About this episode

Fred Mills discusses the challenges facing the construction industry in attracting the next generation of talent.

June 4, 2026 Why Construction Is Losing the Next Generation - Fred Mills Fred Mills is the founder of The B1M, the world's largest YouTube channel dedicated to construction and infrastructure, a construction media pioneer, and author of the new book Mega Builds. He quit his job in construction the same week his son was born to build a media company nobody believed in — editing videos in hospital while his wife slept after giving birth. He reveals why the construction industry's mental health crisis isn't a people problem — it's a systems problem — and why the stories being left untold about the world's greatest projects are costing the industry an entire generation of talent. Follow Fred on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-mills-35a8412b/ Learn more about The B1M at: https://www.theb1m.com/ Check out the latest videos at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheB1M Want to better develop your civil construction workforce and leaders? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: BuildWitt

Guest: Fred Mills

Topics covered

• construction
• mental health
• media
• talent retention
• infrastructure
• industry challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The B1M, BuildWitt

Books & works: Mega Builds

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