Top Benefits Revealed in Safety Culture Report

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NEW YORK, N.Y. – A new study from Dodge Data & Analytics establishes a safety culture spectrum based on the performance of 254 U.S. contractors on 33 leading indicators of a safety culture. The new Building a Safety Culture SmartMarket Report, available for free download at http://analyticsstore.construction.com/smartmarket-reports/Safety2016.html and produced in partnership with The Center for Construction Research and Training and United Rentals, along with 12 other supporting and contributing organizations, examines the wider use of safety management practices in the construction industry and more frequently achieved benefits for contractors at the high end of the safety culture spectrum compared to … Read more

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Three Steps to Enhancing the Crew’s Safety

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By Jenna Avitabile There has been a dramatic increase in urban development across the country. Parking lots, underused commercial properties and former industrial sites are more frequently being replaced by condominiums, apartments, townhouses and small-lot, single-family homes, as well as retail/mixed-use projects —including a rise in repurposing project sites in order to optimize usable space. With urban construction becoming much more dense — building against buildings and streets on all edges — innovative technologies, such as 3-D modeling and new cloud-based mobile safety methods, as well as ongoing corporate training, are being utilized more frequently and in tandem to enhance … Read more

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