Category: Featured
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Leader calls construction labor crisis a ‘national security issue’
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. WASHINGTON — Shovels cannot break ground if no one’s there to hold them. Industry leaders stressed that takeaway at the Elevate 2025 conference on Sept. 4 in Washington, D.C., where George Guszcza, president and CEO of the…
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New Training Option to Modernize Fall Protection Training
FallTech has launched FT-Xpert, a fall protection training program aimed at providing targeted, role-specific instruction for today’s workforce. The program addresses shortcomings of traditional courses, which often require all workers to complete lengthy training designed for supervisors. FT-Xpert offers flexible courses tailored to real-world job functions, from general Authorized Person training to advanced Competent Person…
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Whiting-Turner wins $137M Coast Guard Seattle base work
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Base modernizationValue: $137 millionLocation: SeattleClient: U.S. Coast Guard The U.S. Coast Guard has tapped Whiting-Turner for the first phase of a contract to modernize the branch’s Base Seattle, a key launching off point for Arctic and…
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How to use the Dulux Colours of the Year 2026 in your home
First off the starting blocks this year in the annual paint trend predictions is Dulux, who have gone with not one, but three shades of blue. All very different, but equally all likely to cause a stir when it comes to using them on your walls. Despite being the world’s most popular colour, blue is…
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Bridging the silence: suicide prevention on the Tyne
To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, Stephen McClean MCIOB talks to CM People about Esh Construction’s delivery of the Tyne Bridge refurbishment programme and the vital mental health protocols required for the project. The Tyne Bridge – once the longest span bridge in the world – stands proudly over the River Tyne in the North…
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Suicide prevention guidance released for highways sector
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Elizabeth Pettersen, high risk locations programme manager at Samaritans, added: “Suicide is not inevitable, and together we can help prevent it. The road sector has an important role to play in making sure suicide prevention is considered at every stage, from design through to maintenance. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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In pictures | Mental health campaign calls for ‘more openness’ on site
Ark Fire Protection and Bowmer + Kirkland have joined forces to help raise awareness of mental health issues in construction. Coinciding with World Suicide Prevention Day, Ark Fire Protection has rolled out high-visibility jackets across its sites featuring messages such as “struggling doesn’t make you weak”. The initiative aims to highlight the importance of creating open conversations…
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CIOB president joins Acumine as board adviser
CIOB president Paul Gandy has become board adviser at Acumine, the business intelligence and data analytics consultancy. Acumine works with tier 1 contractors, including Kier, McLaren, Wates, Willmott Dixon, Sir Robert McAlpine and Tilbury Douglas (of which Gandy was chief executive for five years), and mid-tier contractors and consultants. Gandy will work closely with the…
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The Best Faux Fall Branches and Flowers
May Martha Stewart roll over in her gardening bed (have you seen her lately? The lady looks incredible). Most stylists are pretty anti-faux plants, flowers, and branches simply because the real stuff is so much prettier, more organic/nuanced/special-looking, etc. Then there is the whole plastic issue with fake flowers, which isn’t awesome, and of course,…
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Jobsite Concrete Curing: Essential Pro Tips
Concrete curing tends to get pushed down the list of priorities on the jobsite. It doesn’t have the same immediate visual payoff as placing and finishing. Add this to budget constraints and tight project timelines, and it’s easy to see why curing in the field is often messy and improvised — even sometimes altogether overlooked.…