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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.
October 8, 2023
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Business
Trimble Opens Lab at Virginia Tech
Trimble Inc.
The multidisciplinary lab will bring technology to Virginia Tech's students in architecture, building construction, and construction engineering.
October 6, 2023
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.
Business
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.
October 4, 2023
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Business
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.
October 2, 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.
Labor & Workforce Development
A Labor War of Wages Won’t Cut It in Construction
WorkBuzz
Construction company owners must refrain from entering into a war of wages when looking to fill open positions.
September 28, 2023
Faced with an urgent skills shortage, construction leaders need to attract as many new faces into the industry as possible and importantly, retain them.
Paving
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?
September 27, 2023
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Sustainability
3 Ways That Automation is Sustainable Construction
Hexagon
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.
September 26, 2023
The idea that sustainable construction is a costly and impractical solution to ensure a return on a building is outdated and inaccurate.
Business
ConstructReach Presents Community Involvement Initiative
ConstructReach
The three-day event unites leaders in construction, manufacturing, business, and education to engage youth and tackle workforce issues.
September 25, 2023
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.
Business
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.
September 20, 2023
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.
September 19, 2023
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.
Business
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.
September 17, 2023
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.
Business
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.
September 12, 2023
This month-long campaign aims to increase public awareness of construction careers and inspire the next generation of craft professionals.
Labor & Workforce Development
WorkBuzz
September 8, 2023
Labor & Workforce Development
Road Construction Company Named in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Balfour Beatty
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.
September 7, 2023
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Equipment
The Construction Industry’s New Event: Dirt World Summit 2023
BuildWitt
This event covers leadership and workforce development and provides an opportunity to network with hundreds of industry leaders who are on the same quest.
September 6, 2023
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Training & Education
The Home Depot Foundation Creates New Skilled Trades Opportunities
The Home Depot
To serve aspiring entrepreneurs within the skilled trades industry, The Home Depot Foundation is partnering with Bunker Labs to introduce an entrepreneurship program.
September 6, 2023
To serve aspiring entrepreneurs within the skilled trades industry, The Home Depot Foundation is partnering with Bunker Labs to introduce an entrepreneurship program.
Business
Construction Skilled Labor Shortage Addressed by New Organization STAC
NEST
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.
August 23, 2023
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.
Business
NTI's New Program Aims to Grow Construction Workforce
National Technical Institute
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.
August 18, 2023
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.
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