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We are working to understand the capacity of the New Zealand construction market to maintain our infrastructure assets and deliver our infrastructure projects. This understanding will help to inform and improve coordination, planning, and project delivery within and across our regions, infrastructure sectors, and within our construction markets. It can also assist industry in making decisions on worker training and retention.

2023 North Island Weather Events recovery workforce projections

To support regions and infrastructure providers affected by the 2023 North Island Weather Events (NIWE) in their planning efforts, we are producing projections that estimate the construction workforce that might be needed to deliver potential recovery projects, such as the repair or replacement of damaged public assets including roading, water and energy infrastructure.

The modelling that drives the workforce projections will also be used to enhance the National Infrastructure Pipeline. The projections will increase understanding of market capacity and inform and support ongoing coordination between infrastructure providers to make decisions on investment, prioritisation, and timing of projects; and those in the construction sector investing in delivery capability and capacity, including developing the workforce.

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We have developed an interactive tool that shows these workforce projections. This tool is available to users who have registered to access our insights platform. To register, access the insights platform through the link below and use the 'Sign in' button on the top right of the page. A window will appear asking for you to sign in. Create an account by using the 'Sign up now' link under the large 'Sign in' button in this window. Follow the instructions to create an account. You will only need to do this the first time you access the tool. When registered, you'll be able to use your login details to sign into our suite of analytics tools.

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How will the recovery workforce projections be used?

The projections can be used by those leading recovery in affected regions to help prioritise and coordinate their projects to make the best use of the available workforce. It can also help the construction industry in their planning, giving them an indication of the numbers of workers they may need in different locations as well as the timing for when demands may be highest.

At the same time, by highlighting where there are areas of high need, the projections can be a useful tool for those working to reduce our workforce demand challenges.

How are the projections developed?

Te Waihanga has worked in partnership with affected regions and infrastructure providers to collect a range of information about anticipated projects to then estimate the number of people who will need to be involved, the main skills needed and the timing of these needs. This information is shared with those who submitted the anticipated projects to continually review and help update their information as the situation changes.

How accurate are the projections?

The projections are estimates based on the size, type and timing of anticipated recovery projects provided to Te Waihanga. Many projects may change or not proceed as submitted. The projections are best used for high level insights into workforce requirements and timing of this demand. The projections will evolve as the recovery develops and decisions around anticipated projects are made. The projections will be continually updated as more information about recovery projects becomes available.

Do we have enough people for the recovery?

There is a significant need for workforce in both the recovery and our wider infrastructure industry. These projections can help infrastructure providers plan and prioritise the work ensuring we do the most important projects first within limited workforce capacity. The projections can be used to understand how to schedule and coordinate projects from across the infrastructure system so there are not competing demands for workers and support services like accommodation. At the same time, they can help the education, training, and the construction industry in their planning, showing them opportunities to invest in developing capacity.

MBIE and other government agencies are working with the impacted regions and their local communities to address any issues that may arise with supplying and housing the required workforce.

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The production of these recovery construction workforce projections has been achieved with the support of the Construction Sector Accord. We are also working with Waihanga Ara Rau (the Workforce Development Council for Construction and Infrastructure), which is also providing recovery workforce insights for residential construction on their Workforce Information Platform.