As the year comes to an end, the construction industry’s ongoing skilled labor shortage continues to be top-of-mind for many contractors, with an ongoing need for qualified, skilled craft professionals. In just the last year, the industry faced a significant shortage of more than half a million workers (according to Associated Builders and Contractors) with an estimated 1.2 million construction workers planning to leave their jobs to work in other industries.
In an effort to tackle this industry-wide challenge, Mortenson has developed an innovative, new Virtual Reality (VR) Quality Training Program that not only helps to enhance safety, quality and efficiency on the job site by leveraging new technology in virtual reality trainings—but also helps to better prepare new field employees for the on-site challenges they may face from day-to-day.