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Concrete Equipment & Products

Step-N-Secure Pickup Truck Bed Handle and Tiedown Post Accessory

The product increases safety when stepping onto a truck bed and security when tying down cargo

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Construction Safety

Raken Launches Toolbox Talks Feature Within App

Safety managers can use Toolbox Talks to upload company-approved talks, schedule talks across multiple projects and collect and download completed reports

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Make People a Priority During Labor Shortage

Construction Business Coaching

Developing great workers requires new management and leadership styles and committing to creating great places to work

Construction business owners should make finding, training and keeping great employees one of their top one priorities

7 Tips to Ensure Employee Health and Well-Being

Opiod abuse is a growing concern among contractors, but ensuring the health and well-being of your employees extends well beyond just one issue.

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Construction News

May Weakness in US Housing Construction Hides Improving Conditions

End of a 5-month losing streak in single-family permits and falling mortgage rates hold promise but don't blunt the sting of a 6.4% drop in single-family starts

Single-family permits rose 3.7% in May, ending a five-month streak of monthly declines. Multifamily permits declined 5.0% from a very high April total.

Construction Safety

Seven Trench Safety Toolbox Talk Topics to Build Knowledge of Hazards, Safe Practices

United Rentals Inc.

United Rentals offers topic suggestions to advance worker knowledge about trench hazards and safe work practices

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Project Management

Blockchain Transactions Poised to Revolutionize the Construction Industry

Digital ‘blocks’ of transaction data on which Bitcoin is built can infuse project and BIM databases with details crucial to management-improvement breakthroughs

Blockchain is a concept for managing data that is still at its infancy in the construction space.

ABC: Construction Backlog Indicator Falls After Two Months of Increases

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.7 months in April 2019, down 0.8 months or 9% since a surge back in March

Construction backlog fell to 8.7 months in April after a surge to 9.5 months in March.

Construction Safety

OSHA Blames Contractor, Engineers for FIU Bridge Collapse

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

OSHA releases its report on the investigation into the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse that killed six people in 2018

Collapsed pedestrian bridge at FIU in 2018.

Transitioning Effectively to a Construction Leadership Role

Leadership skills can be developed, opening the door to career advancement and higher wages for many in the construction industry

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[APP OF THE WEEK] Smartvid.io Platform and App Uses AI to Improve Construction Safety

Smartvid.io leverages its artificial intelligence engine "Vinnie" to gauge risks and detect hazards on the construction jobsite

Four Ways to Close the Skills Gap in the Age of Automation

New report from Monitor Institute by Deloitte and Autodesk Foundation examines the future of work

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