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It’s National Safety Stand Down week for preventing falls in construction
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is inviting everyone to join it this for National Safety Stand-Down To Prevent Falls in Construction. OSHA says falls from elevation continue to be a leading cause of death for construction employees. The National Safety Stand-Down is focused on raising fall hazard awareness across the country in an effort to stop […]
May 9, 2017
Workforce
Construction adds 5,000 jobs in April
The U.S. construction industry extended its streak of job gains to eight months with a small increase of 5,000 jobs in April. The industry now employs 6.877 million Americans, a 2.6-percent increase over April 2016, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. The department’s latest jobs report revised the March construction jobs figure to 6.872 […]
May 5, 2017
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Dealers
Holt Cat donates $100,000 to SA Works for workforce development
Holt Cat’s philanthropy arm, Holt Foundation, has donated $100,000 to workforce development agency SA Works to help develop learning programs and other workforce initiatives in the San Antonio, Texas, area. In addition to these initiatives, SA Works partners with the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation to offer summer job programs, job shadowing, secondary education programs and […]
May 5, 2017
Safety
Silica rule controversy continues despite OSHA enforcement delay
Depending on whom you talk to in the construction, aggregates and paving industries, the three-month enforcement delay of federal silica dust rules is an opportunity to fine-tune the compliance guidelines, or it’s a minor speedbump toward excessive government regulation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced April 6 it would delay the enforcement date […]
May 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
Komatsu, NCDOT team up to give students first-hand look at construction jobs at Extreme Sandbox
Thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Fund, 40 Warren County High School students from Warrenton (16 girls and 24 boys) took a 20-hour bus ride to the Extreme Sandbox in Hastings, Minn., to learn about construction industry jobs and learn to operate heavy equipment. The students were able to hop […]
May 1, 2017
Roadbuilding
Construction worker killed in backover accident on I-90 work zone in Montana
Kathleen Louise Lee, a 52-year-old construction worker, was killed when she was backed over by a another construction worker at an Interstate 90 road construction site near Livingston in Park County, Mont., abc Fox Montana reports. The Sheriff’s office and fire department were called to the scene at approximately 1:30 p.m. April 17 and found Lee dead. Park County […]
April 27, 2017
Roadbuilding
NCDOT, Women’s Transportation Seminar host Introduce a Girl to Engineering
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the Women’s Transportation Seminar recently hosted the annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering program for 30 Raleigh-area sophomore, junior and senior high school girls interested in careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). The National Science Foundation reports about 6.4 million people in the U.S. were employed […]
April 20, 2017
Roadbuilding
Tennessee DOT launches new Work Zone safety campaign
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has announced the launch of a new safety campaign asking motorists to “Work with Us – move over and slow down” for highway workers. TDOT spread the message throughout Tennessee during National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 3-7, after three employees died in 2016. “Last year was absolutely tragic for our TDOT family; […]
April 14, 2017
Roadbuilding
ARTBA Labor Report: February highway and bridge contractor employment grew 8.2% in February
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) says workers employed by highway, street and bridge contractors grew 8.2 percent in February compared to the same month in 2016, representing a net increase of roughly 20,300 workers. Total workers employed in this segment reached 267,400, the highest mark for February since 2008. ARTBA points out, […]
April 12, 2017
Business
OSHA delays silica rule, says more time needed for outreach, education and guidance
With not much more than two months to go, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is putting the brakes on its crystalline silica standard for the construction industry. Enforcement of the rule (OSHA 1926.1153 Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard) was scheduled to take effect June 23. OSHA will delay that date to September 23.  The ruling […]
April 10, 2017
Workforce
Construction adds 6,000 jobs in March
Though the increase wasn’t as substantial as the two months that preceded it, the U.S. construction industry notched a seventh straight month of jobs expansion in March. The industry now employs 6.882 million Americans, a 2.6-percent increase over the March 2016 figure, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. March’s report also brought a revision […]
April 10, 2017
Safety
Breaking down the AGC’s construction safety report: Age, region, trade and even time of day are major factors
The Associated General Contractors of America released a comprehensive study of accidents in the construction industry Tuesday. The 30-page report, Preventing Fatalities in the Construction Industry, is available as a free PDF download at the link below and is well worth your time to read and analyze if you are a construction company owner, supervisor […]
April 7, 2017
Roadbuilding
Bridge worker falls to his death in North Carolina
Construction worker Anthony Ramos died after falling 30 feet from a bridge west of Asheboro, North Carolina, March 20, The Courier-Tribune reports. The contractor Ramos worked for, Wright Brothers Construction, reports that the accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. while Ramos was working on the bridge, which is part of a new U.S. 64 Bypass project. […]
March 29, 2017
Roadbuilding
ARTBA graduates 14 transportation construction pros in second round of safety certification program
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation announces 14 additional transportation construction professionals have finished its Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals (SCTPP) program. Fifty-five were in the SCTPP “inaugural class” that finished in January. ARTBA launched the program in fall 2016 as a means of creating a safety benchmark for “future civil engineering and […]
March 20, 2017
Workforce
Construction sees largest monthly jobs increase in nearly a decade; home starts up 3%
The U.S. construction industry added 58,000 jobs in February, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. Monthly jobs figures can change as the department revises past estimates month to month, but if February’s figure holds, it would be the second-largest monthly construction jobs gain of the last 10 years. The largest increase of the last decade belongs […]
March 16, 2017
Roadbuilding
Conn. man arrested for hitting flagman and fleeing scene
On Feb. 15, a 40-year-old Mansfield man, Christopher Hand, struck a flagman at a construction site on Route 195 in Connecticut and fled the scene, the Hartford Courant reports. The state police reported that the collision occurred about 1:40 a.m. Police told the news agency that Hand was driving north on Route 195 when he veered out of his lane, struck […]
February 21, 2017
Business
Hard Hat High: How substance abuse endangers construction workers, hurts recruiting and threatens your bottom line (PART 1)
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series. To read part two, click here. Part 1: The scope of the problem It’s a story that received national headlines. On June 5, 2013, equipment operator Sean Benschop maneuvered an 18-ton excavator toward a four-story brick building slated for demolition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. But in […]
February 20, 2017
Workforce
NAWIC to celebrate Women in Construction Week March 5-11
The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) will celebrate Women in Construction (WIC) Week March 5-11, 2017. “NAWIC has enhanced the success of women in the industry for more than 62 years,” said NAWIC President Connie M. Leipard, CIT, in a press release. “We are proud to highlight contributions of women to the industry during […]
February 20, 2017
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