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6 Ways the COVID-19 crisis will reshape the construction industry

Lets Build

The construction industry, along with all other sectors in the world, will never be the same because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of industries have adopted remote work arrangements for the past few years already. Companies preferred the traditional office work arrangement for those not working on the field.

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Federal Construction Contractors Are Faced with the Double Whammy of the Pandemic and Price Escalation: What Can Be Done?

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

Unfortunately, the construction industry could not employ the remote workplace, and projects continued to require hands-on personnel who could not socially distance as a practical matter and were at greater risk for contracting COVID. Businesses were offered loans, and even loan forgiveness, to blunt the impacts of the crisis.

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Housing’s Great Rethink: Workforce Development Takes Center Stage

Pro Builder

These exits weren’t just about compensation, either. How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development. The so-called “ Great Resignation ” (among other names) seemed an ideal scenario for a home building industry with an insatiable appetite for more workers. Other Forces Eroding the Construction Labor Force.

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Save the Sticky Notes for Bookmarks

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Human resource teams in the construction industry have to manage everything—from finding and hiring new talent to making sure benefit material is up-to-date to assuring that every employee has access to training documents and so much more. Review compensation summary reports including 1099-C forms. You’re busy. Schedule time off.

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The Danger of Over-Reporting on your OSHA 300 Forms

Safety Services Company

However, when in doubt, it is recommended that a company representative consult an expert or call their local OSHA office. Even one OSHA recordable can put a company’s TRIR above the industry average. The lower the EMR of a business, the lower their worker compensation insurance premiums will be. What is EMR? An EMR of 1.0

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Amputations in Manufacturing – A New OSHA National Emphasis Program

FDR Safety

On December 10, 2019 OSHA published CPL 03-00-022 , National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries. The local evidence may be based on OIS incident data, employer-reported amputations, and workers’ compensation data. Once added, the master list must be re-randomized prior to use after establishments are added.

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Bid rigging a thing of the past?

Construction Law

As compensation for deliberately pricing tenders to lose, payments are said to have been made to seven of the ten, with false invoices sometimes being issued as cover. Some argued that they did not make or receive compensation payments or benefit from the award of contracts.

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