Items Tagged with 'workforce shortages'

The continuing challenges of scarce workers and materials—and still-escalating material costs—are not going to go away anytime soon.

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.

A surge in oil-tax revenue is helping fund infrastructure projects in the region’s more energy-dependent economies.

The construction industry needs to make a long-term commitment to solving workforce shortages and improving its recruiting practices

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.

Key construction sectors are forecast to sustain their momentum in 2018, but the rates of growth may slow

Program uses a new career-guidance tool to target and test high-school students on their construction aptitudes

The construction market is strong and continues to grow at a brisk pace. But contractors wonder how long the good times will last.