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Labor Concerns for Building Industry Professionals
As a componenet of the housing industry's labor force, building industry professionals, are directly concerned with labor issues. Architects, planners, and engineers want to work with experienced and skilled labor staff in a safe work environment as they visit construction sites. Technology plays a critical role in changing and establishing the skills of homebuilding, as well as in creating safe working conditions. Safety tools, as well as the actual building tools that are used in building homes, are important to the well-being of labor and its production rates.
As a building sector that benefits directly from hands-on labor, housing can play a leasing role in the development of improved working environments that affect the whole industry. PATH encourages the dissemination of labor safety information throughout the building industry.
Content updated on 10/29/2004
