New advancements in hearing protection create a safer jobsite, improve worker communication and help develop a high-performing crew.
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 6, 2014) — FMI, a provider of management consulting and investment banking to the engineering and construction industry, released its Q2-2014 Construction Outlook. The forecast shows cautiously optimistic growth, as the forecast has been lowered a percent since the Q1-2014 Outlook. Construction-put-in-place for 2014 is now predicted to increase 7 percent over 2013 levels.
ARLINGTON, Va. (June 6, 2014) — Construction employers added 6,000 workers to payrolls in May as the industry’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.6 percent, its lowest level for that month in six years, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America.
How contractors to the government can demonstrate the impact of funding reductions on the progress of a project
Properly documenting inspections can minimize unsafe conditions and build a strong defense against OSHA citations.
DALLAS, Texas (May 30, 2014) — Jackie James, director of World of Concrete, will travel to Toronto in late June to participate in a trade mission hosted by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). The primary goal of the mission is to increase attendees and exhibitors from Canada at World of Concrete and promote the use of concrete and masonry in the commercial construction industries.
This financial partnership provides the capital contractors need to stay afloat.
Safety program will work collaboratively with OSHA’s national safety stand-down to prevent falling hazards in construction.
RED WING, Minn. (May 28, 2014) — Capital Safety, a manufacturer of fall protection equipment for construction and other high-risk fields, has launched its "Every Worker, Every Time" effort, a national five-day fall protection and training program focused on the company’s mission to bring every worker at height home safely, every workday. The initiative will work hand in hand with OSHA’s National Fall Prevention Stand-Down, June 2-6, by visiting construction sites across the U.S.
ITASCA, Ill. (May 28, 2014) — June is National Safety Month, and the National Safety Council is calling on Americans to take notice of the fifth* leading cause of death–unintentional injuries. Every four minutes, someone in the U.S dies from an unintentional injury. That’s 120,000 people a year. Sixty-seven percent** of all injury-related deaths in the U.S. are due to unintentional causes, compared to just 9 percent to homicide.