Bluebird Featured in The Australian - Builders hammered by skilled labour squeeze.
A lack of skilled workers has contributed to pushing up build costs in the heated construction environment as two years of stalled migration starts to weigh heavily on the industry.
Brisbane-based project management consultancy Bluebird has benefited from large development companies struggling to source staff, with many turning to their Outsourced Model to get work done.
Bluebird co-founders Claire O’Rourke and Riye Arai-Coupe said the combination of significant limitations in talent, and a highly competitive and more transient labour market is causing real workforce pressures, with workers being lured away by competitive salaries.
“The property market has been in recovery mode for a while now, but one of the effects of the high levels of demand has been a shortage of labour supply to deliver the projects,” Ms O’Rourke said.
“The boom in construction activity and unemployment at 4 per cent, it’s hard to find good people and companies are spending months trying to fill vacant roles. So, we are seeing a trend towards outsourcing jobs to external companies, like our company Bluebird, who can fill the short-term resource gap.”
Ms Arai-Coupe added: “We find our clients are much more efficient as well – through outsourcing they are able to leverage more time and expertise and can better focus on their core business interests.”
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