Economy & Economic Development  October 9, 2017

Boom creates labor shortage: Neuworks Mechanical part of solution

Travis Slisher, far right, senior project manager with Neuworks Mechanical, goes over a plan set with students from Rocky Mountain High School’s career class at the Copperleaf Apartments construction site in Fort Collins on Sept. 15. Neuworks Mechanical’s outreach program hosts one career class per quarter to help give students a better understanding of the trade skill industry. Joel Blocker / For BizWest
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The complaint voiced by virtually all construction firms in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley is the same. Finding qualified labor challenges them all, slows projects, and prevents companies from taking on more projects during the current growth boom.

The plumbing sector, in particular, has been hit significantly. With most of the state’s development occurring along the Front Range, skilled and certified plumbing companies in the region are stretched desperately thin. One Fort Collins company is trying to change all that.

Neuworks Mechanical, located in the industrial Airpark District of the city, is taking an…

Emily Clingman
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