
Inside Look: The Career of a Building Safety Professional
By International Code Council
June 18, 2025
Each year, the International Code Council leads Building Safety Month, a campaign to raise awareness about the importance of modern building codes. Behind every safe structure is a team of trained professionals, from inspectors and code officials to engineers and plan reviewers, ...

Mind, Body and Soul: A Holistic Approach to Workplace Health
By Scott Berman
June 12, 2025
Workplace distractions run the gamut in the construction industry. Finances, a nagging injury or other health issue, substance abuse, a family member’s health problem, an argument with a spouse or significant other, problems for a child at school, uncertainty about one’s career, ...

Breaking the Stigma: ABC Cares Foundation’s New Mental Health App
By Sonny Maken
June 10, 2025
With suicide rates among construction workers more than twice the national average, the industry is grappling with the effects of high stress, physically demanding work and a rough-and-tough culture that often discourages seeking help. Recognizing this urgent need, the ABC Cares ...

The Safety-Productivity Link Construction Leaders Can’t Ignore
By Shelley Copsey
May 29, 2025
For years, there’s been a quiet but persistent belief in construction: safety measures slow productivity. But in reality, the safest jobsites are usually the most productive.
In 2023, the construction industry saw 1,075 workplace fatalities—the highest among all private industry...

Responding to Heat Stress on Construction Sites: Dry Heat vs. Humid Heat
By Evelyn Long
May 22, 2025
Heat stress occurs when the body’s natural temperature regulation methods begin to fail. Construction workers are at an increased risk of it since they spend long hours outdoors doing physically demanding tasks. Unmanaged heat stress can lead to dehydration, muscle cramps and con...

Your Crisis Communication Guide: Anticipating Construction Plans to Hit Unexpected Obstacles
By Anne Lackey
May 15, 2025
The phone vibrates at 2 a.m. A project manager's voice, tense with urgency, reports a water main break at the largest jobsite. The foundation, poured just yesterday, sits submerged. In the dark hours before dawn, dozens of questions demand immediate answers: How to notify the con...

The Evolution of Construction Jobsite Safety: Lessons From the Field
By Milwaukee Tool
May 8, 2025
Each year, Construction Safety Week offers the construction industry an opportunity to pause and refocus on the most important goal: ensuring every worker returns home safely. Mike Spensieri, who leads jobsite safety initiatives at Milwaukee Tool, shared observations from the fie...

Jobsites Can Be Nearly Seven Times Safer With Health and Safety Best Practices
By ABC
May 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 1—Associated Builders and Contractors today released its 2025 Health and Safety Performance Report, an annual guide to construction jobsite health and safety best practices. As a proud sponsor, ABC published the report ahead of Construction Safety Week 2025, May 5...

Planning for the Human Factor in Construction Project Safety
By Grace Calengor
May 1, 2025
As Construction Safety Week 2025 approaches, companies are taking a harder look at one of the predominant factors pertaining to jobsite safety—or lack thereof—and how they can mitigate its inherent risk: the human factor. Under the theme “All in Together,” the week of May 5-9 wil...

Three Common Causes of Electrocution on Construction Sites and How to Avoid Them
By Randy Dombrowski
April 24, 2025
Contact with electricity is one of the leading causes of fatalities in the workplace. The construction industry experiences over four times the number of electrical fatalities than any other leading industry, according to the Electrical Safety Foundation International.
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