Shortage of workers slams area contractors

Wanted: construction workers.
Sounds simple enough. But there˜s more here than meets the eye. You bet there˜s a labor shortage in the construction industry in Colorado. In fact, almost all Northern Colorado building contractors will tell you it˜s a serious shortage.
But each one qualifies that by saying it˜s a shortage of skilled craftsmen: drywallers, masons, electricians, plumbers, pipefitters, painters, welders, etc.
"The amount of skilled labor, not just labor, but skilled labor, where someone is teaching someone how to continue a craft, is lacking," said Thomas E. Frame, president of Frame Construction Inc. in Greeley.
He recalled that about…