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In survey after survey, contractors’ greatest challenge has been finding enough qualified applicants for job openings. October’s unemployment rates for the construction industry were near an all-time low. This is despite the fact that pay climbed by 5.4% over the previous year to $36.64 / hour, according to the AGC. Openings have far exceeded hiring, showing that employers aren’t finding qualified applicants. We Must Increase Interest In Construction Careers Our article “Revolutionizing Labor in the […]

Could the UAW strike be a canary in the coal mine for the construction industry? The UAW strike against automakers has been a game-changer. Not only has UAW President Shawn Fain thrown away the old playbook of negotiating, but he’s gambled that the union had enough power to hurt the makers enough to get big gains. And big gains are what he’s gotten so far.  Fain utilized social media and the public’s discontent. He highlighted […]

Investors have contributed to the rise in home prices and the lack of inventory by purchasing homes and turning them into rental properties. U.S. single-family properties reached a record high in July despite the Fed’s long series of aggressive interest rate increases since March 2022.  Homes have been the only corner of the real estate market that has increased in value in the last year. Commercial real estate has fallen 16% since March 2022. Offices […]

The way you interact with your JLG machines is changing. JLG’s solution to interacting with your machinery via an API or a web portal was called ClearSky. It was a telematics system that communicated one way, sending information from the machine to a device. It was not capable of sending data to the machine. And it was not supported by a mobile app. Earlier this year, JLG announced the launch of ClearSky Smart Fleet.  We’ll […]