Dive summary:
- Finally, even if haltingly, construction is coming back to life in the U.S., but contractors in several states cannot find enough people to do the work.
- For now, the problem exists in Texas, Arizona, Iowa and Florida, but people in the industry expect it to spread as the recovery does.
- Home construction is up, as is apartment building and some nonresidential sectors compared with 2011, but the construction payroll is basically unchanged over the same period.
From the article:
"It has been a shock for us," says Milton Chicas, who heads recruiting for Wayne Bros., a Kannapolis, N.C.-based commercial builder in the Southeast. ...
