Ultra-low construction unemployment a drag on state economy

Nowhere are construction workers in shorter supply than in Colorado, where the shortfall has left the state unable to keep up with population gains and vulnerable to losing its economic momentum.
“We are at full capacity as to what we can build,” said Michael Gifford, president and CEO of the Associated General Contractors of Colorado. “We could do a lot more construction, but we have a limiting factor.”
Colorado’s construction unemployment rate was 2.4 percent