In the construction industry, PPE is often the last line of defense against jobsite injury. PPE stands for personal protective equipment. In potentially dangerous jobs, it’s often...

Construction spending in the U.S. totaled more than $1 trillion in 2016. Here's snapshot of the people doing the demolition, building, renovating and paving.

Since the opening of the expanded Panama Canal in June 2016, many shipping lines are using wider, longer and heavier vessels to deliver goods to seaports along the U.S. East Coast...

With this clause, construction managers and owners can team up to mine savings from a cost-plus contract. When an owner decides to invest time and money in a new construction...

The tablet and smartphone have become among the construction manager’s most valuable tools, but their value drops when you can’t get a signal on the jobsite. It’s no longer enough...

Most construction projects begin the same way: with digging. But excavators sometimes turn up more than dirt. Considering that humans were here in America thousands of years before...

Here’s why using summer fuel in winter, or vice versa, is a bad idea. Most construction work involving heavy machinery happens outside. And just as people tend to eat lighter in...

When nature calls, workers need ready access to a loo. Employers could pay a price if they don’t provide enough toilets or keep them clean. Access to clean bathrooms — with toilet...

Lockout/tagout (LOTO) safety procedures are critical ones, aimed at keeping machines or other equipment with at least one energy souce (or two or more energy sources — like a...

There are a few reasons a company might need to shut down all or a portion of its plant, such as preventative maintenance or equipment replacement, repurposing the facility (a...