Labour has pledged to deliver 1.5m new homes over the next parliament and ‘get Britain building again’. However, little has been done to address the elephant in the room: the massive skills gap in the construction and wider built environment industry.
So, how does the industry recruit the people needed to deliver the government’s ambitious target? Could AI help rather than hinder progress, as many fear, and what else can be done to ensure the industry not only has the right number of people, but also the right sort of people with the right skills?
These are just some of the questions put to leading industry and DE&I figures during an animated BE News roundtable debate sponsored by RICS and held at its head office on Parliament Square in London. To read the event write-up click here.
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