The following was originally published as an op-ed in The Houston Chronicle. Reprinted with permission.Our national security and energy independence are at risk because the United States has yet to address workforce issues critical to the Texas Gulf Coast. Let me explain.I recently...
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As part of our mission to promote a sustainable workforce, Construction Citizen is proud to highlight incredible community service organizations all over Southeast Texas. Neighborhood Centers, which has 70 locations in the Houston area, is putting people to work every day across the region. Their...
Komatsu, the Japanese builder, has produced autonomous vehicles for major mining and construction sites around the globe. Now, they are combining their autonomous vehicles with drones to become more productive and accurate in their site work. They use the drones to survey the site in less than a...
In November the Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston (ABC) and the Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF) hosted 400 high-school students currently enrolled in Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes at their high schools to an event designed to acquaint the...
Community colleges along the Texas Gulf Coast are working overtime to meet the needs of employers and help a student population hungry for success. Among other things I’ve learned lately, it was especially amazing to hear Lee College President Dennis Brown say many of the students enrolled in...
The following article originally appeared in the September newsletter to clients of Kiley Advisors, LLC. Reprinted with permission.In light of the unsettling alarmist headlines, prevalent in media these days, we wanted to offer some factual data about Houston and Texas. They come from a...
Construction Dive writer Emily Pfeiffer recently reported on 10 trends that are impacting construction today, and we thought that you would relate to them. They include: increasing labor shortages; increasing use of BIM and other technology on jobsites; homebuilder mergers in the wake of the...
Last week we pointed out a video with images from the evacuation of lower Manhattan on September 11, 2011. This week we found a time-lapse video of the construction of one of the memorials which have been built to commemorate those who lost their lives that day.The Flight 93 National Memorial...
Despite the fact that women are the absolute best candidates for many careers in construction, the perception remains that it’s a “man’s world” and that’s all there is to it in the industry. Though women lag behind the men in jobs actually held, leaders in the industry are working overtime to try...
