OSHA Suggests Heat Stress Screening at Temps Above 85
Are you doing enough to protect workers from heat stress? Heat illnesses such as heat stroke don’t arise just from working in certain temperatures. The humidity counts, too, as...
3 Keys to Learning Lean Practices for Continuous Improvement
In his keynote address at the recent 2018 Lean Coaching Summit in Seattle, Charles F. Murphy, senior vice president of the New York business unit of Turner Construction Company...
Implement a Strategic Roadmap for Successful Technology Adoption
The construction industry is enjoying an explosion of cool, exciting new technology — drones, virtual reality training systems, project management software with amazing...
How Reality Capture Is Boosting Construction Productivity
Reality capture from devices such as drones, laser scanners and even smartphone cameras is producing a tsunami of real-time data on jobsites. The challenge is figuring out to how...
Mass Timber Goes Mainstream
News that an outpost of the fast-food eatery in Chicago is being built with mass timber serves as the proof in the proverbial pudding that a sustainable building approach already...
For Multifamily Residential, Modular Construction Is ‘Red Hot’
There’s an apocryphal story that on June 2, 1925, first baseman Wally Pipp asked for a day off due to a headache. Lou Gehrig took over for him and didn’t stop until he’d played...
The Hidden Costs of Tool Ownership
Look beyond the purchase price when deciding to buy vs. rent. Looking to invest in some new tools for your crews? First, stop and make sure you understand the total cost of the...
5 Reasons to Empower Your Foremen to Make More Decisions
Granting authority along with responsibility is strategically smart. You rely on your foremen to keep crews in line, keep daily work on schedule and maintain tools and equipment...
Fitness Tips for Keeping Your Crews Injury Free
Help reduce the risk of musculoskeletal problems with these six strategies. Technology, from automatic bricklayers to bionic arms and exoskeletons , will eventually take a load off...
Smart Cities Aim to Solve Traffic Problems with Automation and the IoT
Traffic congestion in the United States is the worst it’s ever been, and our roads aren’t faring any better. The toll on businesses, not to mention on vehicles, the environment...
