Solving Housebuilding Temporary Labour Challenges
During peak construction phases, finding and managing a flexible workforce of tradespeople is a major challenge in the housebuilding industry. The administrative burden of working with multiple recruitment agencies can lead to costly delays and staffing headaches. This disjointed approach often results in a lack of control over your spending and a high risk of delays that can derail your entire project.
A Smarter Way To Manage Your Workforce
Imagine having one partner who handles all of your temporary labour needs, ensuring you can quickly and efficiently access the people you need, such as Forklift Truck Drivers, Banksmen, and Labourers. This is the core benefit of a neutral vendor solution. Instead of you juggling multiple contracts and relationships, the service acts as your single point of contact. Because it's an impartial third party, it focuses only on finding you the best talent from a wide network of agencies at the most competitive rates. This approach simplifies a complex process, freeing you up to concentrate on what you do best: building homes.
The Benefits For You
By using a neutral vendor solution, you gain a streamlined, more efficient way to manage your temporary workforce. Here’s what this means for your business:
- You can simplify your hiring process: The administrative burden of managing multiple agencies is taken off your shoulders. All the communication, paperwork, and coordination are handled for you, so you can focus on the building process itself.
- You can reduce your costs: With a centralised approach, you get better control over your labour costs and spending. You gain full visibility into where your money is going and can make smarter decisions to help cut your overall expenditure.
- You can mitigate risk: The service ensures that all temporary staff meet employment and certification requirements, helping to prevent costly delays and legal issues. This peace of mind allows you to focus on your project without worrying about compliance.
- You can stay on schedule: Access to a reliable supply of skilled labour and real-time data helps you keep your projects on track. You’ll be able to ensure every worker is used effectively, preventing idle time and keeping production high.
This approach provides a reliable, cost effective, and efficient way to manage your temporary workforce, ensuring you have the people you need to stay on time and on budget.
Datum work with some of the UK’s largest housebuilders.
The challenges that housebuilders in face in relation to agency labour are as follows;
- Multiple locations
- Reliance on local agencies
- Challenging geographies
- Lack of control over hours worked and costs
- Lack of consistency on standard of workers
- Late invoicing and lack of management information
Our clients in this sector include;
Datum work with some of the UK’s largest housebuilders.
The challenges that housebuilders in face in relation to agency labour are as follows:
- Multiple locations
- Reliance on local agencies
- Challenging geographies
- Lack of control over hours worked and costs
- Lack of consistency on standard of workers
- Late invoicing and lack of management information
Our clients in this sector include;

Redrow Case Study
Redrow is a prominent and large-scale house builder committed to enhancing people'’s quality of life. With a legacy spanning almost five decades, they have crafted top-tier homes and communities, exceeding 100,000 homes constructed nationwide.
The extensive utilisation of agency workers is a core component of Redrow'’s approach to recruiting contingent labour for their construction sites. They require a diverse range of skilled labour on short notice for assignments of varying durations.
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Temporary And Contractor Managed Services
Our team of specialist recruitment support officers at Datum RPO support your hiring managers to achieve better results from temporary and contractor recruitment, helping you access better quality talent, in time and at a lower cost.
Independent Compliance Audits
At Datum RPO, our independent compliance audit service helps identify potential legal compliance breaches in your temporary or contingent workforce, helping you ensure compliance across your recruitment supply chain and allowing you to focus on sourcing the best talent for your company.
Analysis And Reporting
We can support your team to achieve greater productivity and efficiency by performing full data analysis of your recruitment spend. We then provide you with the analysis and potential reporting tools that give you a full overview of your recruitment processes, quickly identifying where your costs are, where your sticking points lie and – crucially – where improvements can be made.
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