Never Stop Improving: The Lowe's Foundation Gable Grant Goes to SkillsUSA
By Grace Calengor
October 30, 2024
Since 2023, the Lowe’s Foundation has awarded over $25 million in Gable Grants to 35 community colleges and nonprofits offering innovative and scalable skilled-trades training across the U.S. Through these grants, program participants are strengthening their skills across carpent...
Diversifying Your Construction Company's Trade Skills to Meet Growing Demand
By Anne Lackey
October 22, 2024
An experienced tradesperson who steps onto a property to address one problem will probably spot three more issues the owner should address, so there's always entrepreneurial value in learning multiple skills.
Consider the landscaper who can offer lighting services to enhance the...
Passing It Down: Transferring Knowledge From One Generation to the Next
By Kyle Potts
September 25, 2024
According to recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics findings, over 2.5 million construction workers are over the age of 55. Associated Builders and Contractors reports that one in five workers will exit the industry in the next few years. With that projected loss of industry expe...
Construction Students Jam Out With Ty Pennington at National Skilled-Trades Competition
By Grace Calengor
September 19, 2024
"We’ve got to turn this into a T.V. show.” That is what John Montgomery, co-executive director of the Skilled Careers Coalition, said when he attended SkillsUSA, a national skilled-trades competition for teens, in 2021. But well before television, the first federal law in the Uni...
Construction Job Openings Plummet by 71,000 in June
By ABC
August 26, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 30—The construction industry had 295,000 job openings on the last day of June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as an...
Achieving Career Mobility for Quantity Surveyors
By Padraig Leahy
May 28, 2024
The quantity surveyor profession has swiftly expanded in the United States, driven by the surge of megaprojects in 2024. These ambitious endeavors demand expertise in cost estimating, cost management and procurement. Those holding an MRICS designation are esteemed as premier cost...
A Wellbeing Culture for U.K. Construction Workers
By Bagnalls
May 7, 2024
As of 2024, more than one in seven adults in the United Kingdom say their mental health is either poor or the worst it has ever been. The U.K.'s National Health Service spends more than £300 billion a year dealing with the consequences of poor mental health, and the crisis isn’t ...
Mentoring Gen Z: An Interview With a Young New Assistant Superintendent
By Grace Calengor
April 2, 2024
Growing up in North Carolina, Grace Novak always knew she was a builder. Fascinated by Lego toys in her childhood, enthralled with set design and build for her high school’s theater department and captivated by the machine shop at Duke University—where she earned a degree in mech...
Out Is In: Outsourcing Strategies for Small Construction Businesses
By Brad Werner
March 21, 2024
Construction companies of all sizes are facing a common challenge: the need to optimize their operations and drive sustainable growth in an increasingly competitive and less predictable market. One solution that has emerged is a greater reliance on outsourcing—hiring external pro...
Increasing Support for the Increasing Number of Women in Construction
By Shanthi Rajan
March 19, 2024
The construction industry has long been male-dominated, but the tide is turning as more women are making their mark in this traditionally challenging field. It’s invigorating to witness the increasing presence of women in various roles within the industry, and the importance of t...
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