Construction Industry Resources (CIR), a leading provider of skilled labor market intelligence for project planning and execution, today announced a product integration in partnership with Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of construction management software. This integration will provide early project planning labor risk solutions to Procore customers by enabling them to access the Construction Labor Market Analyzer (CLMA) tools within their Procore account for analyzing labor shortage challenges and determining how their project(s) will compete for skilled labor.

One of Procore’s priorities is helping customers more effectively execute early labor risk planning for projects. This early planning is critical to help avoid labor shortage surprises and knowable construction performance issues. Integration of the CLMA into the Procore platform will enable customers to set up a project, use the CLMA Project Labor Forecaster® to create the craft profile and labor schedule, and then use the data and analytics to visualize how and when the project is competing for labor. Access to the CLMA will also enable the customer to see how market dynamics and regional project activity will impact the cost of labor over time.

This integrated solution helps solve a key industry challenge by streamlining the project(s) data exchange, providing instantaneous future labor market intelligence, and enabling early risk detection during the capital planning process to help avoid labor risk during project delivery. The integration enables greater insights to improve decision making and maintain control of the project.

“We are excited about this partnership with Procore which enables their customers to identify project labor risk early and implement solutions to avoid that risk,” stated Daniel Groves, CIR founder and CEO. “The earlier a problem is identified, the greater the range of available risk mitigation options.”

Most capital projects are executed to meet a business need, which are translated into specific project objectives for cost, quality, schedule, and safety. These become the primary measures of success or failure for the project team. Missing these targets has a significant impact on the associated stakeholders and can be considered a failure within an organization. This integration will help project stakeholders identify how skilled labor shortages will increase risks for a project, how they can use tools readily available to identify risks earlier, and how to employ labor risk mitigation recommendations to maintain control of their projects and consistently meet project objectives.

“Right now, and for the foreseeable future, construction labor issues are a huge pain point for everyone involved in the project,” said Groves. The CIR solutions relieve the pressure by enabling project planners to know early in pre-construction, and with a high degree of certainty, what labor issues to expect, so solutions to avoid those problems can be deployed before they arise.” 

Procore customers can expect a quick setup with an immediate time-to-value. Easy to use, simple data entry and real-time reporting will become pre-construction planning hallmarks. To get started, visit us on the Procore App Marketplace.

"We are thrilled to have CIR as a Procore partner. Their preconstruction solutions and specialized knowledge will help our customers identify labor risk early enough in project planning to develop and implement appropriate mitigation strategies,” said Jeremy Chasen, Senior Manager, Business Development at Procore. “Integrating the CLMA solution with the Procore platform provides customers with an opportunity to drive meaningful improvement in capital project planning and connect strategy with project delivery to decrease the impact of labor risk."