The situation in the construction industry is unsustainable

Published August 10, 2016 3:10pm ET



Something big is going to have to change in the U.S. construction industry, where employers are adding jobs faster than they can find people to hire.

Construction companies keep on advertising new jobs, but hiring has hardly budged during the recovery, new figures released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show.

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