Craft requirements for construction of electric power plants
The construction of electric-power-generating plants tends to exacerbate manpower problems common to the industry. Because the location of power-generating facilities is usually far removed from population centers, local socio-economic impacts are severe, and work-force requirements may greatly exceed an area's ability to handle them without prior knowledge and planning. These labor-market imbalances and complementary socio-economic impacts are best obviated and mitigated when reliable forecasts are available. One objective of the US Department of Labor's (DOL's) Construction Labor Demand System (CLDS) is to provide manpower planners at the local, regional, and national levels with timely and accurate project-based forecasts of construction-labor requirements for 29 crafts at several levels of disaggregation. The CLDS short-run forecasting model is presented, the short run defined as that period in which information is available on all projected power-plant-construction starts as well as on all current activity. Environmental-impact statements, licensing requirements, construction permits, and other regulations provide sufficient lead time to determine the number, size, fuel type, and location of future generating facilities. 7 references, 4 tables.
- OSTI ID:
- 5940561
- Journal Information:
- Growth and Change; (United States), Journal Name: Growth and Change; (United States) Vol. 12:4; ISSN GRCHD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
FORECASTING
INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LABOR
MANPOWER
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS