builder NEWS The Construction Industry's Top Workforce Challenge - And 3 Potential Solutions By Emily Peiffer | Oct. 12, 2016 The labor shortage continues to dominate the list of concerns for construction companies. During the Great Recession, the industry lost more than 40% of its work force, cutting nearly 2.3 million jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Even though the economy has rebounded in recent years, a significant portion of those lost workers have not returned to construction. Firms are also struggling to attract millennial workers to careers in the trades that the aging workforce will soon leave behind. During the Construction Management Association of America's National Conference & Trade Show in San Diego this week, industry experts explored the current state of the sector's workforce problems, as well as ideas for how to tackle the challenge. Story continues at Read More The Top 10 Green Building Products for 2017 By Emily Peiffer | Oct. 6, 2016 The green building market is teeming with manufacturers seeking to develop products and materials that reduce a building's overall embodied energy while standing up to stringent performance criteria - all in the hopes of helping to create a more sustainable construction industry. During the 2016 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, held this week in Los Angeles, hundreds of companies sought to connect with major stakeholders in the green space. To help break through the noise of the stream of manufacturers, Brent Ehrlich, a products and materials specialist for publishing company BuildingGreen, announced its annual list of predictions for the green products likely to have the most significant impact on the market in the coming year. From composting toilets to electric lawn mowers, BuildingGreen's list offers a forecast for what's on the horizon in the rapidly evolving green building industry. "Although toilets are now more efficient than ever, there is -more to waste than water," Ehrlich said. Currently, human waste is often mixed with toxic industrial waste or stormwater streams, leading to additional energy and water required to treat the waste. Read More 22 | HBRA of Fairfield County | October 2016
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