Transition from the military to a rewarding career in construction and the built environment

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BuildForce & RLC Boxing Final

 

BuildForce is delighted to announce the final of their 2025 Inter-Corps Boxing competition, hosted by 27 Regiment RLC, to raise awareness of the benefits between sport and wellbeing.

Our unique event includes a champagne reception, 3-course dinner, boxing competition and post-event drinks

Date:          6 March 2025

Location:  St. Omer Barracks, Thornhill Road Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 2BG

Time:          1800   Champagne reception – 0100  Carriages

Dress:         Black tie / Mess dress (with miniatures)

Please click here: info@buildforce.org.uk if you would like to attend.

BuildForce & Industry Career Chats           

We have announced our schedule of Virtual Career Chats we are running throughout 2023. Our next few events include:

  • Health & Safety Career Chat: Balfour Beatty & Wingate – Join us to hear from Veterans who have transitioned into careers in Health & Safety roles, sharing their journey to careers within Balfour Beatty and Wingate Electrical 21st November 2024, 12pm

  • Employer Career Chat: Mott MacDonald Women in Defence – Join us to hear from Mott MacDonald, global engineering, management and development consultancy. This virtual event is aimed at women who are interested in the construction industry on 28th November 2024, 12pm

The full list of events can be found here. Register your interest here: info@buildforce.org.uk, to reserve your place.

Transition from the military to a rewarding career in construction

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 the ex-military partner of the sector’s largest contractors, consultants, SME’s and are the partner championing our ex-military on the UK’s largest infrastructure projects across rail, road, nuclear and defence. Our employer’s cover: construction, homebuilding, infrastructure, logistics, utilities, security, engineering, data centres, digital, defence and facilities management.

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.

 

According to government figures

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 career in construction is accessible to all military ranks and skillsets, and offers immense career satisfaction in a challenging and dynamic sector.

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What makes us different

We have been operating since 2011 and have a successful history in placing our Armed Forces in long term careers in construction
We are a construction initiative, created and run by industry. We know what construction employers are looking for in new recruits
Our size and reach, with our employers, supply chain and industry peers means we are more successful than others at placing the Armed Forces