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The facility will feature areas for welding, painting, and assembly, as well as an on-site warehouse and office space.

Bobcat Expands CTL, Skid Steer Manufacturing Footprint With New Factory

This new location was selected after extensive review and consideration of expansions at existing Bobcat locations, along with the potential for new developments at locations across the globe.

Soaring home prices, the nation’s most expensive property insurance market, high interest rates and increases in construction costs are all contributing to a housing affordability crisis in a state that cannot keep up with the demand.

3 Construction Trends You Can’t Ignore: Why a Former Congressman Sees a Building Revolution Coming

Soaring home prices, the nation’s most expensive property insurance market, high interest rates and increases in construction costs are all contributing to a housing affordability crisis in a state that cannot keep up with the demand.

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Construction Adds 16,000 Jobs in September

Several economic indicator reports relevant to the construction industry were released today, helping to paint a picture of the outlook moving into the fourth quarter of 2023.

As the Institute’s chairman, Callahan will be responsible for guiding the organization’s strategic direction and partnerships across a global network of business leaders and professionals in government, nonprofit, education, and labor.

National Safety Council Names Callahan Chairman at Campbell Institute

Prior to serving in his current role as president and chief operating officer, Callahan served in a variety of business development and management roles throughout his nearly 20-year tenure with ISN.

Participants can select from four distinct tracks tailored to provide a focused engineering experience.

Work Truck Manufacturer Introduces Engineering Program for College Students

The program spans a 12-week period, covering the summer months, and offers not only competitive compensation but also attractive benefits such as relocation assistance, mentorship, training, social activities, and volunteer opportunities.

The facility will feature areas for welding, painting, and assembly, as well as an on-site warehouse and office space.

Bobcat Expands CTL, Skid Steer Manufacturing Footprint With New Factory

This new location was selected after extensive review and consideration of expansions at existing Bobcat locations, along with the potential for new developments at locations across the globe.

Teleo can give operators a way to control heavy equipment in a remote setting. Operators can be located in a safe and easygoing environment.

The John Aarts Group Advances With Teleo Remote Operation Technology

The enhanced working environment closely resembles a gaming station, appealing to new audiences — both a younger generation and those who don’t see themselves climbing into a cab for eight to ten hours a day.

The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Season 7 Episode 12: When It Rains, It's Time to Train

When adverse weather strikes, slowing work productivity on the jobsite, it's the perfect time to train employees.

Recent labor trends show an increasing demand for field leaders and a shrinking pool of qualified candidates.

NCCER Announces New Superintendent Certification Program

Aspiring or recently promoted superintendents who complete the training and assessment components of the program can earn their full certification upon accomplishment and verification of the four-year experience requirement.

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Construction Employment Up 4,000 Jobs in October

private employers across the country added 113,000 jobs in October, with education and health care adding the most jobs. Annual pay overall was up 5.7 percent year over year.

Ensuring construction crews have the resources they need to complete projects successfully and safely can benefit both workers and the whole organization.

How Feeding Your Hungry Construction Workers Improves Your Bottom Line

Ensuring construction crews have the resources they need to complete projects successfully and safely can benefit both workers and the whole organization.

Arcoro has long delivered construction HCM software to middle market contractors. As ADP launches a construction extension for its Workforce Now HCM, Arcoro announces its own payroll solution.

Construction HCM Arcoro Adds Payroll

Contractors have a growing number of choices for construction HCM software, and as ADP throws its hat in the ring, Arcoro goes deeper into construction, adding its own payroll to compete with ADP.

Leading payroll vendor ADP has launched a construction-specific human capital management (HCM) product that will compete with established construction-specific HCM products.

Payroll Leader ADP Gets Vertical with Human Capital Management for Construction

The company enters the market for construction HCM software—what it means for contractors looking for a solution and those already using other construction HR software.

As snow removal companies add new contracts, they often need to seek out new equipment specific to those needs, routes and sites.

Efficiency Extraordinaires: Streamlining Snow Operations

Snow removal professionals describe how they best prepare in season and out of season for whatever snow events come roaring their way.

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Asphalt Contractor's 2023-2024 Training Guide

This guide offers training and education opportunities for contractors, a schedule of both in-person and remote sessions to expand employee skills and grow their value to your clients and your company.

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Influencing Field Production Through Objectivity

In this second article in a series of four, we will explore the importance for construction leaders to influence their field production leaders and crews. In today’s effort we look at the significance of being objective in our influencing.

Using the Trimble XR10 HoloLens hardhat, Abiola Akanmu's research explores the potential for training and upskilling workers in mixed-reality environments to lead to safer and smarter work on construction sites.

Trimble Opens Lab at Virginia Tech

The multidisciplinary lab will bring technology to Virginia Tech's students in architecture, building construction, and construction engineering.

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Construction Adds 16,000 Jobs in September

Several economic indicator reports relevant to the construction industry were released today, helping to paint a picture of the outlook moving into the fourth quarter of 2023.

Navistar’s dealer network employs more than 6,000 technicians, and Navistar is dedicated to the recruitment, education, and success of the vast technician network.

Navistar Honors Graduates of Uptime Academy

Navistar recently graduated the 2022-2023 Uptime Academy class, which consisted of 18 apprentices. The school is a 12-month apprenticeship program for high school graduates, offering hands-on training to prepare for a career as a technician.

The idea that sustainable construction is a costly and impractical solution to ensure a return on a building is outdated and inaccurate.

3 Ways That Automation is Sustainable Construction

Using autonomous technology in construction can lead to resource, cost, and time needed for project reductions. This kind of technology can also reduce the skilled workers needed for repetitive tasks.

Faced with an urgent skills shortage, construction leaders need to attract as many new faces into the industry as possible and importantly, retain them.

A Labor War of Wages Won’t Cut It in Construction

Construction company owners must refrain from entering into a war of wages when looking to fill open positions.

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Crash Course | No Edge Lines Season 1 Episode 2

How many things might go wrong if you let someone inexperienced drive your paver or your roller on the job for a day? Probably a lot! But how else can you really learn if you don't make some mistakes in the process?

Through this innovative event, ConstructReach seeks to promote collaboration between sectors to diversify the construction and manufacturing pipeline, ensuring a brighter future for the industry and the city of St. Louis.

ConstructReach Presents Community Involvement Initiative

The three-day event unites leaders in construction, manufacturing, business, and education to engage youth and tackle workforce issues.

This combination setup allows for keeping all the training resources in one place for trainees and instructors.

Carpentry, Plumbing, Welding Courses Available as Part of NCCERconnect Series

This streamlined structure makes it easier for instructors to deliver both titles within a single calendar year, using just one learner access code, online grade book, and classroom setup.

Construction must find ways to expand its talent pool, but, to do this, the industry must acknowledge an underpinning factor in its numbers dilemma: lt lags far behind other industries in DEI.

Laying the Foundation for Inclusivity in Construction

Construction must find ways to expand its talent pool, but, to do this, the industry must acknowledge an underpinning factor in its numbers dilemma: lt lags far behind other industries in DEI.

The scholarship was originally established in 2016 in recognition of the ACPA’s Concrete Pipe Week with the intention of investing in talented and energetic students who have an interest in joining and advancing the industry forward.

ACPA & Besser Accepting Applications for 2024 Scholarship

Students participating in, or planning to attend, a technical program, community college, or university are eligible. Winners of the scholarship are also qualified to participate in the ACPA’s 2024 Pipe School.

This month-long campaign aims to increase public awareness of construction careers and inspire the next generation of craft professionals.

Celebrate the 11th Annual Careers in Construction Month

There are numerous ways that construction companies and associations, secondary and postsecondary educational organizations, and other groups can participate in the celebrations and spread the word about careers in construction.

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Road Construction Company Named in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

In a press release by the EEOC, Balfour Beatty was named the defendant in a lawsuit after a female employee was allegedly subjected to an environment of long-term, repeated sexual harassment, and was ignored despite reporting the incidents.

To serve aspiring entrepreneurs within the skilled trades industry, The Home Depot Foundation is partnering with Bunker Labs to introduce an entrepreneurship program.

The Home Depot Foundation Creates New Skilled Trades Opportunities

To serve aspiring entrepreneurs within the skilled trades industry, The Home Depot Foundation is partnering with Bunker Labs to introduce an entrepreneurship program.

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The Construction Industry’s New Event: Dirt World Summit 2023

This event covers leadership and workforce development and provides an opportunity to network with hundreds of industry leaders who are on the same quest.

Associated Builders and Contractors reported that the construction industry will need to attract around 546,000 workers on top of the normal pace of hiring in 2023 to meet the demand for labor.

Construction Skilled Labor Shortage Addressed by New Organization STAC

STAC’s founding advisors will leverage their resources, knowledge, and network to elevate the skilled trades as high-paying, honorable, and often heroic career paths.

The Key to Overcoming Challenges and Building a Thriving Construction Business

The Key to Overcoming Challenges and Building a Thriving Construction Business

October 3, 2023

Explore proven strategies from experts on how to diversify and grow your business in the middle of a labor shortage.

The school’s courses are all available online and can be completed in as little as nine weeks with video instruction that introduces students to the fundamentals of each respective trade.

NTI's New Program Aims to Grow Construction Workforce

National Technical Institute expands the trained trade workforce by initiating the Regional Immersion Program. The program will train prospective employees and then set them up for success with contractors of their trade.