Newett welcomes first apprentices: bricklaying capacity signals for UK housing projects
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Housebuilder Newett Homes has taken on its first four apprentice bricklayers from Barnsley College, who will split their training between college workshops and live housing sites. The programme is being delivered in partnership with Bond Brickwork, Clover Brickwork, and Matthews and Robinson Construction, giving apprentices exposure to different site management practices and masonry details. For contractors and consultants, this signals a modest but concrete move to bolster bricklaying capacity on residential schemes amid ongoing labour shortages in UK housebuilding.
Technical Brief
- Exposure to multiple subcontractors gives apprentices varied experience of cavity wall details and damp-proofing practices.
- On-site training is expected to cover setting out, line and level control, and mortar joint consistency.
- Contractors gain a controlled route to embed company-specific quality standards into early-career bricklayers.
- For residential schemes, such structured pipelines marginally de-risk programme delays linked to bricklaying resource gaps.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
