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Coaching & Consulting

How to Improve Jobsite Productivity Through Leadership

Pinnacle Development Group,Inc

Seasoned field veterans, used to doing the same things for 20 years or more, will be hard to change their ways. Yet, this is where the influencing leader must step up.

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Trimble Opens Lab at Virginia Tech

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

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.

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.

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Navistar Honors Graduates of Uptime Academy

Navistar International Corporation

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.

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.

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.

The idea that sustainable construction is a costly and impractical solution to ensure a return on a building is outdated and inaccurate.

Labor & Workforce Development

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.

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

Crash Course | No Edge Lines Season 1 Episode 2

Buck Brothers Asphalt Paving & Concrete

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?

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ConstructReach Presents Community Involvement Initiative

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

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.

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

The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)

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.

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

Labor & Workforce Development

Laying the Foundation for Inclusivity in Construction

NOVO 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.

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.

ACPA & Besser Accepting Applications for 2024 Scholarship

American Concrete Pipe Association

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.

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.

Celebrate the 11th Annual Careers in Construction Month

The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)

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.

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

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