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WorkHands is a LinkedIn style social network for skilled workers
You might already be rolling your eyes. Another social network? But trust us, this one looks like a great idea for serious problem. Launched earlier this month, WorkHands.us is a social network for skilled workers in construction and manufacturing. Styled after LinkedIn, the goal of the serivce is to better connect employers with the 20 million skilled […]
September 26, 2013
Workforce
Louisiana construction firms face skilled labor shortage compounded by energy boom in surrounding regions
Construction firms in Louisiana are facing a heightened short-term need for skilled workers thanks a boom in petrochemical and chemical plant construction. That’s the good news. The bad news, however, is that due to other booms in nuclear plant construction in the rest of the Southeast and the shale boom in the Midwest and Rockies, those […]
September 19, 2013
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What are your favorite sights, smells and sounds of the construction jobsite?
“Sounds of progress and achievement.” That’s how Lou Marraffino—while working Philadelphia-based Urban Engineers’ reconstruction of Interstate 95—described his favorite sounds of the construction jobsite. Recently, UE spent some time asking its workers on various jobsites around Pennsylvania what their favorite sights, smells and sounds on are. The answers vary widely. Some are thoughtful and insightful […]
September 19, 2013
Roadbuilding
ARTBA presents three contractors with national safety awards
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) last week recognized three transportation construction industry firms for their worker safety programs. ARTBA-TDF presented contractors from New Jersey, Florida and California with its Contractor Safety Awards during the association’s national convention September 9 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The foundation selected six finalists based on […]
September 18, 2013
Business
Will recruiting Millennials to the construction and manufacturing industries prove impossible?
Last week we told you about a survey by Associated General Contractors of America in which 74 percent of contractors across the U.S. reported having trouble finding skilled workers. The problem, well-known at this point, is that during the recession many of the most skilled operators and craftsmen in this industry either left for more […]
September 12, 2013
Safety
Sims Crane & Equipment safety films are tributes to “Lost” and “Citizen Cane”
Back in February of this year, Sims Crane & Equipment, a dealer and equipment rental company with locations across Florida, began posting some really well done safety videos to their YouTube channel. The videos, titled “Sims Crane Minute” are based on a 2012 report from the Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association that identified the top 10 the […]
September 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
ARTBA-TDF recognizes safety programs, campaigns, technologies in ‘Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards’
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) presented eight public and private sector organizations with awards for their commitment to promoting safety during the association’s 15th annual “Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards” on September 9 at ARTBA’s National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The competition recognizes programs, campaigns and technologies that […]
September 10, 2013
Business
Construction employment flat in August amid weak U.S. jobs report
Employment in the U.S. construction industry was flat in August, remaining at the same mark of 5.798 million Americans employed as July, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. August’s mark is 3 percent higher than the 5.630 million Americans employed by the industry at the same time last year. The industry’s […]
September 6, 2013
Safety
Boom truck crane topples onto Detroit garage, knocks out power for 950 homes
A boom truck crane toppled onto a garage in a Detroit suburb last week leaving 950 homes without power, according to the Detroit News. The crane, mounted onto a truck bed, was removing sections of a 100-foot-tall silver maple that had been cut near a home in Royal Oak, Michigan. The homeowner, Tyler Lynch, said […]
September 5, 2013
Business
AGC: 74% of U.S. construction firms having trouble finding skilled workers; most expect trend to continue
A recent survey done by Associated General Contractors of America found that 74 percent of construction companies are having trouble finding skilled workers. The most frequently reported positions contractors are having trouble filling include carpenters, equipment operators and laborers, according to the survey. Meanwhile, 53 percent of responding contractors reported having a hard time filling […]
September 5, 2013
Safety
1938 Labor Dept. film warns of deadly silica dust, explains how Silicosis can be prevented
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced plans to update 40-year-old standards for lowering worker exposure to crystalline silica. Workers involved in the cutting, sawing, drilling and crushing of concrete, brick, block and other stone products are exposed to the dust. Exposure can cause the condition silicosis, an inflammation and scarring of the lungs, as well as lung cancer, chronic […]
September 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Caterpillar offers safety-training tool to urge safety-related feedback
Caterpillar has introduced Speak Up!/Listen Up! for Construction, a safety-training tool designed to ease employee anxieties about giving and receiving safety-related feedback. Our sister site, Total Landscape Care, reported that the program, developed by 16 contractors including Atkinson Construction, Bechtel Corporation and Kiewit Corporation, is targeted specifically at individual construction professionals. The program features Videos, […]
August 30, 2013
Safety
OSHA announces Sept. 3rd fall hazards safety stand-down on jobsites in 4 Midwestern states
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a safety stand-down on the morning of September 3rd for construction sites throughout the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska Beginning at 11 a.m., the stand down will address the hazards of falls, which are the leading cause of death in construction. In its announcment, OSHA […]
August 30, 2013
Safety
OSHA proposes rule to replace “outdated” limits on worker inhalation of deadly silica dust
In order to update 40-year-old standards, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced a rule with the goal of lowering worker exposure to crystalline silica. Exposure to the substance, composed of small particles about 100 times smaller than grains of sand, kills hundreds of workers each year and sickens thousands more. Exposure can cause the condition […]
August 28, 2013
Workforce
Twin Cities contractors strike out on their own amid sluggish hiring, housing rebound
As a result of still-sluggish hiring in the middle of a housing rebound, more and more contractors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area have begun to work as independent contractors, according to a report by the The Star Tribune. Construction in the Twin Cities is up 24 percent compared to this time last year. Despite the […]
August 28, 2013
Business
Phoenix contractors unable to meet demand of construction rebound due to skilled worker shortage
After losing nearly half of its construction jobs in the throes of the recession, Phoenix, Arizona is now in the middle of a construction rebound—but unable to hire enough skilled workers to meet demand. “To hire someone right now, you have to offer them more money to draw them away from another company,” construction supervisor […]
August 27, 2013
Workforce
The construction industry now accounts for the most U.S. workplace deaths thanks to a 5% increase in 2012
With 775 fatal injuries in 2012, private construction rose to the top of all U.S. industries in the number of workplace deaths, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Deaths in the construction industry were up 5 percent from 2011—the first increase after five consecutive years of declines. Since 2006, construction deaths […]
August 26, 2013
Safety
Va. Tech researchers develop hard hat sensor to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Each year about one or two American workers die of suffocation from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Typically, these deaths are the result of operating gasoline-powered tools in confined spaces. Researchers at Virginia Tech want to reduce that number to 0. So, this team developed a clever sensor that attaches to a hard hats that acts […]
August 26, 2013
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