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Callanan, Gerard, and David Perri. "Constructing construction careers: the case for the building trades." Education + Training 62, no. 3 (March 23, 2020): 201–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/et-06-2019-0117.

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PurposeThis paper discusses the well-publicized labor shortages in the building trades, reviews the causes for the deficiencies, and presents prescriptions for how career counselors and schools can play a critical role in encouraging young adults to consider construction occupations.Design/methodology/approachUsing data from government agencies, trade organizations, and scholarly publications, this paper describes the categories of the building trades as well as their employment trends and compensation prospects. It also reviews the personal and environmental factors that could lead to the “construction of a construction career.”FindingsThis article documents the reasons for the labor shortages in the construction industry and then offers recommendation on how younger adults could be encouraged to consider the building trades as viable career alternatives.Social implicationsLabor shortages in the construction industry have a direct and indirect deleterious effect on the economic well-being of every country. This article provides suggestions on how to inspire young adults to consider the building trades as worthwhile career pursuits.Originality/valueThere is a limited amount of scholarly attention given to career decision making related to occupations that do not require a college degree, including the building trades. This paper attempts to fill this gap in the literature by focusing on the individual characteristics and environmental factors that might prompt consideration of a career in the building trades. It also describes the educational, governmental, and corporate initiatives that work to encourage individuals, working in conjunction with their career counselors, to consider careers in the construction industry.

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Porath, Jane, and Larry Porath. "Math For Real: Building Trades." Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School 16, no. 7 (March 2011): 448. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/mtms.16.7.0448.

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When building home, it is critical for the walls to be at a 90° angle with the floor and with one another. Builders say the frame is square when these conditions are met. Otherwise, the structural integrity and safety of the house will be compromised. Builders use geometric properties to ensure that the walls and floor are square with one another.

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Okoye, Peter Uchenna. "Occupational Health and Safety Risk Levels of Building Construction Trades in Nigeria." Construction Economics and Building 18, no. 2 (June 27, 2018): 92–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ajceb.v18i2.5882.

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This study assessed the occupational health and safety risk-level of common building construction trades in Nigeria. It also identified the sources, frequency and magnitude of risks inherent in the activities of various building construction trades. Being site-based survey research, it made use of a structured questionnaire administered to the selected building construction workers of different trades in Anambra State, Nigeria. The collected data were subjected to quantitative risk analysis using mean value method and risk prioritisation number. The study found that masonry, carpentry (including formwork and roofing), and iron bending and steel fixing are common building trades associated with high risks; whereas electrical fitting and installation, painting, tiling, and plumbing are medium risk building trades. It also found that the rate of occurrence and magnitude of impact of different safety risk factors differ across the building trades, which could be attributed to the differences in activities and modes of operation in different building trades. On this premise, the study suggested a multi-risk management and control approach for construction managers on building construction sites since the frequency of risk occurrence and the magnitude of risk severity differ across trades. It further called for institutional and legislative re-strengthening of extant labour laws in Nigeria.

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Hartmann, Sabine, Dirk Gossmann, Suzan Kalmuk, and Katharina Klemt-Albert. "Optimizing Interfaces of Construction Processes by Digitalization Using the Example of Hospital Construction in Germany." Buildings 13, no. 6 (May 30, 2023): 1421. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061421.

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In hospital construction, additional challenges must be considered, such as an increased number of stakeholders and building trades, such as medical and laboratory technology. Due to the increasing requirements and challenges, associated construction processes are becoming more intricate. Especially for complex building types, the effects of this development are clearly noticeable and cause considerable disruptions to the construction process. A main difficulty constitutes the missing definition of the interfaces of building trades and participants. In the present study, interfaces in hospital construction were identified and analyzed by guided interviews with experts from the health sector. The qualitative content analysis, according to Mayring, was used for the evaluation to derive appropriate solution approaches. This paper presents the interfaces using the example of hospital construction in Germany and general approaches of optimization. Hereby, the digital method Building Information Modeling (BIM) plays a decisive role in the optimization of interfaces, especially in complex buildings. Furthermore, a task and building trade control matrix is required to better coordinate the interfaces. The identified approach intends to alleviate potential disputes and misunderstandings among stakeholders, as well as to improve time and financial predictability, which are particularly valuable during inflationary periods.

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Coolican, Alice. "Solidarity and Sectionalism in the Sydney Building Trades: The Role of the Building Trades Council 1886-1895." Labour History, no. 54 (1988): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/27504433.

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Toppin, Ian. "Who is Going to Build the Wall? A Building Trades Crisis in the U.S.A." International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training 5, no. 1 (April 26, 2018): 64–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.13152/ijrvet.5.1.4.

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The context of this study was to examine factors contributing to significant workforce shortages in building trades in the United States. As it is, recruitment of qualified skilled trades workers is becoming increasingly difficult due to lack of a pipeline of prospective workers, and training programs. The study assumed a theoretical inquiry approach in order to address the following three main questions: 1) What is the scope of the workforce shortage in skilled and building trades in the US? 2) What factors are recognized as contributors to the building trades workforce shortage in the US? And, 3) What strategies can be implemented to reverse building trades workforce shortages in the US? Findings affirmed that the scope of workforce shortages in skilled and building (con- struction) trades in the US is very broad and the impact is rather deep. Factors con- tributing to the shortage include: declines in high school technical education programs, which have been replaced by career academies; misconception that higher education al- ways equal higher income, but the untold story is higher debt associated with pursuing higher education; and stricter immigration laws, which are forcing potential workers out of the US. The study concluded that in order to reverse currently declining workforce trends the following six strategies should be implemented: 1) Make it a national priority, thereby appropriating adequate resources to the effort. 2) Increase the number or women and African Americans in building trades. 3) Expand apprenticeship programs. An expan- sion of both government and corporate incentives are needed to stimulate an increase in apprenticeships. 4) Reintroduce building and skilled trades programs in secondary and postsecondary schools. Growth in the number of Career Academies, and participation in them has been encouraging, yet there are not enough of them to meet the need. 5) Re-examine guest-worker programs, which are currently cumbersome for employers to participate in, and do not allow for anywhere close to the number of workers needed to meet workforce needs. 6) Change marketing of building trades from menial to meaning- ful. Many young people simply do not know that they can make a comfortable living from a career in skilled trades. They have been taught that at least a bachelor’s degree is needed in order to have a successful career. This narrative has to be revised in order to create a pipeline of prospective skilled trades employees for the future.

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Fernandes, Gilberto. "Part of the Solution? Indigenous Apprentices and the Unionized Building Trades." Labour / Le Travail 93 (June 3, 2024): 165–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.52975/llt.2024v93.009.

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There have never been more favourable conditions for drawing Indigenous workers into the unionized building trades. The construction industry needs to replenish and diversify its overwhelmingly white, male, and aging workforce to meet skilled labour demands in the next few decades, when major civil infrastructure, mining, and green energy developments are expected to occur in northern Indigenous territories. These projects will be mandated by impact benefit agreements to employ a significant number of Indigenous workers who will first need to be trained. At the same time, Indigenous peoples are the fastest-growing population in Canada and have shown a propensity for pursuing trades education. In recent years, Ontario’s largest building trade unions have taken significant steps to recruit, train, and employ northern Indigenous workers, including in Nunavut. In collaboration with various stakeholders, the unions’ efforts are starting to show positive results. But are their methods and goals informed by decolonization, reconciliation, and Indigenization? This article reflects on this question while examining the case of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 793, which has been a leader among building trades unions when it comes to establishing relationships with Indigenous partners, training Indigenous workers, and contributing to their economic self-determination.

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Moos, S. "EMPLOYMENT AND OUTPUT IN THE BUILDING TRADES." Bulletin of the Oxford University Institute of Economics & Statistics 8, no. 2 (May 1, 2009): 44–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1946.mp8002002.x.

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Chen, Yi Jao, Chung Wei Feng, and Kung Wen Lee. "The Application of BIM Model in M/E/P Construction Coordination." Applied Mechanics and Materials 229-231 (November 2012): 2760–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.229-231.2760.

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The M/E/P (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) system of the building project has become more and more complex as the demand of the better living environment within the modern buildings increases. However, since the complexity and uniqueness involved within MEP trades, various fields of designers or contractors can hardly share their information with each other. This study employs BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology to assist the stakeholders of the construction projects to share and exchange information according to their needs. First, the process of different MEP disciplines will be systematically analyzed. Then the possible conflicts between trades will be identified. According to the study, necessary and important attributes required for the MEP BIM objects will be developed. Those developed BIM objects will later serve as the core of the communication platform, on which the project participants can easily access and share information. In addition, a better information integration mechanism for MEP systems will be developed throughout different phases of the project life cycle.

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Tolbert, Pamela S., and Marc Silver. "Under Construction: Work and Alienation in the Building Trades." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 41, no. 4 (July 1988): 649. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2523620.

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Vallas, Steven Peter, and Marc Silver. "Under Construction: Work and Alienation in the Building Trades." Contemporary Sociology 16, no. 5 (September 1987): 653. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2069760.

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Marshall, Philip Cryan, and Robert J. Cagnetta. "Building Craftsmanship, Capacity, and Relationships: The Preservation Trades Network." APT Bulletin 33, no. 1 (2002): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1504790.

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Juravich, Tom, and Marc L. Silver. "Under Construction: Work and Alienation in the Building Trades." Social Forces 67, no. 1 (September 1988): 258. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2579116.

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Allen, Steven G. "Union Work Rules and Efficiency in the Building Trades." Journal of Labor Economics 4, no. 2 (April 1986): 212–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/298101.

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Kosla, Martin T. "More than Members: Market Revitalization in the Building Trades." Critical Sociology 41, no. 4-5 (June 2, 2014): 735–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0896920514527847.

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Eisenberg, Susan. "Still Building the Foundation: Women in the Construction Trades." WorkingUSA 2, no. 1 (May 6, 1998): 22–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-4580.1998.tb00079.x.

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Dawson, Jane. "Moral Tales and Class Identity in the Building Trades." Anthropology of Work Review 22, no. 4 (December 2001): 13–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/awr.2001.22.4.13.

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KAHN, SHULAMIT, KEVIN LANG, and DONNA KADEV. "National Union Leader Performance and Turnover in Building Trades." Industrial Relations 25, no. 3 (September 1986): 276–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-232x.1986.tb00685.x.

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Prais, S. J., and Hilary Steedman. "Vocational Training in France and Britain: the Building Trades." National Institute Economic Review 116 (May 1986): 45–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002795018611600106.

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The emphasis placed in Germany on vocational training and education was explored in previous studies by the Institute. These drew attention to: the greater numbers with vocational qualifications there than in Britain; the generally broader scope of German training, leading to greater adaptability in the face of technological progress; more extensive preparation at school for subsequent training; and the consequences for productivity (see National Institute Economic Review, August 1983 and February and May 1985). This article presents the first of a series of similar comparisons for France and Britain, with particular attention to French full-time vocational secondary schools for 14-17 year olds.

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Baradan, Selim, and Mumtaz A. Usmen. "Comparative Injury and Fatality Risk Analysis of Building Trades." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 132, no. 5 (May 2006): 533–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9364(2006)132:5(533).

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Love, Peter E. D., Peter R. Davis, and Denis Worrall. "Occupational Licensing of Building Trades: Case of Western Australia." Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice 136, no. 4 (October 2010): 215–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)ei.1943-5541.0000021.

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Sinyai, Clayton, Pete Stafford, and Chris Trahan. "Doing it Old School: Peer-led occupational safety training in the U.S. construction Industry." Notes from the Field 48, no. 3 (January 29, 2014): 605–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1021923ar.

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Many labour organizations that sponsor occupational health and safety training champion “peer training,” preferring instructors drawn from the shopfloor over academically credentialed experts. But peer training is hardly new: in the skilled trades, master craftsmen have instructed apprentices since the Middle Ages. Building on the apprenticeship model of education, the U.S.-based construction unions have created a network of more than 4,000 peer trainers who provide occupational health and safety training to up to 100,000 men and women in the building trades each year.

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Platt, Christopher, and Steven Spier. "Lighting the blue touch paper, and building well." Architectural Research Quarterly 13, no. 1 (March 2009): 20–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135509990078.

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Architectural practice has become considerably more complex in the last twenty years, not to mention since the days of Wright. Many more professions are involved in realising a building, and the construction industry has become professionalised in areas such as health and safety, management training and continuing professional development. Procurement methods for buildings are proliferating and roles for all involved changing, especially for the architect. Shorter timescales are common and there is a general consensus that, in the UK at least, there is a serious skills shortage in the industry and a decline in the quality of the building trades. The industry has become both more litigious and more international.

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Julien, Ludovic. "Monnaie, échanges effectifs et chômage keynésien." Économie appliquée 55, no. 3 (2002): 7–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/ecoap.2002.3077.

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This paper aims at building up a simple model of a decentralized monetary economy with Keynesian unemployment. The existence of involuntary uemployment is based on the organization of trades. Money plays a critical role in coordinating decentralized transactions in equilibrium and in disequilibrium. Without perfect expectations, trades occur out of equilibrium. However, Keynesian unemployment is essentially an equilibrium phenomenom.

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Abu-Shanab, Nadia. "The Night the People Reclaimed You." Counterfutures 12 (August 15, 2022): 188–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/cf.v12.7730.

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Sundqvist, Jan, Bengt Larsson, and Goran Lindahl. "Cooperation in the Building Sector between Building Material Manufacturers and Contractors to Develop Products." Construction Economics and Building 7, no. 2 (November 23, 2012): 45–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ajceb.v7i2.2990.

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The Australian Construction Industry is nowfacing skills shortages in all trades. As anindustry focused on the skill of its workforce,there is now concern the Australian standard inquality, workmanship, and productivity will inhibitboth at national and international level.This research paper addresses the underlying,influential factors concerning skills shortages inthe Australian construction industry. Theinfluential factors addressed include funding,training statistics, employer expectations,financial limitations, Industrial Relations andimmigration. Given the reference to skillsshortages within the industry, and documented inrelated literature, if skills shortages are tocontinue to exist, their effect will impact upon theoverall performance of construction companiesthroughout Australia.

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Fujiati, Danik. "Perempuan Pedagang dan Pasar Tradisional." Muwazah 9, no. 2 (February 6, 2018): 106–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.28918/muwazah.v9i2.1123.

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the traditional market are identically with women, because in any traditional market, especially in Indonesia as much as 85% of trades are dominated by women, even buyers in traditional markets are mostly (90%) also women and of course the merchandise being sold is also related to women or identical with domestic needs. These conditions make women (traders) have economic power and dominate the flow of trade, ranging from the determination of the price of goods, capital, produc relations and division of labor, even determinants of social and cultural relations that exist in traditional markets. Women traders as key actors who have power and dominance in traditional markets, must be central in building patterns of relationships with various other subjects, who play a role in the market. For example: with husbands, with other traders, with buyers, with owners of capital, with suppliers of goods, with porters and laborers carrying. Relationship patterns built by women traders with these subjects, some involving gender sentiments and some that are not, there are a vertical relationship and there are a horizontal relationship.

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Christian, Rudy R. "Conservation of Historic Building-Trades Education: A Timber Framer's View." APT Bulletin 33, no. 1 (2002): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1504789.

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Chin, Dal Lae, OiSaeng Hong, Marion Gillen, Michael N. Bates, and Cassandra A. Okechukwu. "Occupational Factors and Smoking Cessation Among Unionized Building Trades Workers." Workplace Health & Safety 60, no. 10 (October 1, 2012): 445–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/21650799-20120926-65.

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Chin, Dal Lae, OiSaeng Hong, Marion Gillen, Michael N. Bates, and Cassandra A. Okechukwu. "Heavy and Light/Moderate Smoking Among Building Trades Construction Workers." Public Health Nursing 30, no. 2 (March 2013): 128–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01041.x.

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Chin, Dal Lae, OiSaeng Hong, Marion Gillen, Michael N. Bates, and Cassandra A. Okechukwu. "Occupational Factors and Smoking Cessation among Unionized Building Trades Workers." Workplace Health & Safety 60, no. 10 (October 2012): 445–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/216507991206001006.

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Bilginsoy, Cihan. "How unions affect minority representation in building trades apprenticeship programs." Journal of Labor Research 26, no. 3 (September 2005): 451–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12122-005-1014-4.

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High, S. "Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits: A Century of Building Trades History." Journal of American History 92, no. 4 (March 1, 2006): 1485–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4485994.

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Buggey, Susan. "Building in mid-nineteenth Century Halifax." Urban History Review 9, no. 2 (November 8, 2013): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1019333ar.

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An important element in the construction of the nineteenth century cityscape was the "master builder," who in Halifax emerged in the late 1850s and early 1860s, and who significantly changed the role of builders from, primarily, artisans in particular trades to contractors with capacity to meet the needs of large scale construction. They were men who undertook building on a scale sufficient to employ a continuous workforce and who usually carried out all aspects of a contract. One such man was George Lang, a Scottish mason, who in the period 1858 to 1865 contracted for construction of a number of major buildings in growing Halifax. The study of one such "master builder" provides some insight into the study of the cityscape, though much work remains on the inter-relationship of builder, artisan, and architect, as well as the role of legislation, the nature and supply of material, the economics of the building process and the general relationship of buildings to the urban environment.

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Zhang, Zhi Jun. "The Composition and Uses of the Building Material." Advanced Materials Research 790 (September 2013): 3–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.790.3.

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The building products were made from various materials, which are fitted in architectural hardware and decorative hardware parts of a building. This paper introduces the category of the building material, including naturally occurring substances and man-made substances. Building material is any material which is used for construction purposes. The manufacture of building materials is an established industry in many countries and the use of these materials is typically segmented into specific specialty trades

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Wagner, Heidi. "Building Construction Tradeswomen Advocacy Organizations and the Number of Women Working in the Building Trades." Housing and Society 41, no. 1 (January 2014): 89–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2014.11430623.

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Bocci, Martina, and Beatriz Yuste. "Recovering the heritage and building traditions of the village of Tacora, Chile." Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, no. 1 (November 20, 2020): 235–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.51303/jtbau.vi1.343.

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Tacora is a village in the Chilean highlands with an extraordinary natural and cultural landscape. During the last years, its population has migrated massively to the city of Arica. In 2018, the community and the Fundación Altiplano organized a training program for the restoration of the façades of its buildings. The program employed and qualified community members in traditional building trades related to construction with earth, stone and wood. This training program opens up a horizon of new opportunities for sustainable development related to the extraordinary cultural heritage of Tacora.

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Blažková, Blanka, and Eva Kahounová. "TVORBA VÝUKOVÝCH MATERIÁLŮ PRO STAVEBNÍ OBORY A TRUHLÁŘE NA PŘÍKLADU ODBORNÉHO CIZÍHO JAZYKA – NĚMČINY." ACC Journal 28, no. 3 (December 2022): 86–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.15240/tul/004/2022-3-008.

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The paper deals with the creation of a digital educational resource (DER) for teaching the German language for specific purposes (GSP) for building trades and carpenters, which was created within the project “Professional foreign language for building trades and carpenters with the implementation of digital education. Builders, let’s go!” It is a comprehensive study material created by teachers from the German Language Department at the Institute of Language Training at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. It informs about the topics of the individual lessons, their structure, and about the types of exercises that have been created for the Internet e-learning portal Moodle. It also mentions teaching videos from the professional environment that had been filmed within the project.

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Duke, Michael, Luke Bergmann, Carol Cunradi, and Genevieve Ames. "Like Swallowing a Butcher Knife: Layoffs, Masculinity, and Couple Conflict in the United States Construction Industry." Human Organization 72, no. 4 (November 13, 2013): 293–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/humo.72.4.kj54822p0u575637.

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Many construction workers face periods of layoff due to the seasonal nature of the industry, economic fluctuations in the building trades, and the fact that construction jobs tend to be of limited duration. Because this occupation is socially marked as masculine, male and female workers' emotional response to unemployment is likewise expressed in highly gendered terms, which can negatively impact family life. Based on research with unionized building trade workers in California, this paper will explore the ways in which gendered norms and behaviors impact worker stress, and by extension couple conflict, during periods of unemployment. In particular, we will describe the ways in which these conflicts become precipitated by, and expressed through, a habitus of masculinity that affects both male and female construction workers.

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Roter, Debra L., Rima E. Rudd, James Keogh, and Betty Robinson. "Worker Produced Health Education Material for the Construction Trades." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 27, no. 3 (October 2007): 231–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/iq.27.3.d.

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There is broad acceptance of the philosophic foundations of health education as grounded in the collaborative model of client and professional partnership. In practice. however, this partnership is largely dominated by the professional side. Workers may be particularly sensitive to professional domination as issues associated with health promotion vs. safety and health programs at the workplace are often politicized. This polarization is particularly evident in the area of asbestos-related hazard prevention, reduction, and education. Using asbestos hazards as the unifying theme, we participated in a program to facilitate active participation of workers in the production of their own occupational health education materials through the use of the photonovel. Representatives from some seven building trade locals worked with a staff to produce a twenty-four-page photonovel for their co-workers. A random sample of 500 members of building trades locals received either a copy of the photonovel or a popular NCI asbestos pamphlet with an evaluation questionnaire. Differences between the groups were evident in favor of the photonovel in readability, factual recall, general credibility, and attitudes toward future involvement in health and safety issues.

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Roter, Debra L., Rima E. Rudd, James Keogh, and Betty Robinson. "Worker Produced Health Education Material for the Construction Trades." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 7, no. 2 (July 1986): 109–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/fjpl-n1rh-829q-pqrj.

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There is broad acceptance of the philosophic foundations of health education as grounded in the collaborative model of client and professional partnership. In practice, however, this partnership is largely dominated by the professional side. Workers may be particularly sensitive to professional domination as issues associated with health promotion vs. safety and health programs at the workplace are often politicized. This polarization is particularly evident in the area of asbestos-related hazard prevention, reduction, and education. Using asbestos hazards as the unifying theme, we participated in a program to facilitate active participation of workers in the production of their own occupational health education materials through the use of the photonovel. Representatives from some seven building trade locals worked with a staff to produce a twenty-four-page photonovel for their co-workers. A random sample of 500 members of building trades locals received either a copy of the photonovel or a popular NCI asbestos pamphlet with an evaluation questionnaire. Differences between the groups were evident in favor of the photonovel in readability, factual recall, general credibility, and attitudes toward future involvement in health and safety issues.

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Widenor, Marcus R. "Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits: A Century of Building Trades History (review)." Labor Studies Journal 30, no. 4 (2006): 119–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lab.2005.0094.

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Olomolaiye *, P. O., and S. O. Ogunlana *. "An evaluation of production outputs in key building trades in Nigeria." Construction Management and Economics 7, no. 1 (March 1989): 75–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01446198900000008.

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Real, Kevin, Andrea D. Mitnick, and William F. Maloney. "More Similar than Different: Millennials in the U. S. Building Trades." Journal of Business and Psychology 25, no. 2 (February 14, 2010): 303–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10869-010-9163-8.

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Tillett, Sandra, and Patricia Sullivan. "Asbestos screening and education programs for building and construction trades unions." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 23, no. 1 (January 1993): 143–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.4700230120.

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Chin, Dal Lae, OiSaeng Hong, Marion Gillen, Michael N. Bates, and Cassandra A. Okechukwu. "Cigarette smoking in building trades workers: The impact of work environment." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 55, no. 5 (March 5, 2012): 429–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22031.

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BAER, WILLIAM C. "Is speculative building underappreciated in urban history?" Urban History 34, no. 2 (June 20, 2007): 296–316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963926807004658.

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The building industry's organization has been relatively invariant down through history due to housing's unique characteristics: durability, fixity in location, complex co-ordination of various trades on site and financing its great costs. That organizational form has allowed speculative development to flourish periodically during large increases in urban population, despite considerable risk. The same building and speculative processes occurred in ancient Rome and cities in England and the US at greatly different periods of time but those histories do not acknowledge the similarities of development processes that each reports. A separate ‘housing literature’ that steps back from particulars possibly explains why these accounts are so alike.

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Lai, Joseph H. K. "Building operation and maintenance: manpower in Hong Kong." Facilities 35, no. 3/4 (March 7, 2017): 220–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-03-2016-0029.

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Purpose The study aims to reveal the state of building operation and maintenance (O&M) manpower in Hong Kong. In addition, the study included supply and demand of O&M practitioners, gaps between their required and possessed competences and ways to meet the manpower needs. Design/methodology/approach After developing a model that integrates manpower levels (L), trades (T) and natures (N) of O&M works (named as “LTN” model), a full spectrum of O&M jobs were established followed by collecting data of 75 organizations and 402 stakeholders through two surveys. Findings Besides the large O&M workforce, vacancy rates of the jobs were found to be significant. For the different trades and natures of O&M works, the knowledge/skills levels perceived by the stakeholders were lower than the corresponding importance levels. Research limitations/implications The methodology of the study can be used in future research for revealing the state of O&M manpower in Hong Kong and cities alike. The way in which the “LTN” model was developed may be used as a reference for constructing similar models for manpower research in other industries. Practical implications The findings and the measures for improving the O&M manpower can assist policymakers and human resources departments to formulate necessary education and training courses for the building industry. Originality/value The study is the first of its kind focusing on building O&M manpower. The state of the manpower it unveiled forms a basis for comparison with similar findings in future.

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Rosenbloom, Joshua L. "Occupational Differences in Labor Market Integration: The United States in 1890." Journal of Economic History 51, no. 2 (June 1991): 427–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700039048.

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When labor markets are subject to large demand or supply shocks, as was the case in the late nineteenth-century United States, geographic wage differentials may not be an accurate index of market integration. This article uses a conceptually more appealing measure—the elasticity of local labor supply—to compare the integration of urban labor markets for a variety of occupations in 1890. According to this measure, markets, for unskilled labor and skilled metal-working trades appear relatively well integrated in comparison to those for the skilled building trades.

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Akomah, Benjamin Boahene, Laud Kwamina Ahinaquah, and Zakari Mustapha. "Skilled Labour Shortage in the Building Construction Industry Within the Central Region." Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 83–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bjreecm-2020-0006.

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AbstractSkilled labour shortage is the shortfall of workforce in specific trades or shortage of workforce with requisite skills. The paper seeks to identify areas where there are skilled labour shortages in the building construction industry within the Central Region. A survey research approach was employed to get the study population that consisted of project managers, site engineers, site foremen and engineers working with contactors. Questionnaires were designed based on the research specific objectives and used as the main instrument for data collection. Findings from the study revealed that the shortage of skilled manpower was from painters and decorators, electricians and tile workers. Further findings showed that skilled labour shortage was caused by socio–economic conditions, external forces, job attractiveness, job characteristics, job satisfaction, industry limitations and personal factors. Employees should be encouraged to develop their trade competences and change their attitude to work, while employers should build their manpower base through training.

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