That's the view of Launceston Chamber of Commerce executive officer Neil Grose, who welcomed the news that UTAS would stage the construction of its campus at the heart of the Northern Transformation project.

Mr Grose said a staged construction was something the Chamber had been working on with UTAS for some time and was pleased they had listened to its concerns.

"We had a briefing [with UTAS] recently and they allayed a lot of our concerns," Mr Grose said.

Tasmania is in the midst of a construction skills shortage, among other industries, and there will be significant challenges to meet the pipeline of existing private and government-funded infrastructure projects.

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UTAS announced on Thursday that it would look at a staged construction for its $260 million campus redevelopment at Inveresk, citing concern continuing with their original timeline would see the economic benefits flow interstate, rather than stay in Tasmania.

Pro-vice chancellor David Adams said on Thursday a key priority for the university was to ensure the campus redevelopment would support the revitalisation of the region.

Mr Grose said the decision to stage the construction of the campus was a sensible one, which ensured the economic flow-on effects would stay in Tasmania.

"It's absolutely a vital component," he said.

However, Mr Grose said there was still some concern about the number of building and construction tradespeople available for the number of jobs slated for Tasmania, not just the campus build.

"We are in a skills shortage," he said.

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Education and Infrastructure Minister Jeremy Rockliff said the government acknowledged there was a skills shortage and said it would be a challenge but one they would help to navigate.

"It presents a good challenge for me, and for organisations like TasTAFE to help keep a supply of skilled tradespeople," he said.

Mr Rockliff said if the projects were staged, they could be managed as appropriately as they could be, but he said having too many infrastructure projects "was a good problem to have".

He said the communities of Northern Tasmania had been waiting keenly for details on the UTAS campus and was looking forward to seeing the project continue to roll out.

"The people of Northern Tasmania can be excited to see a well-measured plan that can start as soon as possible but be built on over time," he said.

A DA for the Inveresk campus is expected to be ready to be lodged by June but the first look of a revised master plan is expected in the coming weeks.

The revised master plan will showcase some preliminary designs completed by the consortium of architects working on the project, helmed by Victorian firm John Wardle Architects.

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