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Safety

Wash. subcontractor fined $126,400 after trench violations on bridge project

Colf Construction of Vancouver, Washington, has been fined $126,400 in safety citations by L&I's Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Learn more here.

October 17, 2018

Safety

El Paso company fined $190K for unsafe trench, its fifth trench violation in 2 years

OSHA fines El Paso Underground Construction $190,642 for failure to protect workers from possible trench collapse. Get the details on Equipment World.

August 9, 2018

Workforce

Construction adds 13,000 jobs in June

Construction employment reached a 10-year high in June, with the addition of 13,000 jobs. The industry's unemployment rate ticked up from 4.4 % to 4.7 %.

July 9, 2018

Roadbuilding

More than half of highway contractors report crashes in their work zones, AGC says

The survey revealed that 53 percent of the contractors had to delay projects because of work zone crashes. More information on Equipment World.

June 21, 2018

Workforce

Hurricane recovery sends construction unemployment to record low

U.S. construction unemployment tied a record low in October, at 4.5 percent, with recovery from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and other disasters appearing to lead the jobs increase, according to Associated Builders and Contractors. The last time construction unemployment reached 4.5 percent in October was in 2006, the ABC says. The October 2017 rate was […]

December 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

25 tons of hay block Ore. interstate during rush hour

Oregon Department of Transportation workers spent much of Monday morning gathering up 25 tons of hay that spilled out of an overturned tractor trailer. It took about seven hours to remove the hay and clear the wreckage from Interstate 5 North in Portland. The wreck occurred about 4:30 a.m. at the Marquam Bridge and blocked […]

November 29, 2017

Technology

Trimble plans new building at Colo. campus for 1,100 workers

Trimble has begun expanding its campus in Westminster, Colorado, with a second building that will hold 1,100 workers, the company says. The Colorado campus will hold the largest concentration of Trimble employees and continue to serve as the company’s central business hub for agricultural, construction and geospatial markets. Its headquarters will remain in Sunnyvale, California. […]

October 13, 2017

Safety

29 "Cool" Gadgets and Gear for Working in the Heat

There's no secret to keeping cool on the jobsite, but these products might offer some added relief.

August 14, 2017

Business

Construction is driven by people, not machines

Certain themes repeat themselves when we talk to contractors: The 20-hour days to get a construction company started … and to keep it going. The great financial risks for miniscule margins. The inherent joy of building something. But the most prevalent comment we hear from contractors concerns their people. “We couldn’t do this without the […]

July 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

ARTBA offering scholarships to children of highway workers killed or disabled on the job

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation is once again offering scholarships to the children of highway workers who were killed or permanently injured while doing road work. ARTBA announced earlier this month it was seeking applications from qualified high school students for the 2016/2017 Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program. The scholarship […]

February 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

INDOT workers rescue elderly couple and pets after dump truck mangles minivan

An Indiana Department of Transportation road crew is being celebrated for its heroic actions after they helped save an elderly couple, as well as a dog and cat, from a minivan that was struck by a dump truck. WSBT-TV reported that the crew was at work crack sealing U.S. 35 in Knox, Indiana, when a minivan stopped for […]

December 11, 2015

Safety

Worker dies following trench collapse in Michigan

A worker died due to injuries suffered in a trench collapse earlier this month on a Michigan jobsite. According to a report from The Macomb Daily, 47-year-old Alfredo Garcia was working inside a 6-foot-deep trench in Macomb Township when the walls collapsed on the morning of Nov. 11. The accident occurred four days before another worker was killed in a […]

December 1, 2015