Baton Rouge area set for industrial surge, but where will the workers come from?

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TALENT GAP: Scott Barringer, president and CEO at PALA Group, says the number of available construction workers in the region has been on a 15-year decline, impacting the number of jobs the company can bid to work on. (Don Kadair)

The labor forces of many industrial contractors in the Capital City are already maxed out and it could get a lot worse should an abundance of expected projects crank up later this year and into 2024.


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