Top 10 Construction Stories This Week: OSHA Calls on Construction to Combat Its Suicide Epidemic

Most-read construction stories include: Hensel Phelps keeps discovering profitable uses for construction drones, Highway Trust Fund to run dry in November, 7 reasons you need digital construction by 2022, who’s gonna to do all the new infrastructure work?

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10. The ForCast: Is the Infrastructure Bill Good? Plus, Deere-Hitachi Breakup and the Chip Shortage Impact on Work Trucks

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9. How to Overcome Construction Supply Chain Challenges

Here are some steps construction business owners can take now to ease the heavy burden of pressure being caused by supply chain disruptions

 

8. I Got Paid to Watch a Reality Show About Concrete

Sakrete launched the online competition series "Concrete Combat." So, I watched it. Who will cement their name in history and who will crack under the pressure? Spoiler free

 

7. U.S. Housing & 3D Concrete Printing

The potential benefits behind 3D concrete printing and how it can address the country’s housing shortages

 

6. 9 Questions with the Largest Precaster in the Midwest, Wells

What the Wells acquisition of Spancrete means for the concrete contractor

 

5. Job Creation a Winner Under Infrastructure Plan, But Who Will Do the Work?

According to an analysis by S&P Global, the infrastructure bill could add more than 880,000 jobs by 2030, but with 88% of contractors already struggling to find labor to do the jobs they have, who will fill these roles?

 

4. 7 Reasons Why You Need To Switch To Digital Construction in 2022

Several digital technologies including machine learning, robotics, 3D priming, and building information modeling are ready to push you into the next normal for the years to come

 

3. Highway Trust Fund to Run Out in November

The impending cash flow shortfall is due to continuous and structural cash flow deficit since 2008. If the FHWA does not implement cash management procedures now, the fund will run out in less than two months

 

2. Hensel Phelps Keeps Discovering Profitable Uses for Construction Drones

Weekly flights over Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye Airport terminal replacement provide the map for daily work planning, safety briefings, progress reports, quality control and communication with everybody from equipment operators to the project owner

 

1. OSHA Calls on Industry to Combat Unique Killer of Construction Workers

An industry task force encourages participation in the Suicide Prevention Safety Stand-Down, Sept. 6-10, to raise awareness about the unique risks construction workers face

 

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