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Laughter Provides Stress Relief

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 Valarie Rose Johnson 64 Views 0 Comments mental health, Winter 2023

Unaddressed high stress levels can have a variety of negative impacts for workers in the construction industry. Valarie Rose JohnsonValarie

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Offsite Construction Works for Women

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Daniel Small 99 Views 0 Comments construction, Winter 2023, women

Construction executives everywhere are desperately scrambling to find people to do the work they’ve promised their customers. Daniel SmallFor help

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Building a Safer Job Site

October 19, 2022November 29, 2022 Corey Dahl 245 Views 0 Comments #training, fall 2022, labor and safety

Job site safety looked a lot different just a few decades ago. Safety gear was mostly optional and visits from

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Business Management Labor and Safety 

4 Ways Through the Construction Labor Shortage

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 Corey Dahl 479 Views 0 Comments construction jobs, labor shortage, Spring 2022

Labor shortages have become a hot topic. For Colorado’s construction industry, employee shortages are old (hard) hat. Corey DahlCorey Dahl

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Construction Industry Leaders Gather in Denver to Address Mental Health Challenges

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 Valarie Rose Johnson 154 Views 0 Comments suicide in construction, Summer 2022

Roughly 1,000 construction workers die each year on the job. This is why jobsite safety is such a priority in

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Labor and Safety 

Heightened Sense of Balance for the Building Industry

July 12, 2022March 16, 2023 Valarie Rose Johnson 139 Views 0 Comments mental health, mindfulness, Spring 2022

Mindfulness is a simple, practical, and effective way to enhance overall physical and mental wellbeing; it also offers social, environmental,

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Breaking into the Construction Industry

May 26, 2022March 16, 2023 Jennie Rodgers 211 Views 0 Comments apprenticeships, Spring 2022

Construction led the way with sizeable growth in 2021 despite challenges around the supply chain and disruption of Covid variants.

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Labor Challenges and Opportunities

April 19, 2022March 16, 2023 Eric Hanson 204 Views 0 Comments company culture, hiring, labor shortage, Spring 2022

I recall being hired for my first engineering job back in February of 1995. I left the interview feeling confident

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Construction Fatalities Fall Amid Ongoing Safety Concerns

March 18, 2022March 16, 2023 Editorial Staff 146 Views 0 Comments construction, Winter 2022, worker safety

Workplace fatalities in 2020, a year marked by unemployment that reached over 14% in the early days of the pandemic,

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Confronting a Lethal Stigma—Addressing Mental Health in the Construction Industry

October 22, 2021March 16, 2023 Amy Guettler 245 Views 0 Comments business management, construction industry, suicide prevention, worker safety

Facing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) revelation that male construction workers have a 65% higher suicide rate

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