The Bureau of Labor Statistics hiring data points at a continuation of a recent trend: Contractors are desperate to hold onto ...

Construction workers are four times more likely to commit suicide than the average American — and more than any other occupation, a top trade group warned. Hardhats are also a whopping six times more ...

Construction’s chronic labor shortage faces a hit from President Trump’s immigration crackdown, with pain rippling from small builders to big firms. President Trump’s fortune rose from building glitzy ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. When the pandemic hit the US in the spring of 2020, construction projects of all kinds froze and workers were laid off ...

Workers said that dozens have been infected, thousands have been relocated for quarantine, and several construction sites are ...

A lot can change in 25 years, which is the last time researchers analyzed construction labor trends at this scale. Back then, construction wages were declining, driven in part by the rise of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a swath of Arizona desert that will soon be home to a multibillion-dollar semiconductor plant, Justin Azbill stood before ...

This week, conversations about mental health will take place across New York City’s construction industry, bringing needed attention to an often-overlooked crisis. The industry, both the members of ...

Last July, construction site superintendent Robby Robertson warned his $20 million recreation center project in Mobile, Alabama, would likely be delayed for three weeks. He told Reuters that half of ...

Athos Hill has been diagnosed with a number of conditions related to his work ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. Throughout history, construction work has been punishing ...