The number of people employed in Oregon's construction industry hit a peak in 2008, when nearly 92,000 people worked in construction trades, only to have the Great Recession incite a two-year decline.
But it didn't stay down for long, and it's still going: Since 2010, the state's construction workforce has increased by 46 percent, reaching a new peak of 96,800 by the end of 2017.
As the data here shows, it's only just getting started.
The construction industry is expected to grow its workforce…
