The construction industry is jam packed with risk takers. Financiers who fund billion-dollar developments, executives who spend hundreds of thousands in payroll and materials...

As sustainable construction continues to evolve, many jobsites have started to explore new methods for minimizing water usage, conserving energy, protecting air quality, and...

When working with electrical circuits, a normal operation consists of the same amount of current flowing from line to load and returning from load to line. Ground fault hazards...

Preventing backovers involves instituting enough fail-safes to combat many different potential causes, including human error. It’s a given that construction vehicles should have...

Knock on wood in Minneapolis Meet the U.S.'s tallest modern-era mass timber office building. Developer Hines Interests wanted to pay homage to the neighborhood's history as a...

Women make up only about 9 percent of construction workers. The field, dominated by men, is not a place for wallflowers. But construction does provide an avenue for women to...

For someone who gets seven or more hours of sleep a night, losing an hour when it’s time to spring ahead on Sunday, March 12 shouldn’t be the end of the world. But most people...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a multi-layer process for designing, planning and spec-ing a project, and for managing and sharing information about it across stakeholders...

Green building technology Green building standards encourage construction workers and firms to positively impact the environment through more sustainable methods — but green...

PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is something all construction workers need to keep themselves protected while they are on the job site. According to OSHA ( Occupational Safety...