NCCER Releases Recommendations to Support Industry Tradeswomen

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The National Center for Construction Education and Research recently published a follow up to its research released in 2023, In Her Own Words: Improving Project Outcomes. As a follow up, NCCER compiled the recommendations made by 176 tradeswomen in the field to assist contractors with recruiting and retaining women in the construction industry. This new publication, In Her Own Words: A Call to Action From the Field, highlights actionable items that contractors can take to build more inclusive projects and companies. “With the construction workforce shortages continuing to grow, and competition for talent getting even tighter, it is time for … Read more

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American Wood Council Releases New Construction Fire Inspection App

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The American Wood Council has released a new app to help make construction site fire safety inspections more accessible and safe. The Construction Fire Safety Checklist, or CFS Checklist, contains a daily fire inspection checklist that meets the requirements of the 2021 International Fire Code and allows site safety directors to complete the checklist as they walk through their daily inspection. The app’s development is the result of feedback AWC and the Construction Fire Safety Coalition received from the fire service, building inspectors, site safety directors, developers and construction managers across the nation. The checklist allows inspectors to reduce the … Read more

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Survey Says: ABC Members Invested $1.6 Billion to Upskill Construction Workforce

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Associated Builders and Contractors recently released its 2024 Workforce Development Survey, which found its member contractors invested $1.6 billion to provide craft, leadership and health and safety education to more than 1.3 million course attendees nationwide in 2023, up from $1.5 billion in 2022 and on track with $1.6 billion in 2021. Other key findings included: Safety education accounts for the greatest share of total workforce investment at 59%, which has remained stable since 2022 ABC contractors invested an average of 7.5% of payroll on workforce development in 2023, slightly down from 8% in 2022 Trade and specialty contractors continued … Read more

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OSHA Photo Contest Returns to Promote Awareness of Heat Dangers

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Soaring temperatures are already causing concerns at workplaces — outdoors and indoors — throughout the nation. To allow employers, workers and other stakeholders to help one another understand and address the dangers of heat hazards, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is again sponsoring the agency’s “Beat the Heat” photo contest. In 2023, OSHA launched a national competition challenging employers, workers and others to share their best tools and resources for educating workers about the dangers of heat exposure in indoor and outdoor workplaces. Open to all industries, the 2024 Beat the Heat competition challenges participants to … Read more

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Construction Workers Satisfied with Jobs, Wages Rise 20%+ Since 2021

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Workplace satisfaction is more important than ever before for retaining employees, with one recent survey finding that 77% of workers were more likely to stay with an employer if satisfied with their company’s organizational culture. To uncover which industries have the most satisfied employees, TollFreeForwarding.com researched online review data for 200 companies across industries and ranked them based on the following criteria: culture & values, diversity & inclusion, work-life balance, compensation, career opportunities and senior management satisfaction. Using these rankings, each industry was scored on a scale of 1-100 for each category, as well as an overall average. The research … Read more

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