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Construction Economic and Employment Outlook with ThinkWhy’s Jay Denton

A look at trends in construction employment prior to the pandemic and how things have changed, the latest employment data and what the future may hold.

Jul 14, 2020

Jay Denton, chief innovation officer at ThinkWhy, discusses his assessment of the trends in construction employment leading up to the pandemic and how things have changed, the latest employment data and what the future may hold as the industry begins the recovery process.

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