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Take a look at some of the top jobs in the field heading into the new year.
Reshaping the Construction Industry
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It’s common knowledge that the construction industry is facing a workforce shortage. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the construction industry needs to hire an additional 440,000 workers by 2020.
December 03, 2019
At a recent dinner with some colleagues from an earlier life, the discussion turned to how the construction of a building is like making a movie. Both are very complex, and both take hundreds, if not thousands, of professionals, each with a specific role to play.
December 02, 2019
Happy Thanksgiving! - sketch by Jim Kollaer
November 27, 2019
The dust has hardly cleared after the recent partial collapse of eight floors of the under-construction Hard Rock Hotel at 1031 Canal Street at the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans, killing three and injuring over 30 workers, but the lawsuits and the stories are beginning to emerge.
November 26, 2019
After we reported last week that the Texas Senate seems to be abandoning legislation that would block local governments from requiring private employers to provide paid...
November 25, 2019
Texas again added the most construction jobs (51,400 jobs, 6.9%), followed by California (34,400, 4.0%), Florida (25,300, 4.6%), Arizona (14,400, 8.9%) and Nevada (12,000, 13%). Nevada again added the highest percentage of construction jobs, followed by New Mexico (11%, 5,300), Arizona, New Hampshire (8.1%, 2,200) and Arkansas (7.6%, 3,800).
November 25, 2019
Beard recently hosted a roundtable of representatives from the various sectors participating in UpSkill Houston – industry, K-12, higher education, and community development.
November 22, 2019
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is asking Texas State Senators to study a variety of issues ahead of the next legislative session. It is common practice for the Senate’s presiding officer to issue what are called “interim charges” to committees. These “charges” are basically a list of subjects that lawmakers may wish to act on in the next legislative session.
November 21, 2019
A recent survey by Dodge Data & Analytics and Sevan Multi-site Solutions of owners who have multi-site construction and contractors who do that work reveals some vastly different positions on “critical success factors” in the construction process. The survey findings were reported in a Dodge Smartmarket Insight titled Challenges and Opportunities in Multi-Site Construction.
November 20, 2019
