Month: September 2025

Jobsite risk is rising. It’s time to benchmark AI-powered worker safety tools

AI safety tools promise a lot, but without testing, construction companies can't trust what they…

As mental health crisis grows, encourage workers to ‘be the helper’

New CPWR data shows a significant jump in anxiety and depression among construction workers, according…

San Francisco’s permitting reform seeks an end to building project ‘death by a thousand cuts’

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s latest permitting reform package loosens restrictions on historic buildings, reduces…

‘There is a limit’: Rising materials costs test construction’s breaking point

Prices for steel, aluminum and other key inputs “rose at an especially rapid pace,” said…

6 labor and employment issues that are in flux, according to law firm Littler

“In less than nine months, the new administration has transformed more than six decades of…

‘Be vulnerable’: Shawmut safety chief on value of partnerships to lower suicide rates

This Construction Suicide Prevention Week, the contractor is among the many participating in stand-downs and…

Schneider Electric announces major data center order, ‘white space’ collaboration

The collaboration with Compass Datacenters is intended to accelerate data center delivery timelines.

DOL moves to repeal independent contractor rule

A recently released agenda flags the removal of the Biden-era regulation, itself a replacement for…

Construction planning booms, up 51% in 12 months

The Dodge Momentum Index points to “stronger construction activity in late 2026 or early 2027,”…

Virginia Tech, HITT coalition awards $280K in innovation grants

The seed money, the first from the university’s Coalition for Smart Construction, targets projects that…