Shift worker health and safety
In September 2017, NSC introduced its Fatigue Cost Calculator, a free online tool intended to help employers gauge how much fatigue is affecting [...]
Construction company rolls out first inclusive ‘at work’ signs
It’s a sign of the times. A Manhattan construction company has rolled out gender-neutral “Men and Women at Work” signs — believed to [...]
Building A Career In Construction: The Challenges And Opportunities
A career in construction probably isn't on your radar, but maybe it should be. The industry offers some unique opportunities for women. First [...]
Visionary tunnel or over-hyped hole? Elon Musk’s design unveiled in LA
Elon Musk enthused that this was no ordinary tunnel opening, but something epic and “incredibly profound”. Skeptics wondered whether it was just a hyped-up [...]
Subcontractor default insurance market set to expand
The subcontractor default insurance market looks set to grow as more insurers prepare to offer the coverage, industry sources said. Existing and new [...]
High-tech dancing robot turns out to be a guy in a costume
When is a robot not a robot? When there’s a human inside it, that’s when. A recent TV show in Russia led many [...]
Can new home building tech help solve the affordability crisis?
As construction costs soar in cities, more and more companies and governments are imagining a different model: building off-site and then trucking fully [...]
Narragansett Bay Commission Invited to Apply for EPA Infrastructure Financing
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting the Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC) to apply for a $251 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to make [...]
China Has a Secret Weapon in the Race to Dominate Electric Cars
Over the past two years, cobalt has emerged as one of the hottest commodities of the electric-vehicle revolution. The silvery-blue metal, an important component in [...]