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Among the many ways coronavirus is disrupting business is the inability to finish construction projects, and it’s not just social distancing that’s the cause. Contractors are reporting supply chain disruptions that are preventing them from obtaining the necessary materials for work, as well as labor shortages because workers are reluctant to report to job sites […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an alert listing safety tips employers can follow to help protect construction workers from exposure to the coronavirus. Measures that can help protect employees working in construction include: Encouraging workers to stay home if they are sick; Training workers how to properly […]
Perhaps no industry has been hit as hard by the labor shortage as the construction industry, so it should come as no surprise that contractors would look to automation to fill the gap. The Midwestern Economic Policy Institute, along with the Project for Middle Class Renewal, dove into the issue and concluded that as many […]
What sort of work is most physically grueling and what’s hardest to learn and master? In order to find out, CraftJack, a company that provides job leads for contractors, surveyed 1,609 contractors and 652 consumers, asking them to rank 32 types of contractor work. “With DIY home renovations on the rise and heavily edited home […]
The Assembly has voted to establish an electronic processing system for building permits that could give the state’s construction permitting and inspections system a long overdue update. Businesses have moved as much of their operations as they can to electronic and online systems, but New Jersey’s construction permits have remained mired in 20th century paperwork. […]
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