In 2015, Carlos Moncayo was buried alive in a 14´ unreinforced trench on a New York construction jobsite. The undocumented worker was 22 years old. The New York construction company was convicted of manslaughter/negligent homicide and fined $10,000. If passed, Carlos’ Law would allow a $300,000 minimum fine to New York companies in which construction […]
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Soil stabilization changes soil’s physical properties by adding long-term strength and weight-bearing capacity. Soil bases for roads, parking lots, etc. use chemicals, lime-based products, cement, and other bonding agents to create permanent soil stabilization. For example, because of its locale’s soil composition, one company uses an ionic clay coil stabilizer. The concrete process begins with the
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You unhook your hybrid from its charger and drive to the project site where you operate heavy construction equipment. If that’s you in 2023, you may be operating electric-powered heavy construction equipment. For better ground contact, on mushy or soft soil, track loaders are often a better choice than skid-steers. Track loaders and skid-steers are
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“This peak is largely due to U.S. onshoring efforts,” says Construction Dive, “as more American companies move their manufacturing facilities back to the U.S.” Manufacturing returns to the U.S. are including food-related production and electric vehicle factories. The Dodge Momentum Index is a monthly measurement of nonresidential construction industry building projects in planning. In June
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You say you’re a “people person,” and as a workforce manager, that quality comes in handy. But do you have a concise process for knowing not only who’s who but who’s where and when? With labor shortages and high turnover, organizing personnel on construction projects better makes the difference between profit and loss, on time and late. Personnel
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Change is a constant in construction. On the other hand, some things never seem to change, and that includes OSHA’s Top 10 more frequently cited violations across all industries. These accidents and injuries occur because the prevention programs are poorly supervised, mismanaged, or handed off to employees and forgotten. Avoid These 10 Construction Violations 1. Falls
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Underground or subsurface utilities are infrastructures installed below ground. They include data cables, electric lines, gas/oil pipelines, telecommunication cables, and sewer/water pipelines. Most older utility lines were installed above the ground but are often reinstalled, as are new lines, underground for added safety and aesthetics. Construction business excavations that damage underground utilities average 530,000 each
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Have you heard of illnesses or injuries that occur because of lifestyle choices? For example, being sedentary as a choice has many unhealthy consequences. Aging rockers with hearing loss may regret standing near a concert speaker the size of a townhouse in 1976. Still, that was a lifestyle choice. You shouldn’t need to worry about work-related
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You may feel like today’s workforce doesn’t care about working or success. It’s not that they don’t care. It’s that what they care about is different; for them, the definition of “success” is ongoing development, opportunity, and more. Here are tips for construction management teams to attract and retain talent. 1. Match Their Goals With
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When it comes to technology investments, if you’re a wait-and-see project manager, don’t wait too long. Your construction industry competitors are winning more bids because they are wowing project stakeholders with onsite technology like visual data equipment (construction cameras). Are construction cameras worth it? Visual data benefits like increased customer satisfaction and employee safety are
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