Last December, Columbus\/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager shared his outlook for how 2025 would unfold across Central Ohio.<\/p>\n
While Hager was cautiously optimistic heading into the year, with plenty of unknowns, political and financial, he believed it was still going to be a strong year for affiliated members.<\/p>\n
With several weeks still left on the calendar, a look back at Hager\u2019s predictions shows just how much the year delivered for union construction workers across the region.
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If construction markets were hot peppers, Central Ohio would be the equivalent of the ghost pepper, one of the hottest peppers in the world.<\/p>\n
Despite setting a new work-hours record last year, affiliated C\/COBCTC members will likely exceed that mark by at least 1 million hours in 2025.<\/p>\n
Hager said there are more megaprojects within his jurisdiction than the rest of the state combined.<\/p>\n
That list includes the Intel plant, the L-H Battery Company EV Battery Plant and datacenters for Vantage, Google, DBT, QTS, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta.<\/p>\n
Hager also emphasized that megaprojects are not the sole source of employment for affiliated members.<\/p>\n
He pointed to several projects coming in just under $1 billion, including Anduril and AMGEN, as well as a steady pipeline of large- and medium-sized projects across the region.<\/p>\n
By every measure, the 2025 workload surpassed expectations.
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Hager also highlighted the push by affiliated unions to recruit apprentices and organize non-union construction workers.<\/p>\n
As the workload continues to increase due to PLAs and megaprojects, the need for people to do the work remains a significant challenge.<\/p>\n
Affiliated unions must recruit not only to meet today\u2019s demand but to build the workforce needed for the next wave of projects.<\/p>\n
Hager cited the importance of bringing travelers into the Central Ohio jurisdiction and then working to encourage those tradesmen and tradeswomen to permanently relocate, join a Local Union and strengthen the region\u2019s long-term capacity.<\/p>\n
With the Baby Boomer generation continuing to retire and the workload growing, 2025 reinforced what the industry already knows: attracting new talent is essential to building the projects on the books and meeting future demand.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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