"We're starting to feel it now and it's slowly going to get worse," said Jon Tori, senior vice president of The Weitz Co. in Fort Lauderdale.
Florida's construction industry lost half its employment during the recession and housing crisis. As projects were stalled, many construction workers and specialty trades workers left to work in the oil industry, return to their native country or just left the business, industry observers say.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Skilled construction workers in short supply - Sun Sentinel
Seems workers may stay in the greener pastures they fled to when the construction economy tanked in Florida. Click title for link. Here is a bit from the article: