"I pinch myself going to work every day," one 51-year-old says of his new supervisor role overseeing 200 workers at a data ...

A sharp rise in construction wages hasn’t solved the industry’s labor shortage — and meanwhile, is driving up prices for homebuyers Construction wages rose 21% between 2021 and 2024, significantly ...

That’s according to a survey by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA) and the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER), which also found that 92 percent of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The construction industry can be tough field — and not just physically. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that the construction industry's suicide rate is more than three ...

Industry leaders created Construction Suicide Prevention Week in 2019 in reaction to a steady rise in the death-by-suicide rate among construction workers. “We all agreed, as an industry collectively, ...

Eight major construction companies in the Portland area have partnered with Lines for Life, the Portland suicide prevention nonprofit, to launch a crisis line for workers in the high-stress industry.

DeMond Chambliss used to run himself ragged with the small contracting business he owned in Columbus, Ohio: hanging drywall, ...

Kevin Zaldaña Ramirez started that day like any other, framing houses at a construction site outside Houston. But when the 20-year-old returned from a lunch break, everything changed. A local law ...

NYCOSH portrays construction safety in New York City and New York State differently than the New York City Dept. of Buildings and the Empire State Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors.

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