CIF: Government needs to spend on capital projects
The Construction Industry Federation is warning of further job losses in the sector, if the government continues to cut capital spending.
The CIF says the industry is on its knees and cutting capital construction projects such as new schools and hospitals is having a crippling effect.
At a conference today the group will call on the government to invest in the sector for economic growth.
Tom Parlon Director General with the CIF says spending is needed to revive the sector: "A thriving economy needs a healthy construction industry.
"We need to be able to give jobs to the vast amount of young people that are unemployed who may not have the skills to work in IT and the pharmaceutical industry but certainly have skills to work in construction.
"If the economy is to grow we have to have some economic activity and means the government have to spend on some capital projects."
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