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Balfour Beatty has released their paper<\/a>\u00a0“Transforming infrastructure: Skills for the UK\u2019s megaprojects”, which sets out how the construction industry and Government can bridge the significant skills shortage the sector is currently facing<\/h2>\n

“Transforming infrastructure: Skills for the UK\u2019s megaprojects” discusses\u00a0the delivery of the current pipeline of mega infrastructure industry projects.<\/p>\n

With the construction and infrastructure industry rapidly scaling up for some of the most ambitious schemes in the UK\u2019s history, a 20-25% decline is predicted in the workforce within a decade.<\/p>\n

In its paper, Balfour Beatty outlines 11 key points and recommendations to help address this critical issue which include ensuring that the immigration system and the Apprenticeship Levy are fit for purpose, increasing productivity through offsite and modular building and improving the infrastructure industry<\/a> coordination and diversity while enabling workers to move between schemes.<\/p>\n

Dean Banks, chief executive officer of Balfour Beatty\u2019s UK Construction Services business, said: \u201cThe serious skills shortage our industry is currently experiencing is putting the delivery of critical infrastructure schemes at risk; driving increased wage costs and project delays.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the industry is to attract a future workforce of engineers, construction workers and new entrants, industry and Government must increase productivity whilst simultaneously improving diversity to represent the communities in which we operate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full \u201cTransforming infrastructure: Skills for the UK\u2019s megaprojects\u201d report here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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