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COVID-19 amplified stress, anxiety and uncertainty, which has created major disruptions at work and home. As stress levels intensified, alcohol and substance use are reportedly rising significantly.

An unprecedented global pandemic, civil unrest, record-level partisanship and the most polarizing president in American history will all factor big when Americans head to the polls in November.

It’s rewarding to see a finished project and know you had a hand in it. But the business side of construction can be tricky. Many risks threaten to throw projects off schedule and off budget.  Poor or missing information is one of the biggest risks you face. A lack of complete and accurate site data ...

Like many businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacted a heavy toll on the construction industry, upending many commercial projects that have caused financial hardship for scores of companies, their employees and subcontractors this year.

With the coronavirus pandemic worsening drastically this summer, executives at Suffolk Construction, an AGC of New York State LLC and Rhode Island Chapter-AGC member, figure it’s only a matter of time before a worker shows up sick to one of its many jobsites across the country. But for COVID-19 to spread at one of those sites, it will have to jump through more hoops than a circus tiger.

If you still haven’t seen how easy it is to use X-PAD Ultimate field software, from GeoMax, now you can try it for free. As the industry’s first Android-based field data collection software, it works on your phone or tablet without the need of a separate expensive data collector. It was also designed with input ...

Shown Above: CP30 Across the globe, SmithCo’s side dump construction trailers are solving the toughest challenges in the construction industry. Side dumps have watertight tubs made to haul any material, including dirt, rock, millings, riprap and more. By dumping to the side they have greater stability and efficiency. Whether you need a fleet of trailers, ...

As I write this column, coronavirus case numbers continue to spike in many parts of the country.

We’re looking forward to Construction Safety Week, which has been rescheduled for September 14-18, following a delay from our traditional May dates. We hope you all have plans to join us.

The importance of safety when working from heights cannot be emphasized enough.

COVID-19 protocols include contactless drive-up service and pre-rental and last-touch disinfecting.

This September, Werner will offer national safety trainings, online courses and a new, downloadable climbing handbook in support of OSHA's national initiative.

Falls are the leading cause of death in the construction industry, and to shed light on this danger, Rosendin created a video that simulates what would happen to the human body if a person were to fall from a height of 12 and 20 feet.

Faith Technologies has announced the launch of a new safety video series, “Charged!”

Are you getting the most from your subcontractor prequalification process? By using technology strategically and adhering to a few key principles, you can use your time more efficiently, maximize the benefits of your prequalification program, and protect your company from needless risk. In this free guide, you’ll learn proven techniques to customize, integrate, and automate ...

It can be difficult for a construction worker to visualize what kinds of hazards they’ll face on a jobsite when they’re sitting in a conference room, watching training videos and slideshows.

GC of America and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have a long and successful history of working together to build and sustain our nation’s infrastructure.

Consumerism and technology drive healthcare design and construction as facilities become less sterile and more resort-like.

Platform helps contractors improve the accuracy of drone mapping for a whole host of applications.

As a metropolitan chapter with a little over 270 company members, the Austin AGC has struggled over the years with how best to offer educational classes — such as Supervisory Training (STP), Project Manager Development (PMDP), BIM and Lean — to area contractors while not losing money in the process.