Power Design Ramps Up Services to Beat the Competition
Since the Great Recession finished laying waste to much of the Southeast construction industry, an increasingly robust rebound has taken hold across the region as most market sectors generate more work than many specialty contractors can chase. As this reshaping of the construction landscape has unfolded, specialty firms and general contractors alike have focused not only on improving their technological skills-think BIM-capable iPads on every job-but also on the main issue limiting their opportunities, finding good workers.
With an untold number of seasoned craftsmen having chosen to leave the industry for good during the downturn, firms today are often struggling to find experienced workers, and are instead hiring and developing younger workers, often referred to as millennials.