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5 Ways the Coronavirus Will Change Construction

All over the world, the human experience is changing right before our eyes. We once moved freely, hugged, and shook hands with strangers. Some experts believe it could be years before we’re all comfortable with those gestures again. Social distancing has become the norm. No one will come any closer than six feet away from you. It feels peculiar to all of us. We’re trying to get back to our jobs.…

Contractor Confidence Falls to Record Low Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

The U.S. construction industry is struggling at the moment due to covid-19. The coronavirus is continuing to assault the nation and the world with new deaths being recorded each day. Though major cities like New York are starting to report lower numbers of infections and deaths, some health officials predict a second wave of the virus.

Is it too soon to reopen the economy?

Many mayors and…

If your business is struggling right now (and many are), the Small Business Administration has a solution. A $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill was recently signed into law that offers several provisions to help small businesses who are struggling during the covid-19 crisis. This bill will offer financial help to businesses with fewer than 500 employees, including physician practices and health…

Just a few months ago, the whole country was experiencing big gains in almost every sector including construction. There were massive projects going on all over the country, from a new Apple center in Texas to a massive MGM Grand Casino in Massachusetts.

Large-scale job losses

Today, things are much different. A number of projects have shut down, with others cutting way back on the scale of…

Though many workers are now either laid off or working from home, the construction industry doesn’t work that way. In order for a project to move forward to completion, workers must show up each day and do their jobs. But a new app from Smartvid.io will be able to help workers practice social distancing.

Social Distancing & Construction

Smartvid.iois a provider of construction safety…

Small businesses in the U.S. have always been the backbone of our economy. They employ about half the country’s workforce or roughly 60 million people. But these days, small businesses are struggling to survive. In these unprecedented times, where the COVID-19 epidemic has forced day-to-day life to a standstill, most workers sit at home. Each day, they wonder when life will return to normal; when…

Economists have been saying that the U.S. economy has seemed a little too good to be true for a while now. With the outbreak of COVID-19, there’s a very strong chance that every industry, including construction is about to plunge into recession.

Economist Anirban Basu commented on this, saying, “The risk of recession over the next three to six months is arguably more elevated than at any…

With the current Pandemiccausing masses to hoard everything from bottled water to toilet paper, many construction professionals are wondering how their industry will be affected. Though things are in a very uncertain moment in history, many pros believe that for construction workers, it may be best to just wait and see. The construction industry is often unpredictable with workers used to…

Industrial Espionage Case Against Hardwire LLC Employee

Irvin Ebaugh IV has been accused of stealing about 27,000 files before being fired from his job at Hardwire LLC. He had served as vice president and program manager for the company. Then as they began to suspect Ebaugh of Industrial Espionage, he was told to leave, but refused, fighting his way out of the building carrying a thumb drive. The drive held data and files about bridge blast and…

Coronavirus Causing Slowdowns in Construction

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing problems for the construction industry. That, along with Trump’s tariffs and significant labor shortages have caused quite a few problems. Experts are saying that the coronavirus could have a lasting effect on the future of construction. The industry has suffered in the last few years from labor shortages. Now with the news telling us that 75,000 people…

Democratic Candidates on Infrastructure

With the presidential election just months away, Democratic candidates are discussing their ideas on repairing America’s infrastructure. Though not heavily publicized, there are bridges and roads all over the country that are worn out and some even dangerous.

Democrats Speak Out

At a forum hosted by the nonprofit, bipartisan United for Infrastructure, four of the candidates participated in…

Seattle Construction Worker Dies in Light Rail Project

The family of a construction worker, Walter Burrows, was killed in an accident while working on Seattle’s Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority’s (Sound Transit) $3.7 billion East Link light-rail project. The accident occurred on May 22 when Burrows fell from a 35-foot height while working.

Investigators said that Burrows was wearing 3M’s DBI SALA Nano-Lok Self-Retracting Lifelinebut…

Cell Phones Leading Cause of Construction Accidents

This may not be hard to guess. What is the most used technology on any construction Jobsite? It’s cell phones. But what is the one item that causes the most accidents at a job site? The answer again is the cell phone. And that’s because so many people walk around looking down at their phones and not paying attention to what’s going on around them. In normal life, this is not a problem. But at a…

New Investigation into Hard Rock Hotel Collapse

On Wednesday, the New Orleans City Council decided to form a special committee to investigate the October collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel. In that tragedy, three workers were killed and several injured when the top floors collapsed.

To date, the Louisiana Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and OSHA have launched their own individual investigations into the accident. The mayor of New Orleans…

Construction Moves Forward with Robotic Technology

Amr Raafat has become famous for using technology to implement difficult or complex construction processes. Recently, he was named Innovator of the Year by the Autodesk AEC Excellence awards because of his robotic invention.

Raafat specializes in developing drones, virtual reality and BIM programs that can help with construction workflows. His latest invention is an in-house platform that uses…

How Modular Is Changing the Hospitality Industry

Why would you want to put a hotel in a factory? There are actually a few great reasons to use modular. You may have employees who work long shifts and just don’t want to drive home. You might have icy conditions on the roads where driving could be dangerous.  Sometimes workers are called upon to come right back after only a 5 or 6-hour break to finish up a big job.

Reasons like this have…

New Construction Apps & Software for Contractors

With the boom in technology advancements for construction, quite a few new construction apps have emerged. They’re all meant to make planning and building construction projects much simpler. But a new survey shows that many of them fail the test. They simply don’t integrate well with construction software. This has opened the door for new companies to develop smarter, more convenient software.