Safety
Improving Safety in Work Zones Amidst an Uptick in Incidents
A risk control expert from Travelers Insurance offers his insight into the uptick in work-zone related incidents and how he thinks the construction industry could respond.
By Grace Calengor
August 27, 2024
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by Grace Calengor
Grace Calengor is senior editor of Construction Executive. Prior to joining ABC in April 2023, she was managing editor of The Zebra Press in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 2020 with two bachelor’s degrees in English and classics, and a minor in comparative literature.
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