Recommended Citation
Kumar, I., Beaulieu, L., Cruz-Porter, A., Song, C., St. Germain, B., & Zhalnin, A. (2020). An assessment of the workforce and occupations in the highway, street, and bridge construction industries in Indiana (Joint Transportation Research Program Publication No. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2020/19). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284315018
DOI
10.5703/1288284315018
Abstract
This project explores workforce and occupations within the highway, street, and bridge construction industries (NAICS 237310) in Indiana. There are five specific deliverable comprised of three data reports, one policy document, and a website. The first data report includes an assessment of the workforce based on the eight-part framework, which are industry, occupations, job postings, hard-to-fill jobs, Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP), GAP Analysis, compatibility, and automation. The report defines a cluster followed by a detailed analysis of the occupations, skills, job postings, etc., in the NAICS 237310 industry in Indiana. The report makes use of specialized labor market databases, such as the Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI), CHMURA JobsEQ, etc. The analysis is based only on the jobs covered under the unemployment insurance or the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data. The second data report analyzes jobs to jobs flows to and from the construction industry in Indiana, with a particular emphasis on the Great Recession, by utilizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. The third data report looks into the equal employment opportunity or Section 1391 and 1392 data for Indiana and analyzes specific characteristics of that data. The policy report includes a set of recommendations for workforce development for INDOT and a summary of the three data reports. The key data on occupations within the NAICS 237310 are provided in an interactive website. The website provides a data dashboard for individual INDOT Districts. The policy document recommends steps for development of the highways, streets and bridges construction workforce in INDOT Districts.
Report Number
FHWA/IN/JTRP-2020/19
Keywords
workforce, occupations, skills, highway street and bridge construction, NAICS 237310
SPR Number
4446
Performing Organization
Joint Transportation Research Program
Sponsoring Organization
Indiana Department of Transportation
Publisher Place
West Lafayette, IN
Date of this Version
2020
Comments
Supplementary data for SPR-4446: https://tinyurl.com/SPR4446