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3 tips for boosting employee relations at your construction company
For construction company owners and supervisors, managing a team can be tricky. Often there’s a distinct separation between “in the field” and “in the office”—a situation that can create opportunities for miscommunication and a sense of isolation. This doesn’t mean you’re treating your employees poorly. Even if you treat them quite well, keeping employee relations […]
September 17, 2014
Safety
Construction accounted for the most workplace deaths in 2013, preliminary BLS report says
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its preliminary tally on the number of workplace deaths for 2013 and despite a slight decrease from 2012, construction leads all other industries in total deaths. According to the preliminary National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 796 construction workers died on the job in 2013 at a rate […]
September 15, 2014
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Roadbuilding
Most common work-related deaths for highway and bridge construction workers
The general population may not pay a lot of attention to it, but highway and bridge construction workers risk their lives nearly every day at work. We have seen far-too-many work-related deaths, and we haven’t seen the last. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data for road worker deaths, 86 fatal injuries occurred in […]
September 15, 2014
Safety
OSHA will soon require employers to quickly report any injury that sends a worker to the hospital
In response to a preliminary report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that tallies 4,405 workers killed on the job in 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its rule on how quickly employers must report worker deaths or serious injuries. Under the revised rule, employers are now required to notify OSHA within […]
September 15, 2014
Safety
Guy sits on large pipe while cutting it, is bucked into the air because physics is highly unforgiving
The takeaway from the video below is pretty simple: don’t be this guy. Staring his friend the excavator bucket directly in the face, this guy was still somehow unable to foresee a future in which the strain and potential energy of this massive pipe he was seated upon would have nowhere to go but up […]
September 12, 2014
Workforce
Construction worker shot multiple times after altercation with coworker in Georgia
Another jobsite altercation between coworkers erupted into a shooting, this time in Valdosta, Georgia. According to a report from WFXI TV, the workers were part of a crew doing a home renovation. It’s unclear what caused the altercation between the two men, but around noon Valdosta Police Responded to the shooting. Xavier Jones was shot […]
September 12, 2014
Workforce
BuildColorado.com matches contractors with skilled workers, recruits new workers to construction
A new website has launched that seeks to both find and train up new workers for Colorado’s construction industry as well as match skilled workers to firms that are hiring. Though contractors across the country are struggling to find enough skilled workers to meet demand, the Associated General Contractors of America told The Denver Post firms in […]
September 11, 2014
Safety
Home collapses during renovation, trapping 4 construction workers, killing one
A construction worker on a home renovation project was killed in Toronto Tuesday when the two-story house collapsed. According to a report from National Post, the renovation required an underpinning of the home. But around 2 p.m. Tuesday, a pancake collapse occurred, sending the roof of the home into the basement. The collapse trapped four workers […]
September 11, 2014
Business
Is construction “dead in the water”? Greenspan comment highlights industry’s mixed feelings about recovery
Despite many positives in the industry right now, Alan Greenspan is pointing a finger of blame in construction’s direction. According to a report from Bloomberg, Greenspan, who served as chairman of the Federal Reserve between 1987 and 2006, said Tuesday the U.S. economic rebound from the recession that ended five years ago has been held […]
September 10, 2014
Business
Tesla gigafactory will create 3,000 construction jobs in Nevada
Tesla, the successful and growing American electric car company, has tapped Reno, Nevada as the site of its massive $5 billion gigafactory where it will make batteries for its vehicles. To woo Tesla, Nevada offered $1.25 billion in tax incentives over the next 20 years. The state’s lawmakers are meeting in a special session today […]
September 10, 2014
Roadbuilding
Road commission worker killed by motor grader
A Kent County, Michigan, road commission worker has been killed after being hit by a motor grader at road construction site in Caledonia Township. The victim, Timothy Eugene Dougherty, 42, was working at the site when he was struck by the grader which was being driven by another road commission employee. Authorities called the incident a […]
September 9, 2014
Safety
Construction foreman killed after being run over by motor grader in Michigan
A longtime veteran of the construction industry was killed Monday morning in a road construction accident. According to a report from Mlive.com, Timothy Dougherty, 42, was hit and run over by a motor grader as Kent County Road Commission crews were working to reconstruct Alaska Avenue in Caledonia Township, Michigan. Dougherty had worked with the […]
September 9, 2014
Workforce
A Kansas tech school began recruiting diesel mechanics like college athletes and now they have a waiting list
Recruiting diesel technology students hasn’t been a challenge for Washburn Institute of Technology, based in Topeka, Kansas. “If I could get a bigger space, I could get 100 students,” said Clark Coco, Washburn. A former college basketball coach, Coco came up with the idea of using the college athlete recruitment model to recruit tech students. […]
September 8, 2014
Safety
Guy attempts Ice Bucket Challenge with excavator, bucket knocks him out cold instead
No. 1 Video in 2014 « NO. 2 Editors’ Pick »  When we were putting together our original roundup of Ice Bucket Challenge videos, we were surprised at just how many we were able to find with people using heavy equipment. We were also surprised that none of them included people being seriously hurt […]
September 5, 2014
Roadbuilding
Deadliest and safest places to drive in the United States
Road safety is always a concern, regardless of where you live. The good news is road fatalities across the United States are down 23 percent since 2005. The bad news: road fatalities still happen far too often. Michael Sivak, research professor at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, examined individual fatality rates per distance […]
September 5, 2014
Business
Construction industry extends employment streak, adds 20,000 jobs in August
The U.S. construction industry extended its streak of job gains in August, adding 20,000 workers. It was the eighth-straight month of gains for the industry which now employs 6.068 million Americans—the highest figure since May 2009, according to data from the Labor Department. The new data also revised upward the July employment number from 6.041 […]
September 5, 2014
Workforce
How one construction firm is using drag racing to recruit new talent
If you want to catch a fish you need bait. And if you want to catch the attention of a mechanic, a 10,000 horsepower, 300 mile-per-hour car is a good start. Mechanics and technicians, as we all know, are in short supply. To recruit them Herzog Contracting, the Association of Equipment Management Professionals and the […]
September 4, 2014
Safety
Construction worker survives 40-foot fall down elevator shaft
A construction worker in Montana is recovering from injuries he sustained after a 40-foot fall Tuesday afternoon. According to a report from KPAX TV, the worker was part of a framing crew working on an apartment complex being built in the city of Missoula. In a follow-up report, the station learned that the man, who […]
September 4, 2014
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