A Sustainable Workforce Starts With You

Reshaping the Industry

Three actions are necessary to build a thriving, profitable and durable construction industry:

  • Acceptance.  Recognize current situations and challenges and accept they are real.
  • Leadership.  Embrace core values and principles as innovators and leaders.
  • Solutions.  Collaborate among owners, contractors and workforce for solutions.
What challenges is the construction industry facing?  What principles, like sustainable value and social responsibility, should industry leaders embrace?  Where will the solutions come from?
If one thing is for certain, the Construction Career Collaborative (C3) and its message continue to resonate throughout the commercial building industry. That is not only my...
Donald Trump has been losing business left and right because of his harsh rhetoric on immigration. He’s also been gaining in the polls in his bid for the White House. More than 10...
Construction employment stalls in June; raw materials prices slip but product prices riseEditor’s note:  Construction Citizen is proud to partner with AGC America to bring...
The following article originally appeared in the July newsletter to clients of Kiley Advisors, LLC for the purpose of providing the latest leading indicators and industry issues...
Construction spending hits 6-1/2 year high in May; metro job gains shrink; ABI moves upEditor’s note:  Construction Citizen is proud to partner with AGC America to bring you...
Federal agencies with oversight over various industries are taking the problem of worker misclassification more seriously and are taking steps to rein in as many bad actors as...
Our industry cannot talk its way out of a problem we behaved our way into. That’s why the ABC Houston Board of Directors has tasked the group’s Industrial Committee with putting...
Forty states add jobs in May; job openings outpace hires; nonres, housing starts pick upEditor’s note:  Construction Citizen is proud to partner with AGC America to bring you...
The following article originally appeared in the June newsletter to clients of Kiley Advisors, LLC.  Reprinted with permission.Last month, we introduced the subject of...