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Labor shortages in construction cause delays, drive up costs in Clark County

Industry strives to make building trades more appealing to high school students

By Sarah Wolf, Columbian staff writer
Published: January 9, 2024, 6:08am
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Construction workers move a piece of siding up a ladder on Northeast 138th Avenue in east Vancouver. The construction industry locally and nationally is seeing huge labor shortages, delaying projects and making them more expensive.
Construction workers move a piece of siding up a ladder on Northeast 138th Avenue in east Vancouver. The construction industry locally and nationally is seeing huge labor shortages, delaying projects and making them more expensive. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

For years, the local construction industry has seen labor shortages. Experts say the trend is driving up the cost of building and causing delays.

It’s the same nationally. The construction industry had 459,000 job openings nationwide in November, the highest since the end of 2022, according to the U.S.

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