As homebuying reaches a fevered pitch across the U.S., contractors in New York and several other states are facing the most severe shortage of skilled construction labor since the Great Recession.

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David Meade has spent five years as executive director of Building Skills New York, a nonprofit that has helped link hundreds of job seekers with entry-level positions in construction. It’s a ...

The construction industry added 17,000 net jobs in December, part of what was a stronger-than-expected jobs report released late last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor has been ...

Slayden Plumbing & Heating, Inc., an Alaska mechanical contractor, is suing the General Services Administration, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other federal ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 501,000 additional workers on top of the normal pace of hiring in 2024 to meet the demand for labor, according to a ...

The construction sector added 11,000 jobs in September and contractors are raising pay faster than other sectors, according to an analysis released Friday from the Associated General Contractors (AGC) ...

Even with recent and growing public support for critically necessary affordable housing in California, developers are finding it difficult to make these projects pencil. They are forced to contend ...

Boston’s construction industry has faced a shortage of labor even as development activity has slowed over the last two years. Now, with interest rates coming down and the state pouring billions into ...