Authors: Garvit Jhawar, Dr. Arun Bhadauria
Abstract: The Indian construction industry is undergoing a structural transformation driven by large-scale government infrastructure investment, rapid urbanisation, and the adoption of digital construction technologies including Building Information Modelling (BIM). These forces are rapidly altering skill requirements in ways that traditional, experience-based training models are inadequate to address. This study investigates the upskilling and reskilling landscape within Vagmine Enterprises, a mid-market construction company, through a structured quantitative survey administered to 285 valid respondents comprising site engineers, project managers, quantity surveyors, safety officers, and management trainees aged 18–38 years. The study examines programme awareness and participation rates, learning modality effectiveness, perceived competency gaps, organisational learning culture, and the relationship between structured learning participation and outcomes including career readiness, safety confidence, job satisfaction, and retention intent. Pearson correlation analysis reveals a statistically significant positive relationship between learning participation and career readiness (r = 0.581, p < 0.001). Three of four research hypotheses are supported at p < 0.001. BIM proficiency and digital project management tools emerge as the most critical and insufficiently addressed skills deficits, while site unavailability (64.2%) and content irrelevance (46.7%) are the dominant structural barriers to programme engagement. The study concludes with six evidence-based strategic recommendations focused on embedding learning within project lifecycles, scaling BIM upskilling, formalising site-based mentorship, and developing bilingual training materials.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19415905
