Elevate 2025: Addressing the Built Environment Workforce Crisis

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Slice of Construction Team
February 21, 2025

Key Highlights:

  • Elevate 2025, a one-day summit, will address the workforce shortage in the built environment.

  • Hosted by NIBS, ICC, and the National Building Museum on March 4 in Washington, D.C.

  • Industry leaders and policymakers will explore scalable solutions to labor shortages.

  • Sessions will focus on labor market data, disaster recovery, and workforce policy solutions.

  • Emphasis on empowering women to help close the workforce gap.

Source: PR Newswire

Notable Quote:

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"The workforce shortage across the built environment has evolved from a past problem into today’s major crisis and will become a disaster in its own right if left unaddressed."

Dr. George Guszcza, CEO at National Institute of Building Sciences

Why This Matters:

The built environment workforce crisis poses a serious threat to national security, infrastructure resilience, and economic growth. Traditional strategies have failed to address labor shortages at scale. Elevate 2025 provides a critical platform for industry experts and policymakers to implement solutions, particularly by fostering greater female participation in the workforce. Addressing this challenge head-on is essential for the future stability and sustainability of the industry.