Good and Bad Fall Protection Anchor Points
Your personal fall protection gear is only as good as the anchor or tie-off point you choose. Some workers believe certain points are safe when in fact, they won’t hold them if...
To Keep Employees Engaged, Provide More Feedback
Plus, four ways to make your feedback more effective. Kim Ruyle, a member of the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) talent expertise panel, remembers the first time a...
OSHA Suggests Heat Stress Screening at Temps Above 85
Are you doing enough to protect workers from heat stress? Heat illnesses such as heat stroke don’t arise just from working in certain temperatures. The humidity counts, too, as...
3 Keys to Learning Lean Practices for Continuous Improvement
In his keynote address at the recent 2018 Lean Coaching Summit in Seattle, Charles F. Murphy, senior vice president of the New York business unit of Turner Construction Company...
Implement a Strategic Roadmap for Successful Technology Adoption
The construction industry is enjoying an explosion of cool, exciting new technology — drones, virtual reality training systems, project management software with amazing...
How Reality Capture Is Boosting Construction Productivity
Reality capture from devices such as drones, laser scanners and even smartphone cameras is producing a tsunami of real-time data on jobsites. The challenge is figuring out to how...
Mass Timber Goes Mainstream
News that an outpost of the fast-food eatery in Chicago is being built with mass timber serves as the proof in the proverbial pudding that a sustainable building approach already...
For Multifamily Residential, Modular Construction Is ‘Red Hot’
There’s an apocryphal story that on June 2, 1925, first baseman Wally Pipp asked for a day off due to a headache. Lou Gehrig took over for him and didn’t stop until he’d played...
The Hidden Costs of Tool Ownership
Look beyond the purchase price when deciding to buy vs. rent. Looking to invest in some new tools for your crews? First, stop and make sure you understand the total cost of the...
5 Reasons to Empower Your Foremen to Make More Decisions
Granting authority along with responsibility is strategically smart. You rely on your foremen to keep crews in line, keep daily work on schedule and maintain tools and equipment...
