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‘Design Engineer Construct! (DEC) The Digital Built Environment’ is a new qualification that offers teachers and secondary school age children the opportunity to develop a range of skills crucial to successful engagement with technical and professional aspects of construction and the built environment. DEC is an accredited learning programme aimed at encouraging and inspiring the next generation of built environment…

As part of a range of education workshops, Balfour Beatty have developed an education workshop which specifically promotes the use of augmented reality (AR) in construction and includes young people in discussion about how future jobs will be shaped by new and emerging technologies. The workshops use the Balfour Beatty Innovation 2050 video as a basis for discussing what construction…

The project team has partnered with a local school, Carline Learning Centre, which facilitates the education of young people aged between 13 and 17 who have been excluded from, or are no longer in, mainstream education. The school is privately funded and relies on funding from different organisations. The Mountpark Baldonnell site team carry out repair works for the school…

Balfour Beatty has continued to build on the previous innovations achieved through online broadcasting. Early trials in 2015 enabled mass participation through short broadcasts using meeting room technology and site tours via iPads. The Construction LIVE initiative has taken the lessons learned and developed a series of events linking projects, careers and STEM education together to provide a meaningful and…

Redrow Homes decided to engage with several educational establishments to create a bespoke degree focusing on the residential area of construction, which will hopefully result in a much improved industry image. The degree programme has been written collaboratively between Liverpool John Moores University and Coleg Cambria in North Wales, with the programme being delivered at Coleg Cambria in Wrexham. The…

ISG participated at an event located at the Twickenham Stoop Stadium on the 6th of March 2019. Following the success of last year’s World of Work Roadshow, ISG decided to contribute to the day to raise awareness of careers in construction for the younger generation coming through to further education, College BTec courses or A-levels. The careers roadshow is put…

This Berkeley site has been the driving force behind the production of a hit YouTube video based on their involvement in this year’s National Apprenticeship Week. This #NAW2019 themed video aims to inspire any young people potentially considering a career or apprenticeship within the construction industry. The site has been recognised by the Royal Borough of Greenwich as the best…

Open Doors offers members of the public a unique chance to go behind the scenes of live construction sites, offices, factories and training centres across Great Britain. The event helps the public discover how the communities they live in are shaped and constructed by an industry with a diverse range of career paths to offer. Open Doors helps inspire the…

Building People is collaborating with the construction industry to help young people, particularly individuals from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds, access employment and learning opportunities in the construction industry. Building People has launched an excellent online resource called the ‘Search Portal’ to connect young people with career opportunities in construction and to encourage the next generation to consider a career in…

In August 2018, the Scheme launched ‘Spotlight on… the next generation’ to provide information and resources to help tackle the industry’s skills shortage and encourage young people into construction. ‘Spotlight on…the next generation’ delivers practical advice for everyone in the industry to understand the urgent need to encourage young people to consider a career in construction. The learning toolkit includes…

Members of the Multiplex team organised a two day maths challenge at Carlton Primary School in Camden. Staff spent two days with 60 students aged 9 and 10 years old. The team were there to promote the importance of maths in any profession, especially construction. This was delivered in a variety of methods including quizzes, film clips from an Engineer,…

The company has a target to enhance a number of lives each year. One method of enhancing a life can include educating young people about the industry to ensure we have a future pipeline of skills. With the school year coming to a close, we have had a number of young people aged 14-17 participating in work experience and work…

On 15th June, we had three young visitors from Sawston Village College who arrived with Helen Clements, Community Investment Advisor, Morgan Sindall and Harry Lewis, Graduate Design Manager, Morgan Sindall. The three young visitors were on work experience with Morgan Sindall who are trying to encourage interest in the construction industry. We were, and are, happy to work with them…

Making the next generation aware of the different roles within our industry is something Sisk Lagan Joint Venture take very seriously and it became apparent on several visits to local schools that the lack of knowledge as to where the teachers could obtain career information materials was a real problem for them. We ordered boxes of the different career packs…

We have created a mascot teddy bear (Dave) to promote the Construction Industry to younger children. Dave the Bear is used in nurseries and schools (ages 4-8) to engage with the younger pupils. We have a number of presentations on different construction projects including schools, housing and industrial units which include Dave undertaking a number of site activities from attending…