Tag: labor shortage

Need Construction Workers for Your Facility Project? Big Labor Shortage May Be a Problem

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Feb 25, 2022 Design and Construction

Updated: Feb 25, 2022

For the past two-plus years, facilities professionals have been struggling with COVID, the Great Resignation, and supply chain issues, leading to a lack of materials and major delays on facility retrofits and new-construction projects across the country. Although such problems were expected to continue in 2022, a new report from the Associated Builders and Contractors […]

How Facilities Managers Can Deal with Labor Shortages During the Holidays

By Tom Buiocchi, CEO, ServiceChannel Sep 27, 2021 Human Resources

Updated: Sep 27, 2021

This upcoming holiday season will be ripe with challenges for facilities managers, who will be dealing with a labor shortage that will prove to be problematic not only for regular staffing but also for contract maintenance service providers and skilled tradespeople. From multi-location restaurants and retail chains to distribution and fulfillment centers, operational managers need […]