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August 13, 2018
By Erin Cave, Construction Executive Distracted driving is a significant safety risk. In an era of ever increasing distractions, anything that businesses can do to...
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August 10, 2018
By Trey Fry, Construction Executive According to a November 2017 release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace...
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July 25, 2018
By Dr. Deborah Happ, Construction Executive According to estimates from CNA Insurance, illicit drug use among constructions workers is at 15 percent—and construction industry employees...
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July 18, 2018
By Mark Tinney, Construction Executive Job-specific behavioral assessment is proving to be an effective tool to improve workplace safety - and profitability. Pre-employment assessments based...
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July 17, 2018
By Kevan Orvitz, Construction Executive Construction is an extremely demanding job, physically and mentally. Workers are required to use their bodies, often pushing themselves to... »
July 13, 2018
By Greg Norris, Construction Executive Paperwork tends to be despised on heavy construction sites, where crews and foremen would rather focus on building. That’s a... »
July 09, 2018
By: Brandon Kennedy, Traffic Designer, Sain Associates from Sain Associates blog Railway safety is a topic that cannot be emphasized enough for both the public and... »
July 05, 2018
By Scott Owyen, Construction Executive Aerial equipment, including booms, scissor lifts and telehandlers, are some of the most frequently used machines on jobsites. Because of... »
June 27, 2018
By Trey Fry, Construction Executive According to a November 2017 release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace... »
June 25, 2018
By Bradford Wills, Construction Executive Construction starts continue to be on a steady rise, meaning contractors are taking on more projects with no additional labor... »
June 11, 2018
By Corey Dickert, Construction Executive Last winter, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released new data showing that employer-reported injury and illness rates declined to 2.9... »
June 08, 2018
By Mitch Cohen, Construction Executive The resurgence remains strong with ConstructConnect predicting a 12.4 percent increase in 2018 commercial building starts. However, despite the introduction... »
June 06, 2018
By David Klass, Travis Vance, Fisher Phillips From fisherphillips.com Administrative Law Judges are increasingly exercising their discretion to waive mandatory settlement conferences for Occupational Safety... »
June 05, 2018
By David Klass and Travis Vance, Fisher Phillips from FisherPhillips.com As mass shootings have continued with regular frequency in the United States, our country remains... »
May 31, 2018
Congratulations to all of our 2018 Award Winners Safe Day helps bring safety awareness to the forefront of the construction industry, and we congratulate all... »
May 29, 2018
By John J. Heft, Construction Executive Contamination caused under intended and accidental purposes poses a variety of public health and environmental risks to the surrounding... »
April 24, 2018
By Anne R. Yuengert, Bradley Like every other employment lawyer in America, I have been giving a good bit of thought to #MeToo and what... »
April 20, 2018
By Scott Owyen, Construction Executive EVERYTHING IS CHANGING FOR CONTRACTORS ANSI (United States) and CSA (Canada) standards have, for almost four decades, provided best practices... »
March 29, 2018
By Ken Pittman, Construction Executive Managing jobsites can be challenging enough, but once interior work begins and crews are out of sight, busy construction supervisors... »
March 14, 2018
from Turner Insurance & Bonding According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, professional drivers and others behind the wheel of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV)... »
March 12, 2018
from Turner Insurance & Bonding Twenty eight states and the District of Columbia have legislation legalizing the use of medical marijuana with certain guidelines and... »
March 07, 2018
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that it will start enforcement of the final rule on occupational exposure to beryllium in general,... »
March 07, 2018
By Jackie Robb, Construction Executive Developers know to do their due diligence on the environmental implications of a site before commissioning a new building, they... »
March 06, 2018
By John Wasilchuk & Matthew Pateidl, Construction Executive A majority of contractors purchase environmental liability coverage to satisfy a contractual obligation. Unfortunately, they often don’t... »
February 28, 2018
from Bongarde The effects of shock can be quite significant but there are ways to reduce the effect of shock on the person. However, it... »
February 20, 2018
President Donald J. Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget request for OSHA supports his continued efforts to assure safe and healthful jobs for the American people.... »
February 14, 2018
On September 23, 2017, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforced a new standard to protect construction workers from the... »
January 31, 2018
By Lauren Masser, Construction Executive In the middle of a hectic morning, a contractor learns there is a serious leak in a solar panel installation.... »
January 30, 2018
The No. 1 priority for aerial equipment manufacturers is to provide safe, productive aerial work platforms for customers working on aerial worksites. »