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Doing the Work: ABC’s 2024 Craft Professional of the Year Joseph Ahrens

by Christopher Durso | Jun 3, 2024
Award Winners | Features | Workforce

Craft Professional of the Year Joseph Ahrens: ‘It’s not who you know but how hard you work that will decide your future in this merit industry.’

A Lesson Plan for Life: ABC’s 2024 Craft Instructor of the Year Paul Asselin

by Grace Calengor | Jun 3, 2024
Award Winners | Features | Workforce

Craft Instructor of the Year Paul Asselin: ‘It’s up to them what success means to them. But I would hope that they constantly evolve and take the little bit that I taught them and build on that to build themselves a great career.’

Achieving Career Mobility for Quantity Surveyors

by Padraig Leahy | May 28, 2024
Careers | Workforce

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?

Innovative Ways to Lessen Your Labor Challenges and Improve on Delivery

by Sean R. Nacey | May 10, 2024
Recruitment | Retention | Training | Workforce

If you are already implementing strategies at your construction company to combat the skilled labor shortage, you may need to double down on those efforts.

A Wellbeing Culture for U.K. Construction Workers

by Bagnalls | May 7, 2024
Careers | Human Resources | Training | Workforce

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.

A Mental-Health Scorecard

by Chase Plank | Apr 23, 2024
Departments | Leadership | Workforce

The construction industry has come a long way in addressing mental health and wellbeing—but still has a lot of work to do. A new white paper reviews recent advancements and remaining obstacles.

Properly Preparing Your First-Year Employees for Success on the Jobsite

by Randy Dombrowski | Apr 16, 2024
Recruitment | Retention | Training | Workforce

Having a problem finding qualified workers? Improve hiring and onboarding measures to ensure quality hires and double down on safety standards to attract them.

Mentoring Gen Z: An Interview With a Young New Assistant Superintendent

by Grace Calengor | Apr 2, 2024
Careers | Leadership | Workforce | Young Professionals

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.’
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