Tag: Workers
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Winter 2025 Burnout Risk Index Highlights Pressures Facing Construction and Trade Workers
A new analysis from Vegas Insider ranks burnout risk across 50 job categories heading into winter 2025, offering insight into how seasonal pressures and working conditions affect construction, trades and other labor-intensive fields. While healthcare and social services still top the overall list, the report notes that many construction and trade occupations face elevated burnout…
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Keeping Workers Safe: Leadership, PPE Trends & Safety Culture with Matt Bruggeman of Ritz Safety
Keeping Workers Safe: Leadership, PPE Trends & Safety Culture with Matt Bruggeman of Ritz Safety-Video Apple Podcast Spotify Podcast In this episode of Commercial Construction Coffee Talk, David Corson, CCR Magazine Publisher/Editor sat down with Matt Bruggeman, President of Ritz Safety, one of the nation’s leading providers of safety solutions and personal protective equipment (PPE).…
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Benetics launches AI-based voice assist for construction workers
Benetics has developed AI-powered voice assistance technology for contractors and construction professionals. Contractors can speak into the Benetics AI while on a job site and it records, transcribes, organises and then documents what is said. It creates an action plan including checklists, assigning team members to tasks, photos and due dates. Benetics said it can…
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Supporting Injured Workers Boosts Recovery, Lowers Costs and Builds Stronger Teams
Injuries can disrupt jobsite momentum — pulling workers off projects, delaying timelines and putting pressure on margins. Research shows that employees who experience traumatic workplace injuries have higher rates of anxiety, depression and mental health concerns compared to those injured outside of work. Individuals who display early risk indicators — such as chronic pain or…
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When Safety Tech Backfires: Why Over-Engineered Systems Can Put Construction Workers at Risk
Busy constructions sites are a gauntlet. In any given shift, workers may have to navigate between excavators swinging loads, delivery trucks reversing into tight spaces and forklifts moving heavy pallet loads back and forth. In these high stakes environments, safety systems are deployed with the very best of intentions – preventing collisions, protecting pedestrians and…
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Helping Construction Workers Manage FODMAP Intolerances
Working construction is physically demanding enough without adding constant digestive distress to the mix. When you’re dealing with FODMAP intolerances, everyday job tasks become exponentially harder. That morning crew meeting with coffee and donuts? You’re mentally calculating whether the milk and wheat will send you scrambling to find a bathroom on site. Packing your lunch…
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How Better Communication Can Attract and Retain the Next Generation of Construction Workers
There is a generational shift in the construction workforce. For companies, this could be a crisis — or an opportunity. The construction industry needs 439,000 new workers this year, while 41% of the current workforce will retire within the next five years. This workforce shift creates a major opportunity for companies that can attract and…
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Workers’ rights advocate honoured with blue plaque
Leeds Civic Trust has unveiled its 205th blue plaque to commemorate Elizabeth Garnett, who championed workers’ rights and pioneered social reform in Victorian Britain. Garnett co-founded the Navvy Mission Society and helped to improve working conditions for labourers who carried out major civil engineering projects in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Otley, Yorkshire, Garnett’s…
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How to protect workers from winter burnout
With year-end pressures mounting, many construction teams face increasing fatigue and stress. Read on for practical guidance for leaders on how to protect workforce wellbeing. Supporting mental health must be a year-round priority if we are to truly look after our workforce. Our teams should never be left to suffer in silence Nicola Hodkinson, Seddon…
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In pictures | Costain workers join resilience challenge
Construction workers on Costain‘s Gallows Corner Flyover project have been testing their resilience, one block at a time, during a recent mental health and wellbeing session on site. Delivered by mental health consultant Ghitta Basson, the workshop aims to get participants to reflect on their personal resilience and understand what coping strategies or support are…