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Construction adds 23,000 jobs in August, employment remains at 10-year high
The construction industry added more jobs for another consecutive month with thousands of workers being added to payrolls in the month of August. Learn more.
September 10, 2018
Workforce
Construction adds 8,000 jobs in September
The construction industry added 8,000 jobs during September bringing total industry employment to 6.911 million Americans, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The September jobs report also brought a revision to the August jobs total. August employment was revised downward from the previously reported 6.918 million jobs to 6.903 million. The change brings what was […]
October 6, 2017
Business
Hard Hat High: How substance abuse endangers construction workers, hurts recruiting and threatens your bottom line (PART 1)
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series. To read part two, click here. Part 1: The scope of the problem It’s a story that received national headlines. On June 5, 2013, equipment operator Sean Benschop maneuvered an 18-ton excavator toward a four-story brick building slated for demolition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. But in […]
February 20, 2017
Technology
Created by a contractor, busybusy mobile app automates construction labor cost management
You won’t find too many contractors that consider themselves a “nerd.” But very early on in my conversation with Isaac Barlow, a 19-year veteran of commercial excavation, he threw the word out there. “My nature is very analytical,” he said while scrolling through thousands of emails on his iPad amid the dull roar of the […]
February 18, 2015
Business
Majority of skilled construction workers who lost jobs in wake of the recession have been rehired, but many are being paid less
As the U.S. construction industry faces a shortage of skilled labor, a new government study finds that the majority of skilled workers who lost their jobs in the wake of the Great Recession have already been reemployed by the industry. According to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics study, 62 percent of the 393,000 long-tenured […]
September 3, 2014
Workforce
Lower pay, higher costs, immigration enforcement involved in California construction companies’ struggle to find workers
Same story, different place. Just like their counterparts in Minnesota and other metro areas across the country, construction companies in California, particularly home builders, can’t seem to find enough workers to fill growing demand for work, reports the Los Angeles Times. The main reason for the struggle is the same too. In the wake of […]
May 9, 2013
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