Where have all the carpenters gone? Home builders across the United
States are scratching their heads for an answer as they struggle to
assemble crews to keep up with growing demand.
In some parts of the country, the shortage of skilled carpenters -
especially framers - is so bad that builders cannot get projects off the
ground and it is taking as much as two months longer than normal to
complete a project. "Right now I have framing material sitting on the job site with the
foundation on the ground," said Stephen Paul, executive vice president
at Mid-Atlantic Builders in Rockville, Maryland. "It's been sitting
there a week because I have not been able to get a framer to start the
house."
According to a National Association of Home Builders survey published
last month, 48 percent of single-family home builders could not find
framing crews in the first three months of this year, and builders in
all four regions struggled. In the middle of last year, that figure
stood at just 30 percent...
Full story at http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-usa-economy-homebuilding-idUSBRE95I05F20130619
From: Daniel J. B. Mitchell
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