Protecting Your Workforce: The Importance of Face Masks, Face Shields, and Hard Hats
Learn how face masks, face shields, and hard hats help protect workers and improve safety on construction sites, warehouses, and industrial facilities.
100 Uses For Sheet Metal Screws (Self-Tapping Screws)
Sheet metal screws, also known as self-tapping screws, are versatile fasteners used in a wide range of applications. They are designed to tap their own threads into the material in which they are being driven, making them ideal for use in metal, wood, plastics, and other materials. Here are 100 uses for sheet metal screws:
Framing Screws
Framing screws are specialized fasteners that are designed for use in construction projects where large pieces of wood or metal framing need to be securely attached to each other.
Construction News: Construction starts rebound on manufacturing, housing strength
Total construction starts rebounded in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $912.8 billion, a 6% rise, due to bustling building activity for manufacturing plants and homes, according to Dodge Construction Network. But after a massive dropoff in January, starts for the first two months of the year were still 17% below their 2022 levels and weakness in the commercial and institutional sectors pose cause for concern.
Construction News: Recognizing Women in the Construction Industry
The National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER) performed interviews with 176 tradeswomen and analyzed 770 responses to a survey directed to women in the industry to recruit, hire and retain more women in the industry.
Construction News: Construction Employment Climbs Again, Up 25K in January
Construction gained 25,000 jobs in January, continuing the industry’s long streak of monthly employment increases, but its unemployment rate reflected mixed results, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
Boston Construction News: Construction begins on the East Boston electrical substation
Eight years after Eversource first proposed building an electrical substation in the Eagle Hill neighborhood of East Boston, the utility is finally breaking ground on the $103 million project.
Construction News: What’s keeping contractors up at night?
Supply chain chaos and an impending recession are among builders’ top concerns in 2023, according to a new survey.
How to Attract and Retain a Traveling Construction Team During a Labor Shortage
As these slim teams are needed for extended, out-of-town trips to worksites in other areas, it’s critical that their accommodations ensure their comfort and rest between shifts. Doing so ultimately keeps the entire team employed, safe, and productive.
Boston Construction News: Delayed Tower Takes Shape Over Boston’s South Station The 680-ft-tall structure will be one of the city’s tallest buildings
After decades of planning and false starts, a 51-story tower is finally taking shape over Boston’s South Station, set to be one of the city's tallest buildings.
HARD HATS and MASKS
Personal protective equipment refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, electrical, heat, chemicals, biohazards, and airborne particulate matter.
Boston Construction News: Consigli breaks ground on Lendlease’s $500M Boston life science project
Australian developer Lendlease and Montreal, Canada-based real estate management firm Ivanhoé Cambridge have broken ground on a $500 million life science project in Boston.
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