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Construction tsunami

With several chemical and renewables projects on the horizon, Baton Rouge’s industrial labor bottleneck could soon reach a breaking point.

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March 9, 2023

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)

With several chemical and renewables projects on the horizon, Baton Rouge’s industrial labor bottleneck could soon reach a breaking point.

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