Back in 2012, Forbes reported that jobs in the skilled trades were the most difficult to fill in the United States.
Fast forward to 2020 and the problem persists and is actually exasperated by a historically low economy-wide and construction specific unemployment rate. Across the nation, construction companies are struggling to find skilled craft workers for their projects. In general, the labor shortage is limiting the number of projects that companies can take on and also increasing the amount of time it takes to complete projects.
