SOME construction workers in the North West are certainly adept at wage building.

For a new region-wide survey has found evidence of pay growth above the rate of inflation for jobs such as project managers, site engineers and quantity surveyors.

The salary survey of the North West constuction industry was carried out by recruitment consultancy Contract Construction Services.

Contract, which works with more than 200 building firms in the UK, compared average renumeration figures over a two year period for professional and technical roles in the sector.

In the late 1990s, a project manager between the age of 30 and 40 would have been paid an average of £25,000-£30,000.

But today, that figure is more like £33,000-£38,000, which is a rise of approximately 27 per cent.

Reasons for the salary upsurge include a skills shortage in the construction sector for certain posts, allied to difficulties in recruiting experienced staff.