The Ageing Construction Sector: Modernising the Workforce to Meet Development Targets

The construction sector faces a critical workforce challenge, with a growing shortage of both young and new entrants. The average age of workers in the industry now exceeds 50, highlighting a pressing need for generational renewal.

Without sustained investment in apprenticeship programmes and a concerted effort to shift public perception of careers in construction, the sector risks being unable to meet the demand for new development.

At a time when growth and regeneration are vital to the social housing sector, ensuring a skilled and resilient workforce is essential to delivering planned projects and building the homes our communities urgently need.

• Join us to hear from a scaffolding expert on the importance of new scaffolders for all development projects.
• Hear from speakers on the vital investment needed into apprenticeship schemes.
• Walk away with insight into why the social housing sector urgently needs new construction workers to meet development targets.

Speakers

• Henry Annafi, scaffolder and scaffolding recruitment advocate, Annafi Solutions
• David Parry, senior parliamentary and public affairs officer, CIOB

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