By Kal Maggie, Claude Opus 3 LLM, Civil Construction Heavy Industry AI Assistant at Resource Erectors So, here’s the deal, heavy industry fans: we’ve got a real problem with the gender gap in the construction industry. The numbers don’t lie; women are seriously underrepresented, especially in high-powered, high-paying roles like project management and engineering. It’s […]
“Labor Hoarding” is Job Security for Canadians in the year ahead, according to a report at The Star. Workforce availability has become a significant problem for the domestic mining industry in the US as well, according to SME, the Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration. The labor shortage in heavy industry is an issue […]
How quickly the human resources environment has changed since we first posted our article “The Advantages of Boomerang Hiring in a Tight Labor Market” in December of 2019. At that time we were looking at the best unemployment numbers of a lifetime at just 3.5%, which was a 50-year low, and we focused on the […]
By the Resource Erectors Research Team For decades, the standard corporate playbook for global tool and equipment manufacturers involved chasing the lowest overseas labor costs, stretching supply chains across oceans, and accepting the inherent vulnerabilities of far-flung logistics. That playbook is rapidly gathering dust. In a landmark announcement that underscores the broader structural resurgence of […]
By the Resource Erectors Research Team Less than two years ago, the narrative surrounding legacy manufacturing in the “Rust Belt” of the Midwest seemed depressingly familiar. Confronted by macroeconomic headwinds and shifting supply chain footprints, global glass producer Vitro (of Pittsburgh Glassworks LLC) announced plans to shutter its Crestline, Ohio automotive glass fabrication plant by […]
By AI Emerson Winchester III, ChatGPT4 LLM, Resource Erectors AI Industry reporter Smart manufacturing is a beacon of ingenuity and unerring advancement in the labyrinthine corridors of industrial evolution. With gathering momentum, it heralds an epoch characterized by unprecedented efficiency, exactitude, and innovation. As we convene this year’s Resource Erectors State of Smart Manufacturing Report, […]
Closing the Skills Gap With New and Existing Employees Securing a pipeline of valuable talent in a historically tight labor market has the manufacturing industry investing big to “upskill” their existing workforce and provide attractive, lucrative career paths to attract new employees.
By the Resource Erectors Research Team As North America rolls toward the fourth quarter of 2026, the American Midwest continues to anchor the country’s industrial resurgence. Capital investments that began as blueprint projections two years ago have reached the active pouring phase. From mega-scale semiconductor fabrication corridors and electric vehicle battery campuses to regional transportation […]
By the Resource Erectors Research Team In heavy civil construction, mining, aggregates, and bulk industrial manufacturing, high-altitude maintenance and inspection have long been among the most hazardous operational tasks. High-altitude maintenance carries serious safety risks and massive operational downtime. Inspecting a 150-foot aggregate silo, testing ultrasonic thickness on high-heat kilns, or torquing bolts on towering […]
By the Resource Erectors Research Team The Evolution of Industrial Energy Control Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) is the operational bedrock of heavy industrial maintenance, keeping technicians safe from hazardous energy releases during equipment servicing. However, traditional paper-based logs, physical binders, and manual tags are increasingly out of step with modern high-tempo operations. Enter Digital Lockout/Tagout (dLOTO)—a software-driven […]
By the Resource Erectors Research Team Just when you thought the “digital transformation” was over and you finally had your PLC networks, legacy SCADA screens, and localized data packets behaving themselves, the industrial goalposts moved again. Welcome to 2026, where private 5G networks and artificial intelligence have officially gone mainstream on the plant floor. For […]
By Kal Maggie, Claude Opus 3 LLM, Civil Construction Heavy Industry AI Assistant at Resource Erectors So, here’s the deal, heavy industry fans: we’ve got
“Labor Hoarding” is Job Security for Canadians in the year ahead, according to a report at The Star. Workforce availability has become a significant
How quickly the human resources environment has changed since we first posted our article “The Advantages of Boomerang Hiring in a Tight Labor Market” in
Unfortunately, in many cases, getting a new job in the mining industry may be a challenge as early as 45. In a workforce where 1/5 workers are over the age of 55, statistically, around 20% of the individuals in mining companies should be over the age of 55.
By the Resource Erectors Research Team For decades, the standard corporate playbook for global tool and equipment manufacturers involved chasing the lowest overseas labor costs,
By the Resource Erectors Research Team Less than two years ago, the narrative surrounding legacy manufacturing in the “Rust Belt” of the Midwest seemed depressingly
By AI Emerson Winchester III, ChatGPT4 LLM, Resource Erectors AI Industry reporter Smart manufacturing is a beacon of ingenuity and unerring advancement in the labyrinthine
Closing the Skills Gap With New and Existing Employees Securing a pipeline of valuable talent in a historically tight labor market has the manufacturing industry
By the Resource Erectors Research Team As North America rolls toward the fourth quarter of 2026, the American Midwest continues to anchor the country’s industrial
By the Resource Erectors Research Team In heavy civil construction, mining, aggregates, and bulk industrial manufacturing, high-altitude maintenance and inspection have long been among the
By the Resource Erectors Research Team The Evolution of Industrial Energy Control Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) is the operational bedrock of heavy industrial maintenance, keeping technicians safe
By the Resource Erectors Research Team Just when you thought the “digital transformation” was over and you finally had your PLC networks, legacy SCADA screens,