Peggy Smedley and Keith Churchill, manager of construction, Bechtel Manufacturing and Technology, talk about the talent shortage in the construction industry. He says the craft professionals are key to being successful on any project, and the company is keeping tabs on the available workforce, and it is seeing a significant craft shortage of 40,000 craft professionals in the coming years.
They also discuss:
- How to engage, retrain, and train the younger workforce and how to implement diversity on projects.
- How technology such as Gen AI (artificial intelligence) fits into this conversation.
- How sustainability and embodied carbon fits into this conversation.
(10/22/24 - 893)
IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast, Keith Churchill, Bechtel Manufacturing and Technology
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