Today's secondary, postsecondary and career and technical education students stand poised at the center of industry trends that will benefit them enormously. The country is embarking on a construction boom. As baby boomers approach retirement age, a significant portion of the existing construction workforce will be leaving, thus, demand for quality skilled craft professionals will be critical. In this article, the author discusses how the academia and industry are working together to build a skilled workforce for the demands of the construction industry.