Construction must ‘change and rethink’ workforce strategy, CITB says

Nothing changes. For years (decades )CITB has been reporting ‘we need xxxx more brikies, yyyy more chippies, etc etc. They are not there; they haven’t been; they won’t be. Construction ‘activity’ is up and down, whether or not we use the expression ‘economic regulator’ or not- it reflects many factors- changing needs, wants, costs, availabilities, Trump, etc. Agility, multiskilling, openness to change, maybe more standardisation, prefabrication, simplification, seeing things differently, fewer people, more longer-term employment and commitment? How about some ‘thought leadership’, ‘the ear of government’, radicalism? Just sayin’ ….

Brian Wood FCIOB Retd June 17, 2025 at 11:37