Careers

Three Steps to Repair Hiring Issues and Maintain a Strong Workforce

by Kyle Harris | Jan 26, 2022
Careers | Human Resources | Recruitment | Retention | Training | Workforce

Many contractors report a challenge in meeting project schedule requirements and turning down work due to skilled labor shortages. Here are three ways contractors can improve recruitment and retention efforts in the short and long term.

Get to Know Mike Bennett, Vice President, The Cianbro Companies

by Construction Executive | Jan 21, 2022
Careers | Culture | People | Workforce

Mike Bennett answers questions such as "What is your New Year's resolution?" and "What do you do to wind down after work?"

The Talent Show

by Rachel E. Pelovitz | Jan 20, 2022
Careers | Features | Recruitment | Retention | Training | Workforce

Even as construction companies prepare for $1.2 trillion in new infrastructure spending, the industry is facing a workforce shortage that’s approaching crisis levels. Veteran contractors share how the lack of skilled workers is affecting their business—and what they’re doing about it.

Unique Perspective

by Rachel E. Pelovitz | Jan 19, 2022
Careers | Features | Leadership | Total Human Health | Workforce

For the first 20 years of her career, 2022 ABC National Board Chair Stephanie Schmidt was “typically the only female in the room.” Now she wants to spotlight the career opportunities that construction offers for women—and everyone else. She explains what to expect from her term in an exclusive interview with <i>Construction Executive</i>.

Prevent Gravity-Related Injuries on Construction Jobsites

by Zachary Perecman | Jan 18, 2022
Careers | OSHA | Safety | Tools | Workforce

With safety precautions in place, employers and workers can reduce the number of gravity-related incidents.

Create a Plan for a Successful Leadership Transition

by Martin C. McCarthy | Jan 13, 2022
Business | Careers | Human Resources | Leadership

Although most companies have a formal business plan, few have a transition plan—which is equally important.

Build a Culture of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion From the Ground Up

by Maja Rosenquist | Jan 13, 2022
Careers | Diversity | Organization Culture | Recruitment | Retention | Workforce

Casting a wider net for the workforce would solve innumerable issues, but requires commitment and work.

Overcome Top Construction Risk Challenges in 2022

by Craig Tappel, Kirk Chamberlain | Jan 13, 2022
Business | Business Development | Careers | Economy | Risk | Workforce

Managing the downsides of these three factors will help contractors overcome the year’s top business barriers.

Two workers in hard hats, orange high-visibility vests and face coverings watch as a crane lifts a large insulated cylindrical vessel above a self-propelled modular transporter at a desert construction site.

A Long Haul For Lithium: Oversized Crystallizers Delivered Over 600 Miles

Two construction workers in high-visibility vests shaking hands on a jobsite, photographed from above with a concrete wall in the background.

More Skills, More Capacity: Groundbreaking Research Touts Benefits of a Multiskilled Workforce

Meta, ABC Partner

Turning a Construction Career Into a Technology Career

new names and faces

New Names and Faces: June 2026

Nonresidential Construction Adds Healthy 19,000 Jobs in April