Building for Life

You only have to visit some of the major towns in Sussex to realise growth and investment is rife. There are cranes on mass throughout Sussex and it’s a pleasing skyline to behold!

After many years of witnessing tired and dated buildings, hoarded up spaces and a general state of decay, times are changing and the County has never been busier.

We at The Shore Group have been preparing for this explosion and find ourselves working on arguably the most important projects, whilst we are proud of these achievements it doesn’t come without concerns and obstacles. The biggest being the lack of skilled labour, there does seem to be a generation gap of tradesmen within Sussex. We could all argue about the reasons behind this, but I feel the lack of investment to Construction and Infrastructure over the last decade and the growth of I.T meant we lost many school leavers to Information Technology and we are now all feeling the effects of this. Our commitment to up-skilling our workforce has been positive and encouraged workers across from competitors. Our belief is, if we don’t act, we simply can’t deliver on the largest of scales.

The investment throughout Sussex is much varied, from a new Hospital in Brighton to a shopping complex in Eastbourne. It is noticeable the strategy behind these projects will give the County the kerb appeal it was starting to lose. We have high property prices without having the experience other large Cities can give but once these projects are completed we will have the ammunition to compete on a national scale.

Let’s have a look what these projects offer the County.