Welcome to part fourth instalment of this five-part series that details how Yondr BIM manager Steven Adams came to understand COBie.

Construction firms need to recruit and invest in both traditional and new digital skills to harness post-pandemic growth.

The leadership of every construction company needs to take responsibility for the skills crisis, says Dave Stitt.

The UK needs 266,000 extra construction workers by 2026 – the equivalent of 53,200 per year – to meet construction output.

There is no doubt that construction companies are finding it difficult to recruit, needing traditional skills. Why is this, and how are the shortages affecting the sector?

Construction companies need to hire – and train – with tomorrow in mind, says Graham Harle.

Experts in construction and engineering from UK law firm, Womble Bond Dickinson, have called upon employers to wake up to the potential of T levels to support new talent into Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).

Construction played a key role in the fight against covid-19 and its recovery. Now we need to shout louder to ensure future generations take advantage of the great careers the sector has to offer, says Andy Reynolds, chief executive of RLB UK.

Dave Stitt FCIOB explains why the construction superman is a sign of the industry’s weakness of the command-and-control management culture.

A shortage of key skilled trades including bricklayers could last for up to two years unless the government does more to guard against labour constraints.

Northumbria University is set to run government-funded bootcamps to improve digital skills in construction.

A Construction Manager survey indicates there is a huge shortfall in net zero skills training provision across the industry

For construction to deliver on its net zero goals, the skills gap must be addressed. CM asked a range of sustainability experts how the industry should prepare its workforce for the environmental challenges ahead

CLC campaign includes culture focus to make industry more inclusive