The current labor shortage can be attributed to skilled workers not returning to
construction after the recession, a difficulty attracting Millennial workers, and the increases in the enforcement of immigration laws.
Not exact matches
Nailer became a vigilante
after kicking his addiction to booze and drugs and losing his
construction job in the 2008 maxi -
recession.
With little stimulus money expected to be left for
construction after states make up for
recession - driven budget cuts, districts are scrambling for some $ 24 billion or more in zero - or low - interest bonds under the $ 787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Over on Vox, Danielle Kurtzleben crunches the latest Census data on single family home
construction and finds that not only is average house size up again (
after a small
recession induced dip) but the number of bedrooms is climbing (four is the new three).
«
After the
recession, the parts of the housing markets that seem to come back quickest and stronger are the move - up and 55 - plus segments because those people still have money,» he told
Construction Dive.
The figure has gradually trended upward in recent years — 2017 saw 50 million sq. ft. of speculative
construction, roughly 37 percent of the total — as
after the
recession most of the new office product was built - to - suit.
A
construction surge began
after the
recession ended in 2009, as homeowners lost their properties in the housing crash and millennials preferred renting over buying.
Developer Louis Montello was the first to build in the area following the
recession and the first to start
construction without having pre-sold the project
after he took it over from another developer.
The industrial market resurgence can be tracked to two simple fundamentals, according to Dwight Hotchkiss, Colliers» national director for industrial sector — the cautious holdback on new
construction during and immediately
after the
recession, and the increase in demand from retailers looking to grow their e-commerce capabilities.