Installation Research Set for Unveiling Before CFI Convention
Members of the Floor Covering Leadership Council (FCLC) will hear the final results of research aimed at understanding the scope of the installation skilled labor deficit, only a few hours before the opening night of the International Certified Flooring Installers Association’s (CFI) 25th anniversary convention, Aug. 15-17 in Orlando, Fla.
The research, conducted by Chicago-based research firm the Blackstone Group, aims to answer three questions: the size of the gap between supply and demand for flooring installers now, in five and 10 years; what the financial impact of a shortage of skilled installers means for companies across the supply chain; and what the key drivers of the skilled labor shortage have been—along with potential corrective measures.