The proof of concept 'connecting people to opportunities' platform is presented to a packed audience - and to great acclaim - at UK Construction Week.
On the 9th October at the high-profile industry event, UK Construction Week, Building
People demonstrated its proof of concept platform, designed to enable employment and skills providers (supply) to more efficiently and
effectively connect people to relevant industry opportunities (demand). The
Building People platform will act as a marketplace to aggregate existing
organisations, companies, initiatives and activities with
people looking for opportunities to explore,
join or
continue in the Built Environment.
Rebecca
Lovelace, Founder and Chief Dot-Joiner at Building People, said, “Twenty years
of working in construction and getting frustrated at the lack of connectivity
between supply and demand, and the real lack of a collaborative framework to
join together all the possibilities that we are so good at creating, led me to
create Building People.
“We’ve reached two major milestones – the release of our free
search portal, listing over 950 organisations/initiatives operating in the
work/learning/support space in the built environment, and the demonstration of
our proof of concept matching platform, connecting young people to
opportunities in surveying. We’re working together to join the dots across
industry.”
Building
People demonstrated the search portal and
the proof of concept platform it has created
to host the Chartered Surveyors Training Trust’s (CSTT) schools
programme, made possible by the support of its founding partners (The
Chartered Surveyors’ Company, CSTT and University College of Estate Management
(UCEM)). Guests from organisations
and institutions attending the
launch at UK Construction Week (in
Birmingham’s NEC), heard from a panel of
Building People supporters:
Mark Farmer (CEO Cast); Gillian Charlesworth (CEO BRE); David Frise
(CEO BESA); and Bola Abisogun (CEO DiverseCity
Surveyors), chaired by Ashley Wheaton
(Principal UCEM). During workshops that followed the presentations the audience
was able to add comments, suggestions and ideas to the Building People goals:
To
create one place that brings
together the many disparate skills and employment initiatives across the built
environment.
To
drive traffic to what already
exists, adding value and amplifying voices.
To
connect people to work, learning and
to support opportunities via existing providers, reporting on the social value that these activities generate.
Rebecca
Lovelace concluded the
launch with the challenge to the sector:
“You’ve
seen how the Building People ecosystem supports and amplifies the reach of one
provider, CSTT; we are now looking for
the next 20 partners. Are you Building People?”