Meeting the 'Construction Challenge'.(Editor's Perspective)

Meeting the 'Construction Challenge'

Greg Udelhofen, Editor

While the economic challenge of maintaining this nation's infrastructure is staggering, with U.S. government estimates putting the total cost of modernizing this country's water systems, dams, runways, roads and bridges at nearly $1.6 trillion over a five-year period, finding enough workers to support the current and future demands of the construction industry is as equally significant.

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced a new program earlier this year -- the Construction Challenge -- to not only introduce teenagers to opportunities the construction industry presents, …