Bulletin Examines COVID-19, Health Disparities among Construction Workers

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The new issue of CPWR’s Data Bulletin provides updated employment and health information on construction workers and risk estimates in the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings show that nearly 60% of the construction labor force has at least one factor (old age, underlying medical conditions, smoking, e-cigarette use or severe obesity) for potentially higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19, similar to the working population in general. Also, not only are the bulletin’s charts available for download (in PowerPoint) from the CPWR website, but for the first time, the data (in Excel) used to create the charts are included. View the entire … Read more

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Training Grant Awarded Ironworker Skills Institute

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The Steel Erectors Association of America has awarded the Ironworker Skills Institute, located in Pell City, Alabama, this year’s SEAA Craft Training Grant. Designated for member companies who are newly implementing SEAA/NCCER Ironworker Training and Assessment programs, the grant covers initial setup, training for administrators, instructors and coordinators and custom training materials for Ironworker Levels 1-3, or similar curriculum. Now in its fifth year of operation, the Ironworker Skills Institute was established by John Garrison of Garrison Steel, for ironworkers to get training on rigging, welding and the use of safety equipment and tools. In 2017 Garrison was able to … Read more

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Construction Begins at Tarrant County College’s Trinity River Campus in Texas

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Construction on the Clearfork building at Tarrant County College’s Trinity River Campus in Fort Worth, Texas, has recently begun. The project team includes Sundt Construction, Inc., Bennett Benner Partners and JJA Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Consultants. Construction will include 123,000 square feet of renovation to four-and-a-half floors between two buildings on the Trinity Rivers campus. The upgrades will add a board room and conference center with reception, training spaces with breakout areas and a new catering kitchen. The project will add updated audio-video technology to communicate between the College’s multiple campuses along with a flexible space plan to accommodate many … Read more

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Dodge Momentum Index Flat in May

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The Dodge Momentum Index moved a scant 0.1% lower in May to 129.2 (2000=100) from the revised April reading of 129.4. The momentum index, issued by Dodge Data & Analytics, is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year. The commercial component of the momentum index rose 1.0% during the month, while the institutional component dropped 1.9%. The resilience of the momentum index over the last two months has been remarkable in the face of the COVID-19 crisis … Read more

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Safety Best Practices Can Make Construction Companies 827% Safer, says ABC Report

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Associated Builders and Contractors released its 2020 Safety Performance Report, an annual assessment that furthers the construction industry’s understanding of how to achieve world-class safety through its STEP Safety Management System. Published in conjunction with National Safety Month, the report documents the dramatic impact of using proactive safety practices to reduce recordable incidents by up to 88%, making the best-performing companies 827% safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average. “Based on real contractors doing real work, ABC’s annual Safety Performance Report outlines how safety best practices and performance measurement can drastically improve jobsite safety,” said Greg Sizemore, … Read more

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