Those of you who have followed my blog might remember a few posts I made commenting on my July 23rd article:  U.S. Construction Industry Faces Skilled Labor Shortage.  The aim of both the article and the posts was to highlight the increasingly severe need for skilled workers, especially in commercial construction…

…The fact that commercial construction is growing while its skilled labor pool is shrinking poses an obvious hurdle to commercial construction’s continued growth.  MySanAntonio.com ran an article last week titled Despite housing slump, construction jobs keep rising.  Doug McMurry, executive vice president of the San Antonio chapter of the AGC, says, “Far and away the biggest concern locally is a lack of skilled labor…it’s going to be a very tough time for owners in 2008.”  And this is not mere conjecture:  “McMurry sent surveys to San Antonio construction companies asking them for their biggest concern for 2008.  Nearly 81 percent cited a lack of labor.”  These sentiments are not unique to San Antonio.  The want for quality skilled laborers is felt from coast to coast…

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