Hospitals, schools, highways, water treatment plants, airports, bridges and houses – every American is directly affected by construction every day. It is an industry with unlimited potential and opportunity. In fact, the construction industry is the nation’s largest single industry employing more people and contributing more to America’s gross national product than any other single industry.

Nationwide, nearly 10 million people work in the construction industry, and year after year over 240,000 more jobs are available in construction. Construction maintains the most consistent job growth of any industry in the U.S.

BUDGET, BUILD IT, BUST IT!

Need more proof that a career in construction is a smart idea? Take a peek at the links we’ve listed to other great construction websites:

• Construct My Future
• Construction Jobs
• Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin
• Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.
• National Center for Construction Education and Research
• U.S. Department of Labor’s National Apprenticeship System
• Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition
• Wisconsin’s WORKnet—Wisconsin’s Workforce and Labor Market Information System