Why construction and trucking need to take action on work zone safety

As construction season ramps up, it’s time to stop just paying lip service to accident data and instead take action, writes an attorney.

By Amanda Demanda • May 14, 2026

AI, new partnerships and safety tips: Takeaways from Construction Safety Week 2026

This year, Turner Construction unveiled a free jobsite app, Gilbane announced a Construction Safety Week partnership with OSHA and major builders addressed safety language.

By Zachary Phillips • May 8, 2026

Tips for maximizing impact from a jobsite safety stand-down

Construction leaders suggest teaming with craft personnel, focusing on acknowledging successes and getting creative to make safety info stick.

By Zachary Phillips • May 7, 2026

How 3 builders are using AI for safety

Skanska, Turner and Balfour Beatty have leveraged artificial intelligence for training, situational analysis and preventing serious injuries on roadwork jobsites.

By Matthew Thibault • May 6, 2026

ABC San Diego CEO compares mental health awareness to CPR

Shandon Harbour likens suicide prevention to performing chest compressions, as both involve identifying a problem and offering help until a professional can get involved.

By Zachary Phillips • May 6, 2026

Big contractors seek to standardize safety language

Workers find hazard planning and identification vary from jobsite to jobsite. Construction Safety Week leaders are looking to adopt the same vocabulary.

By Zachary Phillips • May 5, 2026

Major contractors are ‘All In Together’ for Construction Safety Week

This year’s theme focuses on recognizing, responding and respecting, which applies not only to serious hazards on the jobsite but to the tradespeople performing the work.

By Zachary Phillips • May 4, 2026

Turner Construction shares AI safety tech with broader industry

The New York City-based contractor developed SafeT Coach and tested it across its jobsites with tens of thousands of interactions.

By Matthew Thibault • May 4, 2026

$1.1B available for railroad grade-crossing safety

The Crossing Safety Program aims to address the over 2,000 collisions and nearly 300 fatalities yearly since 2021.

By Dan Zukowski • April 28, 2026

Why fit is the most important factor in jobsite performance

How data-driven design is reshaping work boots for modern construction crews.

By Red Wing • April 27, 2026

Water, sewer contractor and major homebuilder make ‘Dirty Dozen’ list

Revoli Construction and D.R. Horton were among major safety offenders highlighted in a list by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health.

By Zachary Phillips • April 24, 2026

Let’s take action to make US road work zones safer

As lawmakers work to renew the surface transportation bill, work zone safety needs to be part of the conversation, writes an association executive during National Work Zone Awareness Week. 

By Nile Elam • April 23, 2026

OSHA extends heat emphasis program

The previous initiative lapsed on April 8, but two days later, the safety agency announced an updated outreach, resource and inspection program that will run through 2031.

By Zachary Phillips • April 16, 2026

NABTU, CPWR partner with Bechtel-backed suicide prevention initiative

The union membership group and safety research organization have joined forces with Hard Hat Courage, the program run by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

By Zachary Phillips • April 3, 2026

Suffolk to use video coaching platform for jobsite safety

Arrowsight uses human-led reviews, not artificial intelligence, to evaluate workers on site for examples of good and bad safety behaviors.

By Matthew Thibault • March 25, 2026

AI doesn’t know what your safety experts know: data application specialist

Grounded, confined questions and strong data can help make AI a much more useful tool for identifying safety trends, said Adam Logan, executive vice president of application and data at ISN.

By Zachary Phillips • March 24, 2026

‘It’s not weak to speak’: NYC construction unions launch mental health initiative

The Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York unveiled a peer-to-peer program designed to train members and reduce the rate of suicide in construction.

By Zachary Phillips • March 13, 2026

Shaping the future of the construction industry with hazard recognition, response and respect

Construction Safety Week is working to create change through a unified hazard recognition approach.

By Adam Jelen, CEO and President of Gilbane Building and Safety Week 2026 Chair • March 9, 2026

Skanska safety exec reflects on what’s changed for women in construction

Mindy Uber joined the firm nearly 20 years ago. Since then, she’s seen the industry evolve in areas that range from PPE offerings to jobsite language.

By Zachary Phillips • March 4, 2026

Construction’s deaths, fatality rate declined in 2024

The industry remains one of the deadliest in the U.S., according to the most recent data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

By Zachary Phillips • Feb. 20, 2026

Construction fatal overdose, suicide rates dropped in 2024

Drug-related overdose deaths and deaths by suicide declined 28.8% and 1.7% year over year, respectively, according to the most recent data from NABTU and CPWR.

By Zachary Phillips • Feb. 13, 2026

If you haven’t adopted stop-work authority on jobsites, what are you afraid of?

The benefits of giving teams the ability to pause a job for concerns of any size far outweigh the delays, writes an environmental health and safety expert.

By Travis Irving • Feb. 5, 2026

Construction education nonprofit launches English upskilling program

NCCER partnered with EnGen on a foreman certification initiative to help workers with limited English skills boost career growth opportunities.

By Zachary Phillips • Feb. 3, 2026

Why adopting better helmets in construction is a no-brainer

Type II helmets better protect workers from fatal falls, yet are underused, writes the director of Virginia Tech’s helmet safety research lab.

By Steve Rowson • Dec. 2, 2025

Woman welder’s workplace murder prompts calls for change

The killing of 20-year-old Amber Czech in Minnesota has spurred trade groups to advocate for better protections for women and transparency in harassment reporting.

By Zachary Phillips • Nov. 19, 2025