Construction

Construction is the process of creating and building infrastructure such as roads, bridges and railways or a facility such as a home, hospital or school. Construction starts with planning, design, and financing and continues until the project is built and ready for use. Normally, the job is managed by a project manager, and supervised by a construction manager, design engineer, construction engineer or project architect. Craft trades people such as bricklayers and joiners are essential to the construction sector.

It includes new work, repair, additions and alterations, the erection of prefabricated buildings or structures on the site and also construction of a temporary nature.

Number of people in employment within this sector


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This accounts for

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of employment within all districs


Percentage of people employed within this industry by district.

Cambridge

East Cambridgeshire

Fenland

Huntingdonshire

Peterborough

South Cambridgeshire

Source: Business Register and Employment Survey 2019

Vacancies within this sector

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Cambridge

Job Postings

Cambridge

Percentage of all industries