Workforce

NCCER was selected as this year’s For the Love of Labor honoree—a $100,000 grant program begun by Carhartt to recognize nonprofits in apprenticeship industries. This year, Carhartt took those honors one step further with its inaugural Steel Apple Awards, which are “a tribute to v...

Every November on the first Saturday of the month, the NAWIC Philadelphia Foundation brings together 30 industry volunteers to guide more than 100 children through a hands-on construction competition and interactive trade show activities. During the competition, students in first...

The construction industry is staring down a labor shortage of 439,000 workers in 2025. And that’s just to keep up with demand. Add to the challenge a shrinking labor pipeline, with more than 25% of construction workers expected to hit retirement age in the next decade. The forei...

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT COMPETITION A record 34 teams of undergraduate students from colleges and universities across the country participated in this year’s CMC, with each one completing a construction-management project that involved a state-of-the-art, 30,000-square-foot gymn...

When Chris Weaver first stepped onto a jobsite as an electrical apprentice fresh out of high school, he didn’t see it as just a job. He saw it as an opportunity. Over the last 21 years, that opportunity has transformed into a thriving career marked by leadership, mentorship and a...

For Derek Robbins, becoming an HVAC director and sheet metal instructor was never part of the plan. “Teaching kind of found me. Looking back now, that road seems like a no-brainer for me,” he says. While the road to discovering his passion for teaching was under construction for...

“Hey, let’s roll.” This is what Sarah Wallace—a military spouse, mother of three and wife to ABC’s 2025 Young Professional of the Year, Ray Wallace—said in 2021 when she learned her family would be moving…again. The couple, who married following Wallace’s second deployment, have ...

These industry-leading professionals are the 2025 recipients of ABC’s Construction Workforce Awards, presented at ABC Convention 2025 in February. Each year, the CWAs honor individuals who have played a critical role in shaping the future of the industry in three categories: You...

WASHINGTON, June 6—The construction industry added 4,000 jobs on net in May, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has increased by 126,000 jobs, an incr...

Construction projects are notorious for being unpredictable. One day everything’s humming along, the next day a contractor is delayed, a payment is disputed, and the timeline takes a hit. For an industry built on precision and planning, it’s ironic how often progress is derailed—...