Tech Strategy Requires a New Type of Construction Worker

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By Construction Dive's, Kathleen Brown

Introducing technology at a construction company isn’t as simple as supplying iPads and downloading “freemium” project management apps — it involves a plethora of hardware, software, people and processes and requires someone at the helm who understands how all of these interact in the construction business."

The Construction Labor Shortage Needs Major Institutional Fixes

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By Matthew Rothstein, Bisnow Philadelphia

Training highly skilled craft workers requires multi-year programs that combine classroom training and on-the-job experience … With the large-scale shift to nonunion employment, the apprenticeship system has declined.”