New Data Bulletin Examines Mental Health Trends Among Construction Workers

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Construction workers have the highest overdose death rate and the second highest suicide death rate of any U.S. industry. Those two issues are key elements of the September 2024 edition of CPWR’s Data Bulletin, “Mental Health Trends in the Construction Industry,” which also examines topics such as anxiety, depression, serious psychological distress, seeing a mental health professional and medication use. In 2021, 15.4% of construction workers reported, based on symptoms or medication, having anxiety or depression, and in 2022, there were 17,100 overdose and 5,200 suicide deaths among those usually employed in the construction industry.

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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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Choate Partners with ACE Mentor Program of Greater Charleston

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Choate’s Charleston, South Carolina team has joined the ACE Mentorship Program, directly engaging with local high school students to educate, inspire and build up the future generation of industry leaders. Choate served as a “Friends of ACE CHS” sponsor and participated in various events throughout the spring semester. The ACE Mentorship program serves to promote and introduce students to careers within the AEC industry, as well as the entire process behind producing successful construction projects. Offering real-world insights into architecture, engineering and construction careers and facilitating tours of active projects, the program allowed students to learn in-depth about the entire … 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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