Departments

Tool Time: DEWALT’s Grow the Trades Grant Program

by Maggie Murphy | Mar 21, 2024
Community | Culture | Departments

DEWALT is helping develop the incoming construction workforce through its Grow the Trades grant program—which recently made a generous donation of tools to the ABC of Indiana/Kentucky Prep Academy.

Closeout: Underneath It All

by Construction Executive | Mar 1, 2024
Departments | Institutional | Markets

Forsyth County Courthouse, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Waging War: Why Ignorance of Wage Theft Is No Excuse

by Matt DeSarno | Feb 14, 2024
Business | Business Risk | Departments | Finance

Does it matter that many if not most of the contractors that engage in wage theft do so unknowingly? Not at all. But new technology solutions can help you avoid it altogether.

Where’s the Fire?

by John Heinen | Feb 14, 2024
Departments | OSHA | PPE | Safety | Total Human Health

Fire safety on construction sites is at a crossroads. It’s time for an approach based on collaboration, education and training—and powered by wireless digital solutions.

Building TeamBuilder

by Patrick Hennessy, Russell Tipton | Feb 14, 2024
Departments | Human Resources | Retention | Training | Workforce

After experiencing chronic problems with workforce planning, Harkins needed an easy-to-use solution that would support not just staffing but training and development. So the general contractor designed and developed one itself.

Structural Integrity: Patching Up Group Homes and Transforming Lives

by Ken Budd | Feb 14, 2024
Community | CSR | Culture | Departments

Building New Foundations has evolved from patching up group homes for disadvantaged youth to helping transform the lives of the people living there.

Closeout: Crossing Traffic

by Construction Executive | Jan 31, 2024
Departments | Infrastructure | Markets

Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge in Portland, Oregon

1 Million Work Hours Can’t Be Wrong

by Grace Austin | Jan 25, 2024
Culture | Departments | Organization Culture | OSHA | PPE | Safety | Total Human Health | Wellness

A fierce commitment to safety has helped Bosworth Steel Erectors reach an industry-leading milestone. And they don’t plan to stop there.

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Beyond Gut Instinct: Construction Technology for Resource Planning

A double-exposure digital illustration of a construction worker in an orange hard hat, with a cityscape and construction site imagery layered within the silhouette against a teal background.

Safety Gets Smarter: Predictive Construction Safety Programs Gain Momentum

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Predict Risk, Not Incidents: A New Analytics Framework for Your Construction Safety Data

7 data center buildings.

Power, People, Parts: Supply and Demand on Data Center Jobsites

Motel Tetris: Turning a Nashville Super 8 Into Award-Winning Affordable Apartments

Employees at Johnson Controls talking to community college students.

For Good: Johnson Controls Invests in Community College Partnership Program