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Seeking to increase productivity and improve safety, contractors have begun trying exoskeletons, mechanical, robotic frames to help with lifting and holding tools overhead.

New platform connects prospective workers with construction employers

No longer a fringe movement, zero-net construction reduces waste and improves efficiency

How do savvy contractors keep up when technology evolves faster than light? By keeping it simple, say folks in the field.

Laser scanning operates as critical tool in hospital construction

Our planet's changing weather patterns are prompting myriad industries - construction included - to do things differently.

Construction work zones create hazards for drivers and workers but steps exist to providing a safer workplace.

June marked the end of another school year for many. Some students will move to another grade in the fall. Those who have graduated from high school will get to take that first step of adulthood — probably with both excitement and anticipation. And college graduates — with a four-year degree in their hands — will soon learn the real work begins now.

At a time when contractors are doing all they can to attract more millennials and Gen Zers to the industry, utilizing an inspirational poem by Eric Borden, a longtime heavy equipment operator and “The Pasture Poet,” can help immeasurably.

Construction companies facing increasingly tough workforce shortage problems are finding innovative ways to excite more people into the industry.