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Building at Risk: Labour Shortages Hit Both Trades and Commercial Teams in Irish Construction says ProcurePro
Labour shortages extend beyond skilled trades, affecting vital procurement and commercial roles such as Quantity Surveyors and Contract Managers, who are critical for cost control, tendering to engage the supply chain, and project management. These skills gaps are impacting project timelines, budgets, and overall productivity.
Irish contractor Purcell has become the first in the country to tackle this challenge head-on by adopting digital procurement platform, ProcurePro. Outdated manual procurement processes consume significant time and resources - for a main contractor, this can amount to upwards of 40 hours per trade, across an average of 30 trades per project and 15 projects per year, exacerbating labour pressures and driving up costs. An average contractor will spend 15,000+ hours each year procuring subcontractors - a critical, but highly administrative process.
ProcurePro has saved the construction sector over 300 work years in administrative time globally, equating to approximately €15 million in labour costs saved - funds that can instead be invested in project delivery and workforce development.
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Alastair Blenkin , CEO of ProcurePro.
As labour shortages persist, the focus is shifting from simply hiring more workers to working smarter. Digital procurement tools are increasingly essential for maintaining project momentum, improving efficiency, and safeguarding outcomes in a challenging labour market.
ProcurePro is The Procurement Software for the Construction Industry, helping Head Contractors compare, select, approve and contract Subcontractors on a single platform.
Procurement is mission-critical to the success of a project, but current methods are inefficient and expensive. ProcurePro solves this by transforming the procurement process enabling consistency, early risk identification and enhancing project profitability - double the quality while saving more than 50% of time spent procuring.
Alastair Blenkin is the Founder & CEO of Australian Construction-Technology company, ProcurePro. His passion for building technology to transform industries was catalysed in the legal sector.
A former top-tier lawyer at MinterEllison, Alastair has experienced first-hand how inefficiencies cost businesses millions of dollars, with commercial construction being a stand-out. This fueled Alastair's passion for using technology to streamline processes and drive value for businesses of all sizes.
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