Mar 23, 2015
The current crop of companies that give hiring preference to military service members includes Bechtel, Crossland Construction, Fluor, ISC, Jacobs, KBR, L.P.R. Construction Co, Marek...
Mar 23, 2015
Some 200,000 active military service members are estimated to leave duty every year, or roughly 1 million over the next five years, providing a potentially big source of skilled craft...
Mar 6, 2015
The three mega petrochemical projects in Southwest Louisiana are dealing with the challenge of getting 70-80% of the workforce needs to be journey-level, as this is the recommended...
Mar 6, 2015
EPC companies in the US Gulf Coast expect a move from cost-reimbursable contracts back to lump-sum contracts as the delays in capital spending free up resources for ongoing projects
Mar 6, 2015
The Canadian plastics and chemical company plans to increase and diversify its ethane supplies, upgrade its existing crackers in Canada, and build a new world-scale LLDPE unit, a NOVA...
Feb 26, 2015
The unconventional oil and gas boom has shaken up energy markets in the Americas. Despite layoffs at a few Majors announced recently and the oil crisis, the labor shortage for skilled...
Feb 24, 2015
A solution to the current skilled labor shortage in North American petrochemical construction projects could be a focus on plant modularization, according to industry executives.
Feb 20, 2015
With the introduction of ten ethane cracker projects in the US over the next 5 years, around 90% of output from these projects would need to be exported to make them commercially...
Feb 10, 2015
The U.S. petrochemical industry is facing a serious shortage of skilled craft workers. The problem is further exacerbated by the cost of labor, which has been rising in the recent past...
Feb 10, 2015
Endowed with abundant natural resources, a highly skilled workforce and a competitive tax system, Canada is making the most of North America’s petrochemical renaissance.
