Labor

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Labor Shortages Aggravate Housing Affordability

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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic in the Home Building Industry

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Construction Workers Need Continuous Skills Upgrades

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Construction Jobs Grew in May

Katerra launches apprenticeship program

Katerra Launches Apprenticeship Program

New initiatives aim to get youths into hard hats and onto construction sites.

Signing Up Students for the Trades

For all the worrying about a home building slump after six years of increasing revenues and numbers of homes built, 2018 proved to have a bottom line of more of the same. 2019 Housing Giants Report

Managing Rising Costs and Risk

@alex_andrews | New survey data show that about 85 percent of remodelers reported a dearth of available carpentry workers in Q3 2018, and roughly 48 percent of respondents said the shortage was "serious."

Remodeling Labor Shortages

@sunburned_surveyor | Based on employment data analysis, a new report forecasts new construction activity in the U.S. for 2019 through 2028. In March, construction jobs were the fourth biggest source of employment growth in the nation.

Sizing Up Starts

ASHRAE 90.2-2018 raising the bar on energy efficiency for new homes, Associated Builders and Contractors' annual investment in workforce development, Colorado's potential upgrade to energy and water standards, heat pumps reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and on-site health and wellness programs

This Week's Codes and Standards, April 29

The nonprofit organization Girls Build holds camps across the country to teach girls skilled trades like construction, plumbing, electricity, auto mechanics, and more.

Girls Build

A new study of home building employment finds that of the 10.3 million Americans working in construction in 2017 (the most recent data available), more than 4 million worked in residential construction, or 2.6 percent of the nation's civilian labor force.

Residential Construction Employment