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CITB: UK needs to recruit more than 200,000 extra construction workers by 2025
An additional 216,800 construction workers will be needed in the UK by 2025 to meet demand, a report by the CITB concludes.
Exclusive | Ferrovial aims to double UK construction business within five years
Ferrovial has revealed a new strategy to target work in its own right and start to look at smaller projects as part of its aim to double revenues from construction work in the UK within five years.
Bentley makes software available for free to engineering students
Universities around the world have welcomed news that students and educational organisations can now gain free access to Bentley Systems’ infrastructure engineering applications through a new portal launched this week.
Do we need to aim younger to plug the civil engineering skills gap?
Completion of a flood wall in a small Dorset seaside village might be a minor story for most but for me it is another stage in a project that started in the early 1980s – and one that lead me down the path of engineering as a career.
HS2 to identify skills shortages that could hamper project completion
HS2 Ltd will reassess potential skills shortages that may need plugged to ensure the project is completed.
How Africa’s focus on women is helping to plug its engineering skills gap
Engineers are essential to sustainable development. Globally, they play a critical role in driving progress towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which not only have the potential to protect the natural world, but also to spur much needed economic growth, reduce poverty and build resilience in Africa and…
Funding boost for construction skills bootcamps
The West Midlands and Devon are set to benefit from an additional half a million pounds to expand the delivery of successful construction skills bootcamps.
‘Most ambitious’ construction skills plan launched
The Construction Leadership Council has published its sector-wide skills plan for construction, developed by industry leaders.
Crossrail training programme under ‘pressure’ as academy hit by Covid outbreak
A Covid-19 outbreak at Transport for London’s (TfL) Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy has hit Crossrail’s training programme.