ABSTRACT
In today’s fast-paced industrialized age, where many of the products we see are increasingly being mass produced in factories by machines, a building still remains as one of the few handcrafted products put together piece by piece by craftsmen. The construction industry, to which these craftsmen belong, is one of the most labor-intensive industries in the US. The labor cost component of a building project often ranges from 30 to 50%, and can be as high as 60% of the overall project cost. Therefore, it is clear that construction labor is a vital component of a construction project.
