Recent Research Underscores How Residential Construction Industry Leaders Can Reduce the Talent Shortage Through Gender Inclusivity

Building Talent Foundation’s Recent Study, Women Breaking Barriers, Provides Best Practices for Recruiting, Training, and Retaining Women in the Building Trades


(Washington, DC) January 20, 2022 — The residential construction industry is battling a severe talent shortage. To help the industry win this battle, Building Talent Foundation (BTF) partnered with two Research Fellows to study the barriers women face when pursuing skilled trades careers. The resulting research paper, Women Breaking Barriers: A Guide to Recruiting, Training and Retaining Women in the Residential Construction Trades, explores how the industry can strengthen the workforce by tapping into an underused source of skill and expertise — women.


Painting Contractors Association and Building Talent Foundation Collaborate to Strengthen Workforce

Organizations Partner to Help Job Seekers Develop Professional Skills and Secure Rewarding Career Opportunities with Painting Contractors in Need of Skilled Talent

(St. Louis, MO, and Washington, DC) December 21, 2021 — Painting Contractors Association (PCA), a trade association committed to elevating the expertise, reputation, and trust of painting contractors, and non-profit organization Building Talent Foundation (BTF) are pleased to announce a strategic partnership focused on facilitating professional development and career placements with contractors in dire need to hire skilled painters.

Building Talent Foundation Announces Collaboration with M.T. Copeland, an Educational Provider of Online Training for the Skilled Trades

New Partnership Leverages M.T. Copeland Expert-taught Training Courses and BTF Career Coaching and Job Placement Assistance to Advance Career Opportunities for Individuals in Residential Construction

(Washington, DC) December 21, 2021 — Building Talent Foundation (BTF) has announced a strategic collaboration with M.T. Copeland Technologies Inc. (M.T. Copeland), a cutting-edge training platform for the skilled and building trades. The partnership is designed to advance career opportunities for individuals in residential construction by leveraging the combination of BTF’s career coaching and job placement assistance and M.T. Copeland’s online courses.

New Strategic Alliance Between Lennar Foundation and Building Talent Foundation Aims to Empower Less Advantaged People through Job Skills Training and Career Coaching

Building Talent Foundation Receives Largest-Ever Contribution from the Lennar Foundation, to Accelerate Replication of its Validated Program Models to New Markets

(Washington, DC) December 2, 2021 — Non-profit organization Building Talent Foundation (BTF) is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Lennar Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Lennar Corporation, one of America’s largest homebuilders. The organizations will work together to empower unemployed youth at risk and adults with barriers to employment to acquire highly sought-after job skills and find career opportunities in the construction industry.

Building Talent Foundation and SkillPointe Foundation Partner to Help Skilled Trades Job Seekers

BTF Engagement Managers will help SkillPointe Scholarship Recipients Find Employment and Coach Them to Success in Their New Careers

(Atlanta, Ga., and Washington, DC) November 30, 2021 — In recent years, a skilled talent shortage has plagued the construction industry. Some organizations suggest the deficit has become a crisis, especially given the coming infusion of federal infrastructure funds and the growing need for workers.

Building Talent Foundation Releases 2021 Impact Review Reporting Progress Toward Building a Sustainable Residential Construction Workforce

The Review Demonstrates How the Non-Profit Organization Connected 436 Qualified Job Seekers with Employers in 2021 and Projects 10,000 Job-Ready Candidates in the Next Year


(Washington, DC) November 17, 2021 — Non-profit organization building Talent Foundation (BTF) has released its first annual Impact Review highlighting the foundation’s progress toward building a sustainable residential construction workforce by 2030.

Building Talent Foundation and Simpson Strong-Tie Form Strategic Alliance to Promote Trades

Simpson Strong-Tie and Building Talent Foundation will work together to promote construction trades education and careers

(Washington, DC; Pleasanton, Calif.) September 23, 2021 —Building Talent Foundation (BTF) and Simpson Strong-Tie (NYSE:SSD) announced a strategic alliance to promote the growth of the residential construction industry workforce in the United States. BTF is a non-profit organization focused on connecting young and underserved people to skilled trades training and career opportunities. Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, is committed to giving back to its communities by contributing to the quality of construction trades education and the promotion and advancement of the trades.

Building Talent Foundation Announces a Strategic Collaboration with Carrier

Carrier Will Support Building Talent Foundation’s Programs to Empower the Next Generation of HVAC Technicians


Carrier joins BTF's 20 founding partners, the Leading Builders of America (LBA) companies, as a Scaling Partner. Working together, BTF and its partners strive to advance the sustainability of the sector's workforce. A sustainable workforce is comprised of people – women and men from all backgrounds; it is a workforce where an individual is recognized as such: where their employers and colleagues value them; are well-trained in skilled trades; engaged in the work they do; are resilient to changes in workplace circumstances; are kept safe and healthy while on the job; are diverse, coming from many ethnicities; and are treated well and with respect.

Building Talent Foundation launches in Knoxville/East Tennessee with the help from a Founding Partner, D.R. Horton

Building Talent Foundation launches in Knoxville/East Tennessee with the help from a Founding Partner, D.R. Horton

Building Talent Foundation Engagement Manager Jonathan Karg will advance BTF’s mission in East Tennessee

With the help of D.R. Horton, one of Building Talent Foundation’s Founding Partners & Social Investors, BTF announces the opening of their 10th territory in the Knoxville/East Tennessee region. Engagement Manager Jonathan Karg will partner with D.R. Horton, a leading home construction company, to connect talent with employers in the area.

Building Talent Foundation and The Builder’s Daily Partner to Transform the US Residential Construction Workforce

Organizations to co-host Capability & Culture Action Summit leadership conference and set an array of new programs in motion designed to achieve industry transformation and growth

(Washington, DC) June 9, 2021 — Building Talent Foundation (BTF) has announced a partnership with The Builder’s Daily (TBD), a leading publisher in the construction industry, designed to ignite engagement and build new bridges to construction’s emerging generation of talent, skills, and capability. The new partnership centers around the co-creation of the Capability & Culture Summit, under development for Fall 2021, as well as research and programming aimed at amplifying BTF as homebuilding’s collaborative center of excellence in talent recruitment and cultivation.