Tag: Construction
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6 Must-Have Pieces of Cold-Weather Gear for Construction Crews This Winter
There are plenty of terms we all know when it comes to cold-weather hazards — hypothermia, frostbite, trench foot — but here’s one that doesn’t get as much attention: cold stress. According to the Centers for Disease Control, cold stress happens any time your body loses heat faster than it can make it. That can…
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OSHA’s 2025 Safety Rules Redefine Compliance and Recordkeeping in Construction
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in Asphalt, Business, Communication & Safety, Communications Equipment, Construction Safety, Construction Safety Systems, Construction Safety Technology, Construction Safety Training, Contractor’s Best Friend, Fall Protection, Featured, Pavement Maintenance, Product Categories, safety, Safety Equipment – Other, Technology and SoftwareConstruction remains one of the most hazardous industries in the United States, and OSHA’s 2025 regulations are raising the bar for safety compliance. With the industry still responsible for more than one in five workplace deaths, safety can no longer be treated as a background task. For contractors, safety managers and project leaders, keeping pace…
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Reinventing Construction Procurement with SubBase
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, I sit down with Eric Helitzer, founder and CEO of SubBase, a procurement platform that aims to bring order, transparency, and automation to this domain. Room for improvement Procurement is one of the least digitized yet most consequential parts of construction. The workflow spans field teams, project…
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Bridging the gap between Gantt charts and the construction site
Once on site, schedules are less about contract compliance and more about day-to-day alignment, ensuring every crew knows what they need to do, where and when they need to do it. Schedulers and planners also have to make reactive decisions on a range of factors, including weather, material deliveries, equipment and labour availability. View the…
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M&A activity ticks up across the construction industry
On the heels of a fluid macroeconomic environment and instability, M&A activity cooled to start the year, according to WSP CEO Alexandre L’Heureux. However, that calculus may now be changing. Even as tariffs and uncertainty beleaguered the construction industry, and a government shutdown has blacked out data at a crucial moment, M&A has seen a recent uptick.…
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Project costs stymy construction planning
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Macroeconomic pressures coupled with inflated project costs are weighing on developers’ appetite for new construction planning, according to Dodge Construction Network. After a streak of record-setting months, the pipeline of future nonresidential construction shrank in October. The…
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US construction anchors Skanska’s results
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Solid construction performance anchored Stockholm-based builder and developer Skanska’s third quarter earnings, but a weak commercial property development market weighed on income. Skanska’s operating income for Q3 was 1.36 billion Swedish crowns ($143 million USD),…
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Illegal working in construction: expanding right to work checks
Ahead of proposed changes to the right to work scheme, construction employers have an opportunity to voice their concerns and challenges. The UK government is inviting businesses, trade unions and industry associations in the construction sector to provide their views on the upcoming extension of right work checks to businesses hiring ‘gig economy’ and zero-hour workers. The…
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Leverage data to contextualize competitive construction
Empowering an Autonomous Future Digital engineering and the associated data are transforming the construction industry by enabling organizations to deliver on safety, quality, efficiency, productivity and ultimately projects that are on schedule and budget. Data provides the ability to apply a holistic, consolidated single source of truth that simplifies complex processes and supports best practices,…
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Interior Specialties Earns Excellence in Construction Award
Interior Specialties, Inc. (ISI), a top specialty subcontractor, is known for bringing projects to life with unmatched precision and reliability. Continuing that tradition of excellence, ISI recently added another prestigious industry award to its trophy case. ISI was recognized for excellence in construction by the Central Florida Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. The company…