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If Labor Shortages Persist, Will Builders Seek Construction Alternatives?
Advanced framing, panelization, and modular manufacturing could gain ground. Kevin Flaherty didn’t have his hopes up. The director of marketing for the modular manufacturer Champion Enterprises,...
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Housing Rebound in U.S. Hampered by Own Success as Costs Climb
Even as U.S. housing rebounds from its worst downturn since the 1930s, production bottlenecks are pushing up building-materials costs, land prices are rising and skilled labor ready to begin work is...
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ADP: 15,000 New Construction Jobs Added in April
The nation’s labor market is stalling, with only 119,000 jobs added last month. But the construction sector is continuing to grow. Automatic Data Processing (ADP), a leading provider of payroll...
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Another Analysis Wonders If Labor Supply Might Slow Housing’s Recovery
Fannie Mae foresees a 1-million-worker shortage, vis-a-vis construction demand, by 2016 New-home construction is expected to get back to a “normal” level of 1.6 million starts per year by 2016. If the...
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Can Better Communication with Trades Mitigate Shortages?
Production builders look for ways to close gaps in their supply-chain management. It’s dawning on more production and custom builders that the problems they’ve been experiencing with rising costs and...
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Remodelers Report Labor Shortages
A recent NAHB survey reveals that professional remodelers have begun to see some shortages of directly employed labor as well as of subcontractors. The findings come from the Labor Availability Report...
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Framing the Future
In his more than two decades in the real estate business, Bob Faith, CEO of Charleston, S.C.–based Greystar Real Estate Partners, has ridden three different real estate cycles. In that time, he’s...
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U.S. Builders Complain They Can’t Find Skilled Carpenters
Where have all the carpenters gone? Home builders across the United States are scratching their heads for an answer as they struggle to assemble crews to keep up with growing demand. In some parts of...
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Number of Open Constuction Jobs Remains High
Government employment data indicate that the count of construction sector job openings for the months of 2013 is the highest since 2008. While the increase in unfilled positions is consistent with the...
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Union Promises Carpenters as Market Rebounds
Unions promise trained carpenters when housing market rebounds. When home builders need carpenters, union trained ones will be available in the markets where unions are active, says Douglas J....
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The Hispanic Labor Demand
Will immigration reform quash the flow of laborers? Hispanic workers account for about one-fifth of the residential construction workforce, according to NAHB estimates. The trade association would like...
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Where is the Labor?
Insights, analysis, and expert hiring Tips to help you staff up for the new-Home Building comeback. The Beutler Corp., one of the largest HVAC, plumbing, and fire sprinkler contractors in the western...
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