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# Blog

[![](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Picture1-1.png?width=365&name=Picture1-1.png) ](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/closing-michigans-construction-talent-gap-infrastructure-employers-pave-the-way)

## [Closing Michigan’s Construction Talent Gap: Infrastructure Employers Pave the Way](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/closing-michigans-construction-talent-gap-infrastructure-employers-pave-the-way)

Across the entire supply chain, from raw materials to the completed project, Michigan’s construction industry is facing...

[![MichiganConstruction_Infographic_Connections_ForPowerpoint.jpg](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-headers/MichiganConstruction_Infographic_Connections_ForPowerpoint.jpg?width=365&name=MichiganConstruction_Infographic_Connections_ForPowerpoint.jpg) ](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/37-million-and-counting-michiganconstruction-campaign-well-underway)

## [37-Million and Counting: Michigan Construction Campaign Well Underway](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/37-million-and-counting-michiganconstruction-campaign-well-underway)

Michigan is very familiar with the process of creating a single brand to promote a critical issue impacting the state...

[![Unknown-1.png](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-headers/Unknown-1.png?width=365&name=Unknown-1.png) ](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/michigan-faces-long-term-workforce-shortage-key-factors-household-growth-personal-debt-immigration)

## [Michigan Faces Long-term Workforce Shortage Key Factors: Household Growth, Personal Debt, Immigration](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/michigan-faces-long-term-workforce-shortage-key-factors-household-growth-personal-debt-immigration)

A collective of industry associations and the regional government gathered in Novi for the [2017 Mid-Year Economic...](https://www.cam-online.com/CalendarofEvents/tabid/107/vw/3/itemid/443/d/20170615/Default.aspx)

[![Untitled design (13).png](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(13).png?width=365&name=Untitled%20design%20(13).png) ](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/danger-zombie-apocalypse-ahead)

## [Danger: Zombie Workforce Apocalypse Ahead](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/danger-zombie-apocalypse-ahead)

An epidemic like this doesn’t spread quickly. It doesn’t even create a sense of urgency at the beginning. When the...

[![](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-headers/Pipeline%20Blog.jpg?width=365&name=Pipeline%20Blog.jpg) ](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/the-michigan-construction-movement-repairing-a-broken-pipeline)

## [The Michigan Construction Movement: Repairing A Broken Pipeline](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/the-michigan-construction-movement-repairing-a-broken-pipeline)

Let’s face it. We all have our own view of the construction industry. It is inescapable that which construction...

[![MICCD Blog.jpg](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MICCD%20Blog.jpg?width=365&name=MICCD%20Blog.jpg) ](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/2017-construction-career-exploration-spring-events-0)

## [Michigan Construction Career Days 2017](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/2017-construction-career-exploration-spring-events-0)

Michigan Construction is proud to be involved with Michigan Construction Career Days taking place this Thursday and...

[![Untitled design (17).png](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(17).png?width=365&name=Untitled%20design%20(17).png) ](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/2017-construction-career-exploration-spring-events)

## [2017 Construction Career Exploration Spring Events](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/2017-construction-career-exploration-spring-events)

Michigan Construction is proud to be involved with numerous construction career events taking place this spring.

[![NationalApprenticeshipWeek_BlogHeader_Costs](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NationalApprenticeshipWeek_BlogHeader_Costs.jpg?width=365&name=NationalApprenticeshipWeek_BlogHeader_Costs.jpg) ](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/apprentice-programs-vs-college-whats-the-cost-0)

## [Apprentice Programs vs. College: What's the Cost?](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/apprentice-programs-vs-college-whats-the-cost-0)

 When asked the age-old question, “Is college worth it," many high school students and young people out of high school...

[![blog-national-apprenticeship-week-upcoming.jpg](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-national-apprenticeship-week-upcoming.jpg?width=365&name=blog-national-apprenticeship-week-upcoming.jpg) ](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/national-apprenticeship-week-2016-michigan-events)

## [National Apprenticeship Week 2016: Michigan Events](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/national-apprenticeship-week-2016-michigan-events)

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to participate in an apprenticeship program instead of attending a college...

[![uniting_construction_industry.jpg](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-headers/uniting_construction_industry.jpg?width=365&name=uniting_construction_industry.jpg) ](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/uniting-the-construction-industry)

## [Uniting the Construction Industry](https://blog.michiganconstruction.com/uniting-the-construction-industry)

One of the reasons that the construction industry is having difficultly growing its workforce is the lack of...

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