ABSTRACT
A major concern in the UK construction industry is skills shortage. This has been blamed for everything from poor workmanship, migrant workers and the high accident rate. Not withstanding the continuing efforts of ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council, in trying to attract more people into construction, it seems the debate will continue. One interesting thing about this is that although the debate goes on year after year, buildings are still going up in the UK (although the recession has slowed this considerably).
