Transition from the military to a rewarding career in construction and the built environment
Unique to BuildForce, we have the opportunity to take our ex-military community on this immersive experience offering a rare look inside the £250m relocation of ‘Project Goat’ from Canary Wharf to the heart of the City of London; one of the most ambitious commercial fit-outs in the UK.
During this site visit you will meet the Overbury delivery team leading the transformation and engage with specialist trade contractors and consultants across disciplines. Discover how over 500+ operatives are coordinated across the project and gain real-world insight into how complex, high-stakes environments are managed.
Email: pa@buildforce.org.uk to reserve your place.
We have announced our schedule of Virtual Career Chats we are running throughout 2025. Our next event to hear more from Veterans in the construction industry, our employers and our projects.
Our next Virtual Career chats is:
The full list of events can be found here. Register your interest here: info@buildforce.org.uk, to reserve your place and to engage direct with our employers and the roles available in the construction industry.
As the original pioneers, BuildForce is the construction industry’s largest and most successful nationwide career programme supporting thousands of our ex-military community, into long-term trade and professional careers within the construction industry and wider built environment. We are a community interest company and are completely free of charge to our whole ex-military community, self delivering this award-winning service.
We are the ex-military partner for the largest consultants, contractors and our trade contractors, including the ex-military partner on the UK’s largest infrastructure projects across rail, road, nuclear and defence. The sectors which sit within construction include: homebuilding, infrastructure, logistics, utilities, security, engineering, data centres, digital, defence, renewables, power, energy and facilities management, to name but a few.
BuildForce is nationwide and offers a compliment of services focused on pre-employment, employment, education, mental health and after-care, to support our Service Leavers, Veterans, Reservists and military families, as they transition from their military career to a construction civilian career.
An extra 225,000 construction workers may be needed by 2027, according to the latest Construction Skills Network (CSN) report.
All nine English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to experience growth.
There will be 2.67 million workers in construction industry by 2027 if projected growth is met.
A professional and trade career in construction is accessible to all military ranks and skillsets, and offers immense career satisfaction in a challenging and dynamic sector.