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Construction Industry Workers
The construction industry isn't merely guys who can hammer nails and lift heavy loads (e.g., cost engineers). But if you recruit in this arena, you already know that. So here are some places to begin your search for these valuable professionals. (Also check our project manager resources.) Jump below for resources outside North America and HVAC-specific resources:Professional Associations, Trade Publications and Portals
- AGC / Associated General Contractors of America - a portal to peruse
- AGC Weekly Bulletin - Carolinas area of AGC has print publication with 161,000 circulation, among other resources
- American Institute of Architects - a portal to peruse
- American Institute of Constructors (AIC)
- American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- American Society of Appraisers (ASA)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE)
- American Society for Quality
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- American Subcontractors Association (ASA)
- American Underground Construction Association (AUCA)
- Architectural Record - print publication has 111,000 circulation
- Architecture magazine - print publication has 88,000 circulation
- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)
- Associated Construction Publications - print publication has 118,000 circulation
- Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
- Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
- Associated Owners & Developers (AOD)
- Associated Schools of Construction
- Builder - print publication has 136,000 circulation
- Building Design & Construction - print publication has 76,000 circulation
- Building Equipment - portal by construction niche magazine publisher Hanley Wood
- Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS)
- Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
- Civil Engineering - print publication of the American Society of Civil Engineers has 90,000 circulation
- Concrete Construction - print publication has 70,000 circulation
- Construction.com - McGraw Hill, publishers of directories, etc., owns this portal
- Construction Equipment - print publication has 77,000 circulation
- Construction Executive Online is a portal including a: job board; networking center for construction employers, recruiters and jobseekers; employer/vendor directory, etc. (Construction Executives is the same entity with a different look.)
- Consulting-Specifying Engineer - print publication has 46,000 circulation
- Contractors Hot Line - print publication has 203,000 circulation
- Engineering News-Record - ENR print publication has 71,000 circulation
- Housing Zone - Home of Professional Builder and Professional Remodeler magazines; print publications have circulations of 127,000 and 63,000 respectively.
- Interior Design - print publication has 63,000 circulation
- National Association of Home Builders - NAHB has a portal to peruse
- Plants Sites Parks - print publication has 44,000 circulation
- Public Works - print publication has 66,000 circulation
- Quantity Surveyors of British Columbia (QSSBC) - Canada
- Remodeling - print publication has 80,000 circulation
- Residential Architect - print publication has 22,000 circulation
- Urban Land - print publication has 16,000 circulation
(all events are annual unless noted otherwise)
- AIA National Convention and Design Expo - the architects usually meet each spring
- CONEXPO-CON/AGG Show - usually held in spring
- International Builders' Show - usually held early in the calendar year
- Kitchen/Bath Industry Show and Conference - usually held in spring
- Remodeling Show - usually held in autumn
- World of Concrete - usually held early in the calendar year
You can post to and search the big general boards, but you might get luckier here:
- AEC JobBank is affiliated with Construction Executive Online (see portals section above)
- Careers in Construction - UK focused
- Construction.com Career Center
- Construction Executives
- Construction Gigs - candidates must pay to get their resume in this database
- Construction Jobs
- Construction Jobsites and Construction Jobstore are owned by the same company
- Construction-net - geared to state of Virginia
- Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ)
- Association Francophone de Management de Projet (AFITEP) - French Project Management Association (France)
- Association of Cost Engineers (ACostE) - UK
- Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS)
- Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS)
- Center for International Project and Program Management (CIPPM) - Ireland
- Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) - UK
- Construction & Economy Research Institute of Korea (CERIK)
- Cost Engineering Association of Southern Africa (CEASA)
- Dutch Association of Cost Engineers (DACE) - Netherlands
- European Construction Institute (ECI)
- Foreningen for Dansk Projektledelse - Danish Project Management Association
- Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS)
- Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia (ISM)
- Instituto Brasileiro de Engenharia de Custos (IBEC) - Brazilian Institute of Cost Engineers
- Japan Project Management Forum (JPMF)
- Korean Institute of Project Management and Technology (PROMAT)
- New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NZIQS)
- Projekti-Instituutti PTY Oy - Finnish Project Management Association (Finland)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) - UK
- Slovenian Project Management Association (ZPM)
- Svenskt Projektforum - Swedish Project Management Society
- Verkefnastjórnunarfélag Íslands (VSFÍ) - Project Management Association of Iceland
More niche resources: Finally, don't forget these (applicable in many other categories, too):
- Utilize your recruiting peers on the ERExchange.com discussion groups: Search within the list to find where recruiters talk about that industry specialty. The one for Construction was founded by Karen Mattonen.
- Search on Alexa using any of the domains above such as this to find more related sites.
- Use a thematic search engine like MSA Search Result Clustering or Vivisimo/Clusty to find sites talking about your desired subject. Enter a construction-specific term or phrase (not too detailed, but then you can dig within results).
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