New Solution for Elevator Drains

In 2023, New York City issued Technical Bulletin 2023-010, clarifying Section BC 3007.3 of its building code—a landmark update that reshaped how elevators in...

Building a Safety Culture That Pays Off

Safety accountability starts with a hard truth. The total cost of work injuries in 2023 hit $176.5 billion, with more than 220,000 preventable deaths...

Safety Culture

How do you create an effective safety culture in the workplace when you have an employee base that is so diverse? It’s an important question...

The War on Jobsite Injuries

Remote-controlled Demolition Machines: On a Mission for Safety By Peter Bigwood Shards of concrete, high working heights, falling rubble, piles of metal rebar—it’s often what a...

Crane Qualified

The requirement for employers to evaluate their operators was first introduced in the 2010 Cranes and Derricks in Construction rule, and was set to...

Fall Protection

The Watts Reservoir was built by the Pueblo Board of Waterworks just outside of Pueblo, Colorado, in 1931 as a cast-in-place tank that measured...
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Emergency Evacuation

Underground construction is especially dangerous, particularly in large urban areas with pipes, wires, and infrastructure that keep a city connected. When Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors...

Advancing Worker Safety

Construction companies invest more time and money in worker safety today than ever before. Safety management is now a key strategic consideration at major...

Support (and Practice) Safe Digging

By John Somers While many of us have adapted to working remotely, one thing that may have not crossed our minds is the importance of...

The Power of Pre-Task Safety and Health Plans

Pre-Task Planning is necessary to make any construction project successful. “Pre-Task Safety and Health Planning” is necessary to promote a safer and healthier work...