Fill the Pool

Here's how to combat the industry workforce shortage.

By Adam Dalva

The construction industry is experiencing a fundamental shift as fierce competition for candidates to fill both new and open positions intensifies. The pace of monumental-scale infrastructure construction projects is on the rise worldwide, with current annual global infrastructure demand projected at $4 trillion, according to the World Economic Forum. The U.S. government plans to raise $1 trillion in a private/public partnership to rebuild major infrastructure throughout the country, with a focus on roads, bridges and other major construction endeavors. In addition, technology is transforming the way projects are designed and delivered and diversity is becoming an increasingly important focus for the industry, expanding beyond race and gender to include diversity of thought, background and experience.