Efficiency and Safety Remain the Top Construction Trends in 2022!
As our nation is taking its first breaths after Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, the construction industry reflects on how these strange two years have drastically affected current construction trends. Stricter safety regulations, rising supply costs (up 17% in 2021!), and continued shortage of workers has made 2022 a uniquely competitive market. Increased health and safety regulations […]
Improving Construction Workers Safety
Despite construction workers making up just six percent of our nation’s workforce, they continue to claim over 20 percent of our nation’s worker deaths! It’s more imperative than ever that construction companies make an effective Site-Specific Safety Plan their #1 resolution heading in to 2022! According to the National Institutes of Health, construction injuries cost […]
Technology Advances in the Construction Industry
Whether or not one contracted the Coronavirus in 2020, virtually everyone has been impacted in one or way or a thousand. The construction industry is no exception. With complaints of increased costs of materials and lack of workers, the business had to get creative to cut costs in the future. Technology has entered into the […]
Excavation and Trench Safety
Trench fatalities and injuries pose serious risk in construction, so trench safety must be a top-priority at any jobsite. Statistics from the Bureau of Labor show that an average of 25 workers are tragically killed in trench-related accidents each year, with cave-ins being responsible for 75% of these unfortunate, but preventable deaths. Trench collapses cause […]