We all have answers to the skills crisis, so let’s share them

By Chloë McCulloch2025-02-12T07:00:00

Attracting and retaining talent is one of construction’s biggest headaches, but good employers are finding new ways to stand out – are there wider lessons for the sector?

Skills shortages in construction feel like one of those problems the industry is always grappling with but never manages to fix.

And in truth, it is fiendishly complex. After all, construction is not one homogenous sector requiring one set of skills. It is a wide-ranging industry covering all sorts of disciplines that are constantly evolving, even more so now with the ever-quickening pace of digital change. There has never been and probably never will be a silver bullet that would solve the skills shortages.

Anyone who read Mark Farmer’s 211-page report last month into the industry training boards (ITBs) for construction and engineering will know that he made a total of 63 recommendations to overhaul the skills system.

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