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Autonomous Trucks: Coming Soon to Construction Sites
Autonomous Construction Site Pilot Project
The Construction industry won’t be taken completely over by robots, but the future does put autonomous trucks on the job sooner rather than later. An autonomous construction site pilot project…
EHS Annual Safety Leadership Conference
A Safer Safety Leadership Conference
Like so much this year, EHS Today’s annual Safety Leadership Conference is going virtual. EHS Today is an occupational safety and health magazine and a leading magazine for environmental, health and…
Highest Paying Jobs Without A College Degree
You Don't Need A Degree To Land A Great Job
Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, AdvisorSmith analyzed the top 25 highest paying jobs without a college degree; construction-related jobs comprise several of these jobs, with…
UCLA Wins Grant To Convert CO2 Into Concrete
$2M Grant For Greener Concrete
The Department of Energy granted UCLA a $2-million grant to research and develop a process to convert CO2 emissions into a form of concrete. Traditional cement comprises over 8% of manmade CO2 emissions; this…
Walk-Through Cube Disinfects Workers In Nevada
Innovative Technology to Battle COVID-19
A Nevada company is one of the first to utilize a disinfecting cube to combat COVID-19 on a construction site. Workers walk through the cube entering and exiting the jobsite and are misted with a…
California Highway Repaved with Recycled Bottles
A Green Solution For Road And Bridge
Caltrans is repaving three lanes of a 1,000-foot highway segment with a substance made from the recycled plastic bottles. This pilot project in Oroville, CA combines asphalt pavement and liquid plastic…
National Safety Stand Down Week 2020!
Make Time to Stand-Down for Safety
This week (Sept 14-18, 2020) is the National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. Falls are the leading cause of fatalities for construction workers. This annual event raises awareness…
New AIHA Guidance to Protect Workers
Since safety doesn’t happen by accident, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) released comprehensive guidance for protecting workers from COVID-19. Focus on Construction Health: COVID-19 offers construction employers a…
Home Builder Sentiment Soars
Good news for residential home builders; buyer demand was way up in August. Builder confidence in the newly built, single-family home market was up 6 points to a record high of 78 (National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing…