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An ambitious new partnership between the government and the construction industry, has been announced by the Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark, in a speech to the Northern Powerhouse Summit in Newcastle.
With almost half of the economy reliant on the built environment and the services it enables, the government is bringing together the construction, manufacturing, energy and digital sectors to deliver innovative approaches that improve productivity
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in construction and accelerate a shift to building safer, healthier and more affordable places to live and learn that use less energy.
The Construction Sector Deal will deliver:
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Smart construction The £ 420 million joint investment aims to transform construction productivity by driving the development of new innovative construction materials and techniques which will speed up building time, reduce disruption and ensure the homes, workplaces and public buildings of the |
future are more energy efficient. The deal will support the development of affordable, easy to construct homes, schools and other buildings which can be quickly and sustainably manufactured offsite, then assembled where and when needed.
Helping families save money
As buildings account for around 30 % of the UK’ s emissions, this Sector Deal will also help put the UK at the forefront of the global clean growth shift towards cleaner, more efficient
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construction. The government’ s Buildings Mission announced by the Prime Minister as part of the Clean Growth Grand Challenge, set the objective of at least halving the energy use of new buildings by 2030.
Future construction skills
As part of the deal, the government will work with the Construction Industry Training Board( CITB) to ensure a strategic focus on future skills needs and increase significantly the number of approved apprenticeships
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standards. With a third of the industry’ s 3 million workers aged over 50, the Construction Sector Deal includes £ 34 million for expanding innovative construction training programmes across the country to up-skill the existing workforce and a commitment to increase the number of apprenticeship starts to 25,000 by 2020. Government will work with industry to prepare for implementation of new construction T Levels by supporting the sector to offer high quality construction industry placements. |
Industrial Strategy
The government’ s modern Industrial Strategy sets out how the government is building an economy fit for the future, and how we will help businesses create better, higher-paying jobs in every part of the UK with investment in skills, industries and infrastructure. Underpinning the strategy are four Grand Challenges reflecting global trends that will shape the future and represent industries where the UK has an edge: artificial intelligence and the data economy; clean growth; healthy ageing; and the future of mobility.
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