A recent change to the federal government’s temporary visa rules increasing the amount of available H-2B visas to be issued in 2022 is welcome news for America’s utility construction companies, but it still falls short of what workforce is needed to fulfill future infrastructure project needs.
“A utility construction project is a labor-intensive undertaking,” says Doug Carlson, CEO of the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA). “Our members need skilled men and women to fulfill the labor needs on these essential infrastructure requirements.“Over the next five years, we’re going to be building and repairing billions of dollars of water, wastewater, highway, broadband,
