As the industry continues to struggle with workforce shortages as well as increasingly inexperienced skilled laborers, relieving the strain will come down to the convergence of talent, technology, and training.
Southwest specialty contractors are recovering from a difficult pandemic year, although they continue to be plagued by rising materials costs, delivery delays and labor shortages.
The nation’s contractors expressed a surprisingly optimistic view of the industry’s prospects for 2018 in a recent outlook survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate.