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Contractors Upbeat About Nonresidential Construction's Near-term Prospects

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

Nearly 73% of contractors expect sales to rise during the next six months and 68% expect staffing levels to increase further

All three principal components measured by the ABC Construction Confidence Index — sales, profit margins and staffing levels — remain well above the diffusion index threshold of 50 in May.

Labor & Workforce Development

Is People's Competitive Nature the Key to Increasing the Construction Workforce?

Draw the future construction workforce in with fun, construction-related competitions

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US Housing-Starts Slide in June Caps a Sinking First Half of 2019

Multifamily permits accounted for the month’s entire decline, plummeting 16.8% to its slowest since 2016, but year-to-date numbers are nearly all red

Total U.S. housing starts for the first half of 2019 are 3.7% below the first six months of last year.

Maximize Return on Assets to Improve Construction Profitability

Divert some management attention on generating revenue to getting more benefit from assets you already have to grow without need for more people, equipment or projects

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Construction News

John Deere's New Apprenticeship Program Provides Technician Training

Program will help address service technician labor shortage and enable dealers to better serve customers

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Construction News

Single-family Starts Up 3.5% in June But Down 4.9% for First Half 2019

Despite a year-to-date decline, NAHB chief economist expects additional single-family growth to come

Single Family Starts

4 Steps to Motivate Your Workforce to Perform Their Best

Construction Business Coaching

Your job is to discover each employee’s differences, what makes them tick and help them achieve their goals in order for you to reach your business goals

A construction company owner's job is to motivate his or her people to want to do what you want them to do.

Construction Labor Shortage: Look Beyond Industry Walls for Workers

The industry needs to spread the word outside of the construction community about opportunities in construction

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Construction Firms Must Adapt to Maintain Competitive Advantage

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In today’s environment, construction contractors must adapt their business or risk becoming obsolete.

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Construction Technology

[QUOTABLE] Managing a Highly Connected Construction Workforce

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Training & Education

Serious Labs Teams with IPAF on VR for Powered Access Licensing Training

PAL+ training can now be completed for the first time on a VR simulator

Screenshot of a PAL+ VR simulation

Builder Confidence in Single-Family Homes Steady through Six Months of Decline

National Association of Home Builders

Single-family residential construction starts have fallen nearly 5% during the six consecutive months NAHB has measured strong builder sentiment

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