<br>The Major Home Builders Group (MHBG) and CITB ConstructionSkills have teamed up to launch a threepronged drive to tackle construction industry skills shortages. The series of initiatives involves increasing the number of training places through the MHBG's subcontractor supply chain, and the MHBG joining the Qualified Workforce Initiative and working with ConstructionSkills to promote the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS), with the objective of having a fully qualified, card-carrying workforce by 2007. The third initiative involves the two organisations jointly developing a new flexible scheme of qualifications housebuilding site managers.