It’s no secret that the construction labor force has been in a decline for the past several years.  Much of the blame for the shortage falls on our nation’s increasing focus on graduating high school students getting into college and the lack of available technical colleges.  Workforce shortages can not only affect individual jobs and their schedules, but may also have a broader impact on the nation’s economy.  Not only do we have a current workforce shortage, it will continue to get worse as our labor pool is aging and millions of workers are expected to retire in the next 10 years.