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Workforce

Construction adds 12,000 jobs in October, sees another big drop in unemployment

The U.S. construction industry has now added jobs for a 10th consecutive month with a gain of 12,000 workers in October. The industry now employs 6.095 million Americans, its highest figure since May 2009, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. Employment in May 2009 was 6.1 million, a hill the industry has been […]

November 6, 2014

Safety

Construction worker killed after being backed over by dump truck in Maine

A construction worker in Maine was killed earlier this week when he was backed over by a dump truck. According to a report from WGME TV, Maine State Police identified the worker as 50-year-old James Woodward. Woodward was working on a road work zone in York on the Maine Turnpike when he was backed up […]

November 6, 2014

Workforce

Wheel loader operator drives his machine for coffee, bathroom breaks; residents of NY town not amused

A wheel loader operator’s use of his machine to go on coffee and bathroom breaks has upset several residents in a New York town. Residents of New Rochelle, New York issued complaints to City Hall after seeing a wheel loader rumble through city streets several times a day on what appeared to be routine errands, […]

November 6, 2014

Workforce

BuildOhio.org connects skilled workers to hiring firms, students to industry training across state

Following the release of an Associated General Contractors of America survey in which 83 percent  of U.S. contractors said they can’t find enough skilled craft workers, another of the association’s state chapters has launched a website that looks to help connect these workers and the firms that need them. The AGC of Ohio launched BuildOhio.org last week. […]

November 6, 2014

Workforce

Construction worker stabs co-worker in altercation on Texas jobsite

Two construction workers in Tyler, Texas got into an argument last week that escalated into a stabbing. According to a report from KLTV, police responded to a disturbance call at a jobsite where a career and technology center is being built around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. When they arrived they found a construction worker had been […]

October 29, 2014

Workforce

Excavator tumbles 60 feet from Georgia overpass, operator survives

A machine rollover is one of the scariest things an operator in the construction industry can face. In northwest Georgia recently, an excavator operator has lived to tell about one of the more extreme examples you can think of. While working on the construction of a new overpass on Highway 136, off exit 320 of […]

October 27, 2014

Workforce

Construction’s skilled worker shortage intensifies: 83% of firms tell AGC they can’t find enough craft workers

No. 13 Story in 2014 « No. 14 No. 12 »   The problem of not being able to find enough skilled craft workers is reaching nearly universal levels in the U.S. construction industry, according to a new survey. In response, the Associated General Contractors of America today released a workforce development plan aimed at repairing […]

October 22, 2014

Workforce

Northwestern Mutual sets out to hire 1,000 construction workers in Milwaukee

Northwestern Mutual is in the middle of a substantial construction project in downtown Milwaukee and the company is in need of a lot of hands to get it done. On Monday, the company hosted a job fair in Milwaukee in search of 1,000 construction workers to build its $450 million tower, according to a report […]

October 21, 2014

Workforce

Construction crew sprayed with pesticide by helicopter in California

A group of workers from a construction crew working near Sacramento, California, has come forward saying they are still dealing with sickness after being sprayed with pesticide by a helicopter. According to a report from CBS Sacramento, the men, who asked to remain anonymous, are working on a levee near an orchard. In July they […]

October 16, 2014

Workforce

Flagman caught drinking, buying booze on the job at Michigan road construction site

Road construction zones are already unsafe enough without bringing alcohol into the mix. Yet that’s exactly what the flagman of a crew near Omena, Michigan, was recently caught doing. According to a report from UpNorthLive.com, a truck driver passing by a road work zone on North West Bay Shore Drive on Monday called the Leelanau […]

October 15, 2014

Workforce

Construction’s late recovery in Nevada heightens shortage of skilled workers as Tesla looms

After successfully wooing electric car maker Tesla to build its massive gigafactory through $1.25 billion in tax incentives, the state of Nevada is looking forward to an impact of $100 billion over the next 20 years. And the construction industry in the Reno area is looking forward to an infusion of 3,000 jobs to build […]

October 9, 2014

Workforce

Construction worker mauled by tiger loses thumb in Florida

Apparently there are some hazards in construction no toolbox talk can prepare you for. One construction worker learned this the hard way Monday afternoon when his hand was mauled by a tiger while working at a big cat sanctuary near Jupiter, Florida, according to a report from WPEC TV. The sanctuary is a private estate […]

October 8, 2014