March 26, 2019 The Construction Workforce Shortage and How We Can Overcome It Over and over again I hear about the construction workforce shortage. I hear about it in the office. I hear about it during meetings with commercial real ...Keep Reading
December 19, 2018 10 Key Tips for Hiring Millennials in Construction Having a great team translates directly to your company’s bottom line. And with the urgent need to bring younger talent into the construction industry, fine ...Keep Reading
February 7, 2018 The Top 10 Ways You Can Benefit From the ACE Mentor Program We’re not getting any younger. Our knees hurt and we’re counting down the days and months to retirement. Plus, it’s getting harder to find people who know the ...Keep Reading
January 30, 2018 Two Challenges, Three Outcomes, One Solution: Where Do You Fit In? The two biggest challenges facing the construction industry in the United States today are: The shrinking population as the Baby Boomer generation continues to ...Keep Reading
January 24, 2018 20 Opportunities to Get Involved with ACE Whether you work in a manufacturing plant, design buildings for local customers, oversee construction, or are scouting your next project location, you got your ...Keep Reading
January 11, 2018 Skilled Worker Shortage: Programs That Are Making a Difference The construction industry is in the midst of a skilled workers shortage across all lines of work. It affects design and construction professionals along with ...Keep Reading
March 27, 2017 Growth in Employment Lags Behind Construction Put-In-Place Value In the spring of 2016, there was some concern around construction employment because there had been a few months of job declines. As the year progressed, that ...Keep Reading
January 4, 2017 The Fed Raises Interest Rates, Signaling the U.S. Economy is Strong Last month, the Federal Reserve voted unanimously to raise the interest rate to 0.75%. It was the first rate increase since December 2015, and this time around ...Keep Reading
June 21, 2016 Should We Be Worried About Dropping Construction Employment Numbers? The past two months in construction employment numbers, according to the BLS May 2016 Employment Situation have shown a slight dip and have gotten a few folks ...Keep Reading
May 5, 2016 Finding Balance as a Mom and a Professional in the Construction Industry In honor of Mother’s Day, I decided to give this month’s blog post a bit of a twist. Instead of focusing on the economy and what is happening in the ...Keep Reading
July 7, 2015 AIA Insider: A Sit-Down With Chief Economist Kermit Baker As many of you know, the AIA show was held last month in Atlanta, GA, where the Building Solutions headquarters are located.The show, which had over 7,000 ...Keep Reading