Building Better Construction Training Facilities From the Ground Up
The instructor was explaining load-bearing calculations to a room of construction apprentices at Simply Learning’s Jarrow facility. Half the class squinted at the washed-out projector image. The…
This £430K Investment Reveals Construction’s Demographic Crisis
CITB allocated £430,000 to fix timber construction’s skills crisis. The real question is whether training can outpace retirement.I’m looking at the numbers behind this funding announcement, and they…
They Need Workers But Keep Locking Them Out
The UK construction sector needs one million additional workers by 2032. Salford alone had 370 NEET young people in 2024.I started investigating why the gap persists. What I found wasn’t a skills…
Construction’s Net Zero Problem Just Got a Reality Check
I’ve watched developers slap “net zero” on everything from garden sheds to skyscrapers. The term has become construction industry wallpaper—everywhere, meaning nothing.I’ve tracked net zero…
Construction Training Compliance Is Now a Market Access Requirement
I’ve watched three mid-sized contractors lose tenders worth over £2M in the past six months. Same reason every time: missing PASMA certification.Most construction firms don’t realize their coverage…
Inside the Education Model Fixing Construction’s Skills Crisis
I started looking into the UK construction industry’s 140,000 unfilled vacancies expecting the usual workforce shortage story. What I found was worse. By 2032, that gap hits nearly 1 million workers. The workforce is aging out faster than young talent enters. 35% of construction workers are over 50. Only 20% are under 30. Then I came across […]
The UK Just Launched V Levels While Construction Loses 70,000 Workers Yearly
The UK is losing construction workers faster than it can train them.The numbers tell a brutal story. The industry has been losing 70,000 workers annually over the past five years. Apprenticeship…
This Recycling Model Cuts Reoffending By 81 Percent
Mark spent twenty years cycling through prison cells. Now he sorts construction waste for a living.I traced his journey from prison cleaning to full-time employment at Recycling Lives Services (RLS)….
Construction’s Competence Crisis Just Got a Training Response
Someone else was responsible. That’s what contractors assumed at Grenfell.The inquiry exposed faulty cladding.It revealed something worse: a competence crisis. A shortage of fire engineers who…
Construction’s Hidden Education Crisis Just Exploded
The construction sector is breaking.The data reveals a crisis deeper than the skills shortage everyone talks about. The numbers tell a story most people in construction education miss.The Crisis…