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How to Build Decision-Making Capacity at Every Level in Your Construction Company

by Anne Lackey | Sep 7, 2026
Top Story | Business | Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Risk | Culture | Human Resources | Leadership | Organization Culture | Productivity | Project Delivery | Training | Workforce

Every organization is shaped by the conversations happening inside its employees’ heads.
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

by Maggie Murphy | Sep 2, 2026
Workforce | Careers | Leadership | Recruitment | Retention | Top Story | Topic | Training

A nationwide research initiative provides new field evidence that qualified multiskilled construction crews can reduce waiting, improve workflow and stretch scarce workforce capacity—while creating new opportunities for workers.

Construction Job Openings Up by 28,000 to Near-2-Year High in July

by ABC | Sep 2, 2026
Workforce | Leadership | Recruitment | Retention | Top Story | Training

“The construction job opening rate rose to the highest level in nearly two years in July,” said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu.
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Beyond Recruiting: Rethinking the Workforce Shortage

by Michael D. Bellaman | Sep 2, 2026
CEO Insights | ABCs | Careers | Departments | Recruitment | Training | Workforce

Solving construction’s workforce shortage requires a new approach to developing the next generation of craft professionals—and a new partnership between ABC and Meta aims to make that happen.
Students and instructors at Manchester School of Technology posing with Milwaukee Tool equipment in a vocational classroom, in front of a Bring Back the Trades banner reading "Building the Future Skilled Workforce."

The Right Tools for the Job: Bring Back the Trades Tool Grant Program

by Jordan LeGras@abc.org | Aug 31, 2026
Workforce | Careers | Community | Culture | Departments | Education | Recruitment | Top Story | Training

Bring Back the Trades and Milwaukee Tool are betting that the right equipment can change more than just a classroom—and they’re proving it with their first $1,500 Tool Grant to a New Hampshire electrical program.

Meta, ABC Partner

by Construction Executive | Aug 31, 2026
News Briefs | Artificial Intelligence | Careers | Education | Nuts + Bolts | Recruitment | Technology | Top Story | Training | Workforce | Young Professionals

Meta Platforms Inc. and Associated Builders and Contractors have launched America’s Workforce Academy, a $115-million initiative designed to train thousands of construction workers for the nation’s rapidly growing data center market.

Merit Shop Apprenticeship Program Enrollment Up 60%, Growing Faster Than Unions

by ABC | Aug 20, 2026
Top Story | Careers | Education | Human Resources | Recruitment | Training | Workforce | Young Professionals

“The DOL data show that ABC and merit shop contractors are leading the industry in growing both registered apprenticeship programs and innovative new workforce development pipelines.”

Recruit, Retain and Celebrate: How Women at BELL Construction Are Influencing Future Members of the Workforce

by Construction Executive | Aug 19, 2026
Top Story | Careers | Culture | Diversity | Executive Profiles | Leadership | Organization Culture | People | Recruitment | Retention | Training | Workforce

While both Fleetwood and Higginbotham considered entering construction long before they actually did, what was it about this industry that enticed them?
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