A new blueprint for America's construction trades

The HELP WANTED signs are up, both figuratively and literally, in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. There's a lot of reconstruction to be done -- and not enough trained workers to do it. Our Cover Story is reported by Mark Strassmann:
It's been a month since Hurricane Harvey devastated the city of Houston and Southeast Texas. Damage estimates go up to $190 billion. The cleanup has begun, but a major shortage is looming for the rebuilding effort. It's not a lack of will, or money; it's a lack of skilled labor … a national shortage that's reaching a crisis stage.
Nearly 40 years ago, America's "do-it-yourself" work ethic became the stuff of primetime television, when "This Old House" took to the airways on PBS. Since 1979, master carpenter Norm Abram, the show's unlikely star, has taught two generations of viewers how to build things.
"I didn't have the best clothes; my backpocket had holes in it, I had a crazy-looking cap," he said of an early project where he used "scaffolding that would never pass OSHA controls today!"
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Norm Abram, of PBS' "This Old House," with correspondent Mark Strassmann.

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A new blueprint for America's construction trades

A new blueprint for America's construction trades

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