This story was originally published on Construction Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Construction Dive newsletter. WASHINGTON — Shovels cannot break ground if no one’s there to hold them.  Industry leaders stressed that takeaway at the Elevate 2025 conference on Sept. 4 in Washington, D.C., where George Guszcza, president and CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences, framed the construction workforce crisis as a national security threat. “When you look acros ...