Managing The Resource Gap

Effective resourcing of projects with people, facilities, materials and funding is an essential cornerstone of the major projects industry. The seminar presented a consolidated view of the predicted workload in the UK, showing projected demands and capacities across selected market sectors and regions through to 2011 and beyond. Forecasts were framed within an overview of the country’s economic outlook and the effect of globalisation.

Following a discussion of the forecasts, speakers from different market sectors presented their views of the predicted gap in resources and the challenges that exist to ensure that adequate capacity will exist when required. In particular, suggestions were advanced on how the human resource pool could be improved.