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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
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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
Business
Majority of skilled construction workers who lost jobs in wake of the recession have been rehired, but many are being paid less
As the U.S. construction industry faces a shortage of skilled labor, a new government study finds that the majority of skilled workers who lost their jobs in the wake of the Great Recession have already been reemployed by the industry. According to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics study, 62 percent of the 393,000 long-tenured […]
September 3, 2014
Safety
Toxic fumes kill 2 construction workers in tragic Idaho accident
Two construction workers were killed last week while installing a new sewage system for the city of Georgetown, Idaho. According to a report from KTVB TV, 19-year-old Bo Taylor and 45-year-old Trent Sorenson were overcome by toxic fumes inside a manhole. The men worked for Taylor Construction of Blackfoot, Idaho. Taylor’s father, Jody Taylor, was […]
September 3, 2014
Safety
How to avoid deadly roller compactor rollovers on jobsites with slopes or embankments
A construction worker was killed in an accident in Florida on August 21, when the roller he was operating slipped down a berm and rolled on top of him, killing him. Although compactors feature a number of design advantages that boost stability, such as a low center of gravity, wide base and low speed, compactor […]
September 2, 2014
Workforce
Roofer busts out gravity-defying samba breakdance; somehow doesn’t break his neck
As the video below attests, music can be a very powerful force. So powerful that despite the fact he was working atop a roof, Andrew Wilcox says on his YouTube page he couldn’t help but dance when the Enrique Iglesias song “Bailando” came on the radio. What happens next is funny, impressive in some ways […]
September 2, 2014
Safety
Electrocution kills Virginia construction worker after crane comes in contact with power line
In what investigators are calling a “freak accident,” a young construction worker was killed earlier this week after being electrocuted in Amelia County, Virginia. According to a report from CBS 6 TV, 24-year-old William Brice Seay was securing metal straps “around rafters so the crane operator could put the rafters on top of a home.” […]
August 29, 2014
Safety
Construction worker rescued from pit scaffolding after suffering cardiac arrest
Firefighters rescued a construction worker Monday afternoon after he suffered a heart attack on a downtown Houston jobsite. According to a report from KTRK TV, the worker was on scaffolding inside of a pit that is part of the excavation work for a new convention center hotel in the city. The man was about 20 […]
August 27, 2014
Safety
Construction worker survives after being impaled in chest by power saw blade
While working atop a shopping center in Houston Monday morning, a construction worker was impaled in the chest by the blade of a power saw he was using. Houston Fire Department spokesman Kenyatta Parker told the Associated Press that the saw the worker was using is often used for cutting concrete and metal and “can […]
August 26, 2014
Workforce
Construction workers narrowly escape jobsite shootings in Michigan and NYC
As temperatures have soared on jobsites across the U.S., so too, apparently, have tempers. Nearly two weeks ago, a construction worker stabbed and killed his co-worker while they were renovating a department store in South Carolina. And now come two reports of jobsite shootings just weeks apart. First, in New York City, a worker on […]
August 26, 2014
Business
These 3 changes to your day-to-day will make you a more productive worker on the construction jobsite
“Work smarter, not harder.” How many times have you seen that quote? Over time, the idea that your best performance is a result of how you work, not how long you work, has become widely accepted. Studies have shown that the last employee to leave each day isn’t necessarily the hardest worker; they may simply […]
August 25, 2014
Roadbuilding
Turn Around! FDOT seeking ways to alert wrong-way drivers
Since 2012 there have been four deaths resulting from drivers going the wrong way in Interstate 275 in Tampa. Since that’s four too many, the Florida Department of Transportation has began to look for new way to alert wrong-way drivers. Kris Carson, spokesperson for the FDOT, has said her department has worked hard to notify […]
August 25, 2014
Safety
Student found dead at Penn State University construction site
A Penn State University freshman was found dead on a campus jobsite Sunday morning, according to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The student, Jack Crean of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, was discovered on the jobsite at around 11 a.m., Penn State spokeswoman Lisa Powers told the paper. Crean was discovered at the jobsite for the university’s renovation and […]
August 25, 2014
Roadbuilding
How to avoid highway work zone injuries and deaths
Serious injury and death is becoming an all-too-common occurrence for highway construction workers. Although workers aren’t always at fault, there are several preventable measures that can be taken to help reduce the risk of such a horrible and tragic accident. Here are several steps that can be taken to help keep road crews safe: Use […]
August 22, 2014
Safety
Construction worker killed by utility line electrocution on jobsite near Seattle
A construction worker was killed Wednesday afternoon after he was electrocuted while working on a hospital expansion in Edmonds, Washington. According to a report from KIRO TV in Seattle, crews were moving utility lines on a jobsite on the campus of Swedish Hopsital. One of the workers was “in a ditch working with a compressed […]
August 21, 2014
Roadbuilding
Deficient roads cost Alabama drivers $3.1 billion statewide
Deficient, congested and unsafe roadways cost Alabama drivers as much as $1,562 annually, and a total of $3.1 billion statewide, according to a new TRIP report. Roads and bridges in need of improvement are causing higher vehicle operating costs, more traffic crashes and congestion-related delays. The Trip report points out that 15 percent of Alabama’s […]
August 20, 2014
Workforce
Construction worker stabs and kills coworker in South Carolina department store
Authorities near Charleston, South Carolina have arrested a man they say stabbed and killed a coworker while they were renovating a department store. Dennis Elvin Cervantes-Pavon, 33, was arrested last week for stabbing Raymond Muniz, 28, inside a Belk store they were working to renovate, according to a report from The Post and Courier. Police told […]
August 20, 2014
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