa-carnwell\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-22 19:20:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30701"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=30701"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=30701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}