The new President of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, Enda McGuane has said over 100,000 workers will be needed in the Irish property, land and construction sectors over the next decade including thousands of surveyors.

A recent report by the SCSI found that if the economy grows by 4% per annum, there will be a shortage of almost 1,100 chartered surveyors between now and 2026.

Enda McGuane – previously MD of Winters Property Management in Galway and now Asset Management Lead for the Land Development Agency – said the shortage of skilled workers across the three sectors is one of the main constraints on the country’s ability to address the housing crisis as well as key infrastructural and commercial developments.

Mr McGuane headed Winters Property Management in Galway for almost a decade until that company was acquired by M & C Property last year.

He said enhancing the SCSI’s role in education and exploring how it can improve the built environment’s performance from a sustainability perspective will be key priorities during his term in office.

Mr McGuane, who is a chartered fellow of the SCSI with dual status as both a property and facility management surveyor as well as a planning and development surveyor, says inflation and rising interest rates are among the other main challenges facing the country and the construction, property, and land sectors.

Mr McGuane, who is 49 and from West Clare, says it’s important that through its work the surveying profession instils confidence across the three sectors and sends out the message that Ireland is open for business.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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