Municipal and regional elections 2025

Diverse housing opportunities and a good built environment attract residents – both labor and taxpayers. After the sharp decline in housing construction growing Changes in land policy and planning are needed in urban areas to ensure sufficient housing supply.

In addition to zoning, the municipality's tools include permit functions and land transfer conditions, as well as the municipality's own housing production. With targeted supplementary zoning, the municipality responds to rapidly changing needs, extends the life cycle of residential and service buildings, and improves their functionality. However, good zoning is not too detailed, and it leaves room for innovation and cost-effective construction solutions.

Another factor that is emphasized as an attractive factor for growth centers is smooth movement within and between urban areas. This requires courage to decide on rail and other transport investments, which will trigger more housing and job construction far into the future.

Decision-makers must also create opportunities for emission reductions and increased biodiversity in the built environment. This requires decisions on, among other things: on densifying the community structure and increasing renovation construction, so that the service life of previously built buildings would be extended and energy consumption would be reduced. Circular economy and land use must be promoted so that the state of nature and areas with significant natural values ​​are strengthened.

Competent maintenance and foresight enable safe, healthy, comfortable indoor and outdoor spaces that are adaptable to changing needs, as well as reliably functioning municipal technical networks. A wise municipality assesses the state of the built environment regularly, draws up a long-term plan to improve it, and implements the plan without compromise.

For example proactive and timely maintenance of service buildings extend their service life and reduce unexpected expenses. Smart building technology and digital property services make it possible to control and monitor properties in real time, which reduces life cycle costs and emissions. Modern property automation optimizes energy consumption, helps with maintenance allocation and improves the quality of the indoor environment.

Planned and proactive repair and development of assets also ensures a functioning transport and green network, water supply and other municipal technology. If managed properly, they will not fail even in difficult circumstances, such as when the climate warms and rainfall increases or when hybrid threats undermine people's sense of security.

Through open and consistent cooperation with companies, the municipality can: flexibly use the best means on the market to achieve the desired resultsThat's when urban development and progress towards goals will take off.

New service formats enable comprehensive procurement, such as the life cycle model for the construction and maintenance of school buildings. The management and maintenance of municipal infrastructure can also be implemented as a service, for example as regional contracts of various sizes. When carrying out the work itself, the municipality needs a lot of large machinery and hall space, while purchasing the work as a service frees up capital for, for example, repairing service buildings. The alliance model developed by the real estate and construction industry in cooperation with municipalities is also a good example of a procurement model that produces quality in a cost-effective manner.

Regular assessment of business impacts, continuous market dialogue and transparent review of procurement criteria before tenders ensure a good outcome for all parties and the creation of partnerships. With professional procurement expertise can save tax euros, improve services, curb climate change and improve the state of local nature. Ultimately, a large part of the money spent on construction services always returns to society in the form of taxes and fees.

The cyclical nature of the construction industry requires close cooperation companies and TE services in progress so that job seekers can develop their skills during a downturn and companies can effectively direct skilled workers when the economy improves.

Effective cooperation is also needed between companies and TE services and between training providers to improve the availability and employment of experts. The training offer must ensure the necessary qualifications, without which it is impossible to work in a regulated industry. Competence development and flexible training offer will determine how the construction industry can meet the challenges and needs of the future.

Vocational training plays a key role in the construction industry's skills needs. It's not just about training young people: the importance of vocational training is emphasized at different stages of a career, from those changing fields to those actively developing their skills, and it also offers support for entrepreneurship. An apprenticeship is an effective employment service that can be utilized in a more diverse way in recruitment. It is also excellent for developing skills.

Added also cooperation between different levels of education and establish shared campus areas where possible!