Construction Safety

Construction Safety

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  Hurricane Fortified

  Are you building your homes to be "Fortified ... for safer living"?

   

• Pulte Offers to Repurchase Homes Damaged by Slope Failure

  Builder will rebuild retaining wall that collapsed in this San Antonio community.

   

• San Antonio Takes a Harder Line With Builders After Last Month's Hillside Collapse

  A “slope failure” at a Centex subdivision exposes lax enforcement of permitting procedures.

   

• NYC: Trench Collapse Death is a Crime

  Authorities in New York City have charged a building owner with manslaughter in the case of a construction worker killed in the city when a trench excavation collapsed.

   

• Freeway Fumes

  As land costs have risen in recent years, builders have turned increasingly to urban infill sites, and parcels close to major highways are particularly attractive to commuters. But a study from the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles suggests that...

   

• House Blend: July 2007

  Economists' predictions for employment in the housing industry are grim. With first-quarter housing starts and building permits down nearly 25 percent and 27 percent respectively, forecasts for layoffs in residential construction are topping off in the half-million range. And that's not including...

   

• NAHB Briefs: May 2007

  - The NAHB and the International Code Council announce the appointment of members of the Consensus Committee on the National Green Building Standard. - The NAHB recently announces the release of its latest safety product, the Home Builders' Safety Program. - Four NAHB member developers win the...

   

• Safety First

  Without adequate safety and health policies in place, jobsite injuries are inevitable. One of the most important tools any builder can give to employees is adequate on-the-job training to prevent work-place injuries.

   

• Safety Concerns

  Construction is an inherently dangerous industry: Workers use sharp, powerful tools and caustic chemicals, lift heavy weights, and work at sometimes dizzying heights. Jobsite safety issues are magnified for immigrant workers, who are particularly susceptible to getting hurt on the job.

   
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  Caught In The Crossfire

  BRIAN PATRICK, A BUILDER BASED IN NORTHERN California, remembers that when he was growing up in Southern California in the 1960s, his uncle was a mason and always had Mexicans working for his company. The workers would be on hand during the height of the building season and then go back to Mexico...