New data is highlighting a worsening shortage of construction workers nationwide, and recent immigration enforcement efforts may be playing a role, according to the Associated General Contractors of ...

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Minnesota’s construction industry is feeling the effects of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge in the state amid reports of jobsite visits, harassment, project slowdowns, racial ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. Throughout history, construction work has been punishing ...

Southern California’s construction workforce was at 98% of its peak staffing in December – a high level of employment that suggests rebuilding from wildfire damage faces a skills gap. Construction ...

A new analysis published in Issue 2 of ADP Research's Today at Work 2025 report analyzed five years of ADP payroll data to uncover employee turnover trends. Timely, ADP Research found employee ...

The construction industry faces challenges in keeping workers safe due to the human exposure to the high temperatures that are common during the summer months. While the warm, non-wet weather is great ...

On a particularly busy workday in spring 2023, Michael Vincent was taking a short break from operating a forklift when he glanced down at his phone and noticed an alert from his bank flagging some ...

Worker and job-site safety are key factors that construction management firms must consider daily. The Boston-based firm Shawmut does this with AI-powered software connected to workers' phones. This ...

Construction and real estate company executives are teaming with D.C. politicians to weaken laws that protect New York construction workers, who have some of the most dangerous jobs in the world. The ...