Survey Shows the Biggest Concern of Contractors is Availability of Craft Professionals
A survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America will show that the biggest challenge faced by contractors is their ability to attract new craft professionals.
That news comes to us from AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson as he tours the nation speaking to construction executives about the state of the economy. I caught up with Simonson, who is also a Construction Citizen author, when he was talking to contractors in Austin on Tuesday.
In the survey of about 1,300 contractors, 83 percent said it is difficult to find craft professionals while 61 percent said it is hard to fill management positions like project managers and estimators. [node:read-more:link]