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New materials and changing construction methods lead general contractors and builders to turn to subcontractors for expertise and project insight.
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The founder of the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability shares what he’s learned about the innovative solutions to housing’s complex challenges.
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Adding these strategies to the building industry’s toolbox can help alleviate the risks and challenges associated with the shortage in skilled trades.
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At unCommon Construction, real-world building projects expose students to the value of a career in the industry.
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Construction companies can use these best practices to reduce turnover, improve productivity, and, ultimately, attract and retain a more motivated workforce.
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But higher pay still can’t overcome bias, harassment on the jobsite.
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National Kitchen & Bath Association CEO Bill Darcy talks about potential solutions for the industry’s skilled labor shortage and overcoming the barriers that remain to making the industry more efficient.
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These builders used technology, new building methods, and better collaboration to slash time and budget on their projects.
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To find the skilled workers you need in today’s market, you’re not just filling a job opening, you’re selling your company.
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The housing scholar and former CEO of the NAHB chats about the housing affordability challenge and the innovations in factory-built construction technologies that might offer solutions.
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Solving construction’s biggest challenge may require unconventional approaches. Here are a few ways the industry is fighting to attract and retain tomorrow’s talent.
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The construction industry too often assumes jobsite leaders come naturally pre-equipped with the skills they need to lead a team. But with more systematic training, foremen can learn the leadership skills needed to be more effective.
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Construction leaders know they need to change and evolve to meet the industry’s higher productivity demands. But knowing what and how to change is key.
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A look at intelligent approaches to the labor challenge, including a unique educational opportunity for college students, an underrepresented source of construction industry labor, and a retention strategy that boosts morale and efficiency.
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When Tim O’Brien Homes was hamstrung by a carpenter shortage, it was time for reinvention.
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Workforce & Efficiency
We Home Builders Do a 'Poor Job' Drawing In Next Generation Talent: Former Exec
Commercial construction careers appeal as a stronger option to new graduates, as residential job pay packages confuse potential applicants.
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If and when builders bring building tech into the 21st Century, it will expand the worker pool.
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Signs of strengthening economic momentum spotlight builders' productivity moment of truth.
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As construction automation fixes an iconic skillset in its cross-hairs for disruption, other proficiencies, services, and tasks may be in line for oblivion as well.
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Hint, hint ... they're also the two most significant opportunities to supercharge it.
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