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Want to find out how others in the industry are building out their local construction workforce or addressing stress-related issues on the jobsite?

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Â鶹´«Ã½ of America wants to understand exactly how labor shortages, supply chain challenges, and inflation are impacting the construction industry. Please help by taking a few minutes to complete the 2023 Autodesk and Â鶹´«Ã½ of America Workforce Survey by Aug. 14. Your responses will help Â鶹´«Ã½ to describe labor market conditions where you operate and to convince public officials to enact measures in that advance the construction industry.

Wage theft – a broad term referring to various ways by which employers fail to pay employees their full compensation – is a growing concern and reportedly a bigger problem in construction than in any other industry. Many state and local governments have adopted wage theft laws that give workers new ways to recover unpaid wages, impose on employers new compliance obligations and liabilities, and increase the penalties for violations. Contractors operating in multiple jurisdictions especially need to know about the changing landscape.

In its latest Settlements Report, the Â鶹´«Ã½-supported Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) advises that construction-industry collective bargaining agreements settled from January through June of 2023 provide an average increase in wages, fringe benefits and other employer payments for union craft workers in the construction industry had an average increase of 4.4 percent.

Construction contracts provide a foundation for project success or, if done wrong, project failure. Updating your contracts is essential. You should evaluate and update your contracts based on the latest technology trends, legal developments, and the insurance market. ConsensusDocs updates its documents more frequently than the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The ConsensusDocs Contract Content Drafting Council (Council) solicits and reviews industry feedback to keep the ConsensusDocs ahead of the curve in identifying and establishing industry best practices. UPDATE: On September 20th, ConsensusDocs published comprehensive revisions to its most used prime and subcontract agreements that address design-bid-build.