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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

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To attract applicants, Turning Leaf recently raised its entry-level compensation to $17 per hour. John Riddle, Turning Leaf’s VP and business development manager, says his company upped the ante after attending job fairs for trade students and being told they could make more working at McDonald’s. And on Aug.

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Home Building by the Numbers

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In 2019, for example, the average profitability among the builders surveyed rose to 9.59% of revenue, up from 8.71% in 2018—the best performance since 2006, before the crash (see chart 1). Compensation is one of four sections in the 2019 version of the survey and analysis; the others are financial, operational, and insurance.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

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Project management software: smart tools for fast teams 4. Project management software: smart tools for fast teams The desire for project support through software is growing – and so are the variety of services. After all, smart project management tools offer a lot to keep a cool head as complexity increases.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

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His research found a sharp increase in poison-related asphyxia among reported incidents between 2014 and 2018, while drug and alcohol use and an aging workforce also were cited as factors causing injuries and fatalities. There’s a gap in the management of risk and safety in construction,” he says. Jobsite Safety Checklist.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Nationally, there are an estimated 600,000 unfilled manufacturing jobs and this number is expected to climb as high as 3 million by 2018. Studies show that people who are familiar with manufacturing are twice as likely to consider careers in manufacturing, which has an average annual compensation of around $60,000 in Oklahoma.