Workforce Capacity
Market depth, role demand, and hiring competition across construction labor pools.
National Workforce Exposure Brief
Composite operational exposure across U.S. construction labor markets — state tiering across four exposure bands.
Read reportCompensation Intelligence Snapshot
National medians and regional spread for core construction execution roles — anchored to BLS OEWS.
Read reportFederal Construction Award Momentum
State-level federal construction contract-award momentum from USAspending — a leading demand signal.
Read reportState Market Briefs
Per-state construction labor market overviews — employment scale, wage positioning, and exposure tier.
Read reportCHIPS-Grid Labor Collision™
CGCI-v1.1 Q3 refresh: quarterly movers, HDS posting demand, apprenticeship reads, directional tightness, and BLS workforce signals. Not proven labor collision.
Read reportWhere AI Data-Center Construction Is Concentrating
49 verified projects · ~6.8 GW · ~$31.3B — a front-loaded leading indicator of electrical and mechanical labor demand.
Read reportWhich State Grids Can Absorb New Load
~1.73M MW interconnection queue across 50 states — grid readiness as the throttle on construction-labor demand.
Read reportBuilding Permits as a Labor Leading Indicator
~336K residential units in Q1 2026 — Census permit authorizations as a leading indicator of labor demand.
Read reportConstruction Hiring Demand Signal
1.35M U.S. job postings classified by segment — where construction hiring demand concentrates nationally.
Read reportConstruction Role Demand
~130K classified postings by execution role and trade — which seats are hardest to fill across segments.
Read reportContractor Workforce-Pressure Concentration
Banded composite pressure across ~4,200 federal-award-linked contractors — award-driven demand clusters.
Read reportConstruction Supply–Demand Balance
Hiring demand vs. licensed contractor supply — where markets are relatively tight or slack.
Read reportConstruction Labor Supply
1.8M contractor-license records across ten states — a supply-side census of the licensed contractor base.
Read reportAll Intelligence Reports
Complete thematic intelligence library — sector disruptions, demand concentrations, and leading indicators.
Read reportWorkforce Exposure Index™
Five-component composite index measuring operational workforce constraint across U.S. construction markets.
Read reportProject Execution Risk Matrix™
Project- and role-specific workforce risk across four dimensions — role criticality, market depth, and velocity.
Read reportCompensation Volatility Framework™
Compensation movement, regional spread, and directional trend for core construction execution roles.
Read reportWorkforce Pressure Index™
Company-level composite measuring workforce execution pressure from footprint, backlog, hiring velocity, and trade mix — methodology v1.0; scores pending.
Read reportInfrastructure Watch — July 2026
Monthly WIL signal digest — federal award movers, hiring velocity shifts, WEI tier changes, and the signal of the month for construction workforce planning.
Read reportAll Publications
Full publication feed — metro × role briefs and thematic research, filterable by niche.
Read reportAbout the Workforce Intelligence Lab
Mission, research standards, and the institutional role of the Workforce Intelligence Lab.
Read reportSignal Monitors
Live monitoring programs — data center pipeline, grid constraints, hiring competition, and labor supply.
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