For Construction Pros

How Better Communication Can Attract and Retain the Next Generation of Construction Workers

As 41% of construction workers approach retirement, clear communication and digital tools are key to engaging Gen Z employees ...

Skilled worker decline challenges industry: How construction companies can solve the 2025 workforce shortage crisis

The construction labor force has long been a concern, but today’s climate has exacerbated the issue. The construction ...
For Construction Pros

Turnover in Construction: Why Workers Leave and How to Keep Them

A new analysis published in Issue 2 of ADP Research's Today at Work 2025 report analyzed five years of ADP payroll data to uncover employee turnover trends. Timely, ADP Research found employee ...

Map Shows States Where Construction Workers Work the Hardest

Construction workers in Louisiana are the nation's hardest working builders, according to a map showing the hours spent on ...
The New York Times

How Contracting Work Became a Race to the Bottom

The reality of being a contractor includes labor shortages, brutal competition and low, low margins. Ben Whelan, a contractor in Connecticut, at a work site in March.Credit...Victor Llorente for The ...

Report: Wage theft, sexual harassment rampant for Minneapolis' non-union construction workers

A new report says the city of Minneapolis needs to act to end wage theft and sexual harassment in the non-union construction ...
LAist

Rate of death by suicide among construction workers is high. Here’s why

Industry leaders created Construction Suicide Prevention Week in 2019 in reaction to a steady rise in the death-by-suicide rate among construction workers. “We all agreed, as an industry collectively, ...
FOX 35 Orlando on MSN

How iBuild is hoping to combat construction worker shortage in Central Florida

It seems something is under construction no matter where you look, whether it's an apartment complex, new neighborhood, ...