Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion
Ms Lisa Rocca:
As a side issue, I have a view on this in the context of professionals who work with me. For example, a quantity surveyor who works with us now came from an electrical background. People are better placed if they have the industry experience. Development construction is a volatile market. Perhaps we could introduce into the education programme a year to get on-site training, even for architects who come out with their professional qualification and then go into the industry. It could be a more fused education to remove that stigma of going into the profession and being a professional or one is going to work on-site. It is a real opportunity. Most people who get into development or construction usually come from that background. My father was in the tile business, and then I got into development just from exposure. I spent my weekends doing a lot of hands-on work as well. It is to bring that in further and that is it not just either one is a professional or one is on-site. It is not glamorous but more neutral to whatever way one wishes to go.
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