Learning difficulties
Ryder, B.
Learning difficulties - 2001 - Building 266(8188) 8 June 2001, 38-41(4) .
Discusses the findings of a new report, "Standardisation and skills: a transnational study of skills, education and training for prefabrication in housing", by the University of Westminster, which reveals that the UK construction industry is the least innovative in Europe and that fragmentation, lack of training and poor investment threaten the Egan reforms. The report finds there are fewer skilled workers, that construction is slower and that efficiency is lower in the UK than in either Germany or Denmark. It also warns that increased emphasis on standardisation and prefabrication does not compensate for a poorly trained workforce. Tables, diagrams, graphs.
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
DENMARK
EFFICIENCY
EUROPE
GERMANY
NETHERLANDS
SKILLS
CAREERS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
WORKFORCE
Learning difficulties - 2001 - Building 266(8188) 8 June 2001, 38-41(4) .
Discusses the findings of a new report, "Standardisation and skills: a transnational study of skills, education and training for prefabrication in housing", by the University of Westminster, which reveals that the UK construction industry is the least innovative in Europe and that fragmentation, lack of training and poor investment threaten the Egan reforms. The report finds there are fewer skilled workers, that construction is slower and that efficiency is lower in the UK than in either Germany or Denmark. It also warns that increased emphasis on standardisation and prefabrication does not compensate for a poorly trained workforce. Tables, diagrams, graphs.
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
DENMARK
EFFICIENCY
EUROPE
GERMANY
NETHERLANDS
SKILLS
CAREERS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
WORKFORCE