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Roadbuilding
USDOT launches local hiring pilot program
The U.S. Department of Transportation is introducing a one-year pilot program through the Federal Highway Administration that allows local hiring provisions as part of contracting requirements. The program, called Local Hire, is a result of a clarification by the Department of Justice of FHWA’s bidding statute that will allow such a provision as long as […]
March 4, 2015
Safety
Construction worker survives being pinned against backhoe in Alabama work zone crash, loses leg
While doing utility work along the side of a road in Birmingham, Alabama, over the weekend, a construction worker was hit by an SUV and pinned against a backhoe. According to a report from AL.com, 48-year-old Bobby Joe Smith, known to friends as Rusty, was finishing up his Friday night shift with Benton Construction along Lane […]
March 3, 2015
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Gear Keeper retractable lanyards tether your tools to you for safety and convenience
It’s a bummer when you are high up on a beam or roof and your tape measure falls to the ground. It’s a lot more of a bummer when it hits somebody. Gear Keeper’s TL-1 3015 integrated elastic webbing has a short (33-inch) retraction length and a long extension (51 inches) so it doesn’t get […]
March 2, 2015
Safety
OSHA rejects Arizona’s fall safety standards
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has rejected fall safety standards crafted by the Arizona state legislature. Residential construction sites must now adhere to federal fall safety standards instead. According to a report from the Phoenix Business Journal, OSHA rejected the state’s own standards on February 6. The site reports the state set its own […]
March 2, 2015
Workforce
Nashville construction sites saw 8 armed robberies in February alone
In the wake of an armed robbery on a North Nashville jobsite last week, Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said that the city had seen a spree of construction site attacks as of late. Now, according to a report from WSMV TV, police have put an exact number on that February spree: eight. Brothers Jesus Belmontes, 26, and […]
March 2, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in equipment accident near Milwaukee
A construction worker part of a crew working on Milwaukee’s Zoo Interchange project along Interstate 94 was killed over the weekend. According to a report from WKOW TV, 33-year-old Ryan Calkins was killed in what the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office will only call an accident that “involved machinery,” around 8 a.m. Saturday. In WKOW’s report a […]
March 2, 2015
Safety
Worker killed by falling telehandler attachment in Minnesota
While working on a hotel jobsite in Minnesota, a worker was killed when an attachment from a telehandler suddenly fell on top of him. According to a report from KTTC TV, the 30-year-old unidentified worker was beneath the telehandler’s extended arm around 12:30 p.m. Friday when, “a very large attachment” fell from the machine. Authorities […]
March 1, 2015
Workforce
Legislation to recalculate prevailing construction wage passes in West Virginia
While Indiana appears to be on the way to repealing its common construction wage entirely, lawmakers in West Virginia have passed legislation that will recalculate how the wage is set. With a 56-39 vote, West Virginia’s House of Delegates passed Senate Bill 361, according to a report from WTRF TV. The bill will go back to […]
March 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Fahrner Asphalt, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce team up to offer road construction training in Wisconsin
Fahrner Asphalt Sealers and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin (HCCW) have partnered to offer road construction and repair job training, according to a report by the Milwaukee Business Journal. “The HCCW is excited about this new partnership with Fahrner that will train and develop underutilized workers to address the shortage of skilled labor in the […]
March 1, 2015
Safety
Worker survives NYC building collapse by riding wreckage to the ground
A worker on the top floor of a New York City parking garage somehow survived Wednesday afternoon when a portion of the three-story structure collapsed beneath him. According to a report from CBS New York, the West 57th Street building was undergoing interior demolition when a 50-foot square portion of the garage came down. New York […]
February 26, 2015
Workforce
Construction workers shot in jobsite attack in Nashville
As if the heights and heavy machinery didn’t make construction work dangerous enough, U.S. home builders apparently now have to contend with the threat of gunfire. Thursday brought yet another armed jobsite attack, this time in Nashville. According to a report from The Tennesseean, two men working on a home in the northern part of the city were approached by […]
February 26, 2015
Workforce
Wisconsin Senate passes right-to-work bill amid protests
After two days of chaotic protests from union supporters and construction industry workers and officials, the Wisconsin Senate voted late Wednesday night to pass fast-tracked right-to-work legislation. According to a report from the Wisconsin State Journal, Senate Bill 44 passed by a margin of 17-15. The bill would mean Wisconsin workers in the private sector could […]
February 25, 2015
Workforce
Construction workers’ butt-dial to boss rats them out for jobsite burglary
Two construction workers in Key West, Florida, have been arrested and charged with felony grand theft after stealing thousands of dollars worth of tools from one of their company’s jobsites. And cracking the case took very little detective work. According to a report from CBS Miami, Stacey Valenzuela, the owner of Concrete Solutions, received a phone call […]
February 25, 2015
Workforce
Indiana House votes to repeal state’s common construction wage
The Indiana House of Representatives has passed a bill that would repeal a state law that sets baseline wages for construction workers on certain public projects. According to a report from the Indianapolis Star, House Republicans squeaked the bill through Monday, accounting for all the yeas in a 55-41 vote. The bill now moves on to the Senate. […]
February 24, 2015
Safety
Worker crushed by 4 steel beams in unloading accident in New York City
As a crew unloaded steel joists from a truck at a Brooklyn jobsite Tuesday afternoon, four of the beams toppled off the truck and fell on top of a worker, killing him. According to reports from the New York Daily News, CBS New York and NY1, crews were working on the installation of a “green roof” […]
February 24, 2015
Workforce
Workers discover woman’s body on Florida jobsite
Early Friday morning on a jobsite in Satellite Beach, Florida, construction workers found the body of a young woman. According to a report from FOX 35 TV, the workers had just arrived to start their shift when they discovered the woman. Police secured the site after gaining a search warrant. Officials identified the woman as 24-year-old […]
February 23, 2015
Workforce
$2.4 billion Louisiana aluminum mill to create 2,000 construction jobs
A planned aluminum mill will bring thousands of jobs to central Louisiana, the majority of which are in construction. According to a report from The Advocate, American Specialty Alloys Inc. will build a 3,000-acre, $2.4 billion mill campus in Pineville that will eventually support “all aspects of the aluminum manufacturing process.” ASA tells the paper that […]
February 23, 2015
Workforce
Career night aims at signing up more Cleveland-area women for construction apprenticeships
With the area’s number of women working in construction and the the trades dead even with the national average of 3 percent, trade groups in Northeast Ohio are looking to change that. The Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council’s Tradeswomen Committee will host a career night on Tuesday, February 24 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Plumbers […]
February 22, 2015
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