Diversifying Your Construction Company’s Trade Skills to Meet Growing Demand
A well-rounded company attracts well-rounded employees—and makes for well-rounded bottom lines.
Passing It Down: Transferring Knowledge From One Generation to the Next
Today’s retiring workforce holds the key to building the future. Their transfer of knowledge will make or break the new generation of skilled-trades workers.
Construction Students Jam Out With Ty Pennington at National Skilled-Trades Competition
SkillsUSA is a national skilled-trades competition that is quickly gaining a whole new audience through an online docuseries called SKILLS JAM.
Construction Job Openings Plummet by 71,000 in June
According to ABC, construction job openings dropped in June, but is that a good sign for the workforce?
Achieving Career Mobility for Quantity Surveyors
The U.S. needs cost-management expertise for significant incoming construction projects, and quantity surveyors fit the bill. But do you already have one on your payroll?
A Wellbeing Culture for U.K. Construction Workers
The global construction industry is interconnected, and so are its workers. When construction companies in one country improve their wellbeing culture, that proves contagious for others—in all the right ways.
Mentoring Gen Z: An Interview With a Young New Assistant Superintendent
Grace Novak was her mentor's first female mentee. She says: ‘The first thing I would tell somebody just starting out in this job is, knowledge is the most valuable thing you can walk into a conversation with.’
Opening the Pipeline: A Merit-Based Worker Visa to Address the Workforce Shortage
Our chronic skilled-labor shortage is a serious problem that demands serious solutions—starting with a market- and merit-based worker visa system.
