Tag: Retention
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Modern hiring: closing the construction skills gap
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Competency-led, modernised recruitment and selection practices are key to solving construction’s skills crisis. June 2025 marked the launch of the Construction Skills Mission Board (CSMB). The private and public sector partnership body is tasked with the recruitment of 100,000 construction workers a year by the end of Parliament to meet government housebuilding and infrastructure targets. A recent CIOB report has since speculated…
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Industry rallies behind new infrastructure skills plan
Lorraine Gregory, director of CECA Midlands, added: “The Infrastructure Sector Skills Plan represents a vital step forward in tackling the skills challenges our industry faces, and will help to ensure the right people are in the right places to deliver the substantial pipeline of work that exists in the years ahead. View the original article…
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Green skills initiative calls for industry-wide commitment
The City of London Corporation’s Skills for a Sustainable Skyline Taskforce has launched its new industry pledge to help support the recruitment and retention of young and diverse people in ‘green jobs’. The Future Skyline Skills commitment aims to help boost the supply of skilled workers needed to deliver central London’s sustainable infrastructure. The commitment is…
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ECITB sets out strategy to address labour market competition
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The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has published its new strategy, Leading Industry Learning, outlining how it will help to address skills shortages and support industry growth. The five-year plan, from 2026 to 2030, outlines a strategy to develop the skills needed to deliver critical infrastructure across Great Britain. The ECITB forecasts that 40,000 additional…
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Rebuilding the Craft Workforce: Strategies for Retention and Growth
The construction industry has long grappled with the challenge of attracting and retaining skilled craft professionals. Following a significant slowdown in hiring, it’s more important than ever to reexamine how we engage with the people who bring our projects to life. As demand begins to rise again, the workforce isn’t returning at the same pace.…
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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,…
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How Gamification Improves Fleet Safety and Driver Retention in Construction
Safety is non-negotiable in the construction industry. It’s the foundation every project is built on — sometimes quite literally. From the roar of diesel engines to the choreography of heavy equipment moving across tight jobsite quarters, the difference between a smooth workday and a costly incident often comes down to one thing: driver behavior. …
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Silverthorne Fire Station to Open with Snow Retention System
When Summit Fire & EMS in Summit County, Colorado holds the grand opening of Station 10 in Silverthorne on June 4th, there likely won’t be snow on the ground. However, the roof on the new structure is ready for when the seasons change and Summit County experiences its annual yearly average of 264 inches of snowfall.* Installed…
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Creating Snow Retention Plans at Rocky Mountain Snow Guards
It may not be Oz, but it can be just as fascinating. Send your roof plan to Rocky Mountain Snow Guards and almost magically you receive a complete snow retention plan detailing the products and placement that will work best for your roof. Free. Since 2010, the Colorado-based company has completed more than 15,000 snow retention…