While flooding during its tropical-storm phase has become the big story, Harvey was initially a hurricane, landing ashore as a Category 4 storm capable of flattening buildings. (Photo: Dept. of Defense)
While flooding during its tropical-storm phase has become the big story, Harvey was initially a hurricane, landing ashore as a Category 4 storm capable of flattening buildings. (Photo: Dept. of Defense)
While flooding during its tropical-storm phase has become the big story, Harvey was initially a hurricane, landing ashore as a Category 4 storm capable of flattening buildings. (Photo: Dept. of Defense)

Super Storm Harvey is a human story first, but from the start, the saga of this record-breaking storm's impact on the built environment was brewing. As it develops, it is drawing sharp attention to the the nation's construction labor shortage, as Justin Deffenbacher reports in JLC's sister publication, Concrete Construction.

National Guardsmen help bring Houston residents to safety during Tropical Storm Harvey. (Photo: Dept. of Defense)
National Guardsmen help bring Houston residents to safety during Tropical Storm Harvey. (Photo: Dept. of Defense)

Before crews can even begin to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, they were hit with an early blow. New data released by the Associated General Contractors of America shows that the labor needed to repair the billions of dollars worth of damage isn’t there.

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