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Digital leaders: taking action on construction’s digital future (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Productivity and new ways of working, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
National Federation of Builders
Amount awarded:
£103,767
Project summary:

The project will deliver digital change in construction companies by upskilling leaders by developing three leadership training programmes that adopt an action learning approach. 
This method delivers change through achievable cycles of learn / test / do / review that allow leaders to undertake gradual stages of digital adoption, learn through the process but also taking practical steps to digitalise during the training. These programmes will increase adaptive capability and approaches to unlock and exploit digital opportunities within the sector.

Each training programme is proposed to be accredited with ILM at L3 (team level); L5 (departmental level); L7 (organisational level). The project aims to ensure training is eligible for grant funding as an exit strategy. 48 construction companies will each put two leaders through the programme. This will help to unlock digital change at strategic and operational levels of a business.

After the project participating employers will have taken measurable steps to digitalisation. The qualifications will be available for industry to access and benefit from. NFB will follow process to ensure they are eligible for grant funding.

Building Mental Health MHFA Instructors CPD Awareness Training
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
Laing O Rourke
Amount awarded:
£105,400
Project summary:

This project will allow the 288 Instructors trained through the Building Mental Health MHFA Instructor Training Programme currently funded by CITB to attend CPD Mental Health Awareness training with MHFA England.

It will allow the instructors to deliver the full suite of mental health training within their organisations/subcontractors to maximise their effectiveness.

Digital leaders: taking action on construction’s digital future (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, Leadership and management
Project lead:
National Federation of Builders
Amount awarded:
£103,767
Project summary:

The project will deliver digital change in construction companies by upskilling leaders by developing three leadership training programmes that adopt an action learning approach.

This method delivers change through achievable cycles of learn / test / do / review that allow leaders to undertake gradual stages of digital adoption, learn through the process but also taking practical steps to digitalise during the training. These programmes will increase adaptive capability and approaches to unlock and exploit digital opportunities within the sector.

Each training programme is proposed to be accredited with ILM at L3 (team level); L5 (departmental level); L7 (organisational level). The project aims to ensure training is eligible for grant funding as an exit strategy. 48 construction companies will each put two leaders through the programme. This will help to unlock digital change at strategic and operational levels of a business.

After the project participating employers will have taken measurable steps to digitalisation. The qualifications will be available for industry to access and benefit from. NFB will follow process to ensure they are eligible for grant funding.

BeResilient
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
National Federation of Builders
Amount awarded:
£145,401
Project summary:

This project will increase awareness and understanding amongst small employers of the importance of organisational resilience; develop the skills and capacity to implement it with five employers and develop an approach, which enables the effective implementation of organisational resilience across the sector, which can be sustained beyond the life of this project. 

The project will develop learning materials and toolkits to BS6500 standards, and pilot these in the sector.

After the project, the gap analysis tool will be freely available for organisations to map their resilience and identify training tools to address the gaps.  The project will have piloted organisations adopting the 'BeResilient' framework and will share its learning on best practice in doing so.

Tackling the Gender Pay Gap – Progression for Women in Construction
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Leadership and management
Project lead:
BAM Nuttall
Amount awarded:
£122,569
Project summary:

The 2018 Gender Pay Gap reports for Construction showed that women earn 21.8% less than men on average. Women into Construction will work with Bam Nutall, Bouygues, Ardmore Construction, other Tier 1 construction companies and their supply chains to identify barriers, challenge employers’ working practices, behaviours and cultural norms.

WiC will deliver advice and guidance, training and mentoring to support low-paid female construction workers progress into better paid, more secure employment in the future

Think differently
Funding theme:

Careers

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support
Project lead:
Mitie Property Services
Amount awarded:
£482,967
Project summary:

The project will support 60 disabled adults across Scotland and England into employment in the construction industry through a programme of mentoring, structured training and work experience programme

Construction Collaborative Leadership Framework
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, Leadership and management, New qualifications and courses, Careers and recruitment
Project lead:
Scottish Building Federation
Amount awarded:
£120,840
Project summary:

The project will deliver a radical approach to collaborative leadership based on existing and emerging global best practice models fit for this connected and potentially disruptive world. It will collaborate with key stakeholders to develop joint solutions on skills gaps, industry and societal challenges. The collaboration will result in a framework aligned to the challenges and opportunities facing the industry and its position in the wider society.

Digital Leadership for the Construction Supply Chains (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
Leeds Beckett University
Amount awarded:
£115,171
Project summary:

The project will deliver digital leadership change through establishing a hub and spoke supply chain model. It will set the contractor as the hub and the supply chain as the spokes, and use this infrastructure to influence and upskill supply chain leaders.

The project will conduct digital audits of participating organisations, develop case studies and use them to create online and F2F training material for best-practice digital leadership which will be delivered training through the hub and spoke model to leaders in participating contractors’ supply chain organisations.

After the project, participating employers will have taken measurable steps to digitalisation. An online portal will be created that will house the case studies, training content and any lessons learned from the hub and spoke approach. This content will enable other supply chains to deliver the same leadership change programme.