Michael Barnes, Publisher of High-Profile Monthly
As High-Profile Monthly prepares to kick off a fantastic 20th anniversary program year, we will be reaching out to the most active companies in New England’s design and construction community for project profiles to acquire feedback and expert advice for our readers on the latest trends.
Our 20th year theme is HP20/20. That is a focus on 20 years past and 20 years ahead. Blasdel A. Reardon, Lean construction consultant, Strategic Enterprise Technology Inc., Boston, will update his remarks from HP’s 10th anniversary issue with “A Decade of Change for AEC: 2007 to 2017 and Beyond.”
Blasdel Reardon
A timeline of HP cover stories and the most notable projects in the HP headlines will be followed by today’s projections and forecasts for design and construction trends in the next 20 years.
We hope you will join us at High-Profile. New England’s most active facility owners and managers, architects, contractors, and engineers are invited to participate in this special issue with advertisements and corporate profiles. Each profile will help define the AEC industry in New England. For details, contact us through your HP account executive or [email protected].
More Work Requires More Workers
According to the results of an industrywide survey released by Autodesk and the Associated General Contractors of America, 70% of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce.
Forty-six percent of firms also report they are doing more in-house training to cope with workforce shortages, while 47% report they are increasing overtime hours and 41% are increasing their use of subcontractors.
State lists of construction employment show Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island up 12% from one year ago. Maine is up 8%, Massachusetts 3%, while Vermont is the only negative, coming in at -2%.
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