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Reduce Workplace Mental Health Hazards With the Hierarchy of Controls for Psychological Safety

With NIOSH’s Hierarchy of Controls, workplaces striving to prevent suicide can eliminate threats to psychological safety and substitute those that promote mental health and protective factors.

Cleaning Is Not Sanitizing: Going the Extra Mile for a Healthy Workplace

by Dave Teper | Aug 4, 2020
Safety | Total Human Health | Wellness

As organizations reopen, creating a safe and healthy environment is a critical concern. One of the most important goalposts is proper sanitization and disinfection.

Keep Construction Workers Safe in the Heat

Heat is the enemy when it comes to construction labor. Enduring the hot days of summer can be brutal for workers in thick gear, doing physical labor. It can be the cause of serious injury, accelerated fatigue, decreased productivity and more.

Competing Infrastructure Plans Depend on Crisis Legislating

by Vance Walter | Aug 4, 2020
Infrastructure | Legal and Regulatory | Legislation | Total Human Health

Election-year politics will only further entrench partisan posturing in the fight over COVID-19 legislative battles, which have now embroiled infrastructure.

Pandemic Protection: Allocating Risk in Construction Contracts Through the Uncertainty of COVID-19

The best time to protect against the adverse impacts of a force majeure event, such as a pandemic, are during the financing and contracting portions of upcoming projects.

What to Expect When the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over

by Richard P. Higgins | Aug 2, 2020
Risk Management | Safety

Contractors that start adapting to the new normal will be well positioned when the pandemic ends. They may have to retool, retrain and rebrand to meet future demand.

The Bottom Line With Anirban Basu—July 14, 2020

by ABC | Jul 29, 2020
Economy | Markets | Total Human Health

Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator rose to 8.1 months in June.

U.S. DOL Adds Guidance on Wage and Hour Rules, Family and Medical Leave as Workplaces Reopen

by U.S. Department of Labor | Jul 29, 2020
Legal and Regulatory | Policy | Regulations | Safety

The U.S. Department of Labor published additional guidance for workers and employers as workplaces reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Reduce Workplace Mental Health Hazards With the Hierarchy of Controls for Psychological Safety

Cleaning Is Not Sanitizing: Going the Extra Mile for a Healthy Workplace

Keep Construction Workers Safe in the Heat

Competing Infrastructure Plans Depend on Crisis Legislating

Pandemic Protection: Allocating Risk in Construction Contracts Through the Uncertainty of COVID-19

What to Expect When the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over

The Bottom Line With Anirban Basu—July 14, 2020

U.S. DOL Adds Guidance on Wage and Hour Rules, Family and Medical Leave as Workplaces Reopen

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