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Construction facing safety challenges as work picks up

FDR Safety

The resurgence of the construction industry is, of course, good news, but it also comes with challenges on the safety front, including shortages of experienced workers and managers. One indicator of those challenges may be an increase in the construction industry’s fatality rate from 9.1 Bureau of Labor Statistics. in 2006.).

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

Pro Builder

Last year, members of Associated Builders and Contractors , a national trade association representing the nonunion construction industry, invested $1.6 That’s a telling statistic for an industry that has been suffering from a labor shortage for more than a decade and struggles to attract younger workers to its ranks.

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

Pro Builder

I happened upon that quote right after reading an article about a fatal airplane accident, which had me musing over the seemingly endless unfortunate factors that can bring a plane down and how every good flight requires the same basic elements. . Does the “Anna Karenina Principle” about families also apply to home building?