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The European firms recycling textile into building materials
One company and a trade organisation are working together to recycle textiles into building materials
Mips and Bullard announce hard hat partnership
New industrial helmets to include low-friction layer to protect agains brain injuries
Top takeaways and top 10 from ABC’s 2025 Top Performers list
US-based trade association reveals list of 250 top non-union contractors in America
Are hard hats up to the job? The case for rethinking head protection on site
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Swedish company Mips eyes growing demand in construction for protection from brain injuries
‘World-first’ smart construction safety shoe to be launched
A smart safety shoe that can detect when a worker has suffered a fall and automatically send alerts in emergency situations is set to be launched later this year.
US contractors, trade group push for stronger work zone safety laws
US contractors and one trade group are working together on reducing highway construction crashes
Are assumptions about the causes of construction’s recruitment crisis wrong?
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Inside construction’s workforce crisis with Dr Donna Laquidara-Carr of Dodge Construction Network
US construction safety in limbo as Trump admin shutters federal agency
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The Trump administration is dissolving a 54-year-old health and safety agency
Safest construction company in the US named
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has named the contractor it says had the nation’s top construction safety and health program in 2024
US State proposes heat safety rule to protect construction workers from extreme heat
An extremely dry state in the US is implementing its own workplace heat protection rules
Snow problem: how contractors can prepare for winter in Northern Hemisphere
A look at how the coldest of regions can prepare for the coming season
US utility contractor association names new safety programmes director
A US utility contractor association has named a new safety programme leader
‘World first’ smart hard hat can detect impacts and falls
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A new smart safety helmet that its manufacturers claim is a ‘world first’ can detect falls and impacts and automatically call for help
Four tips to protect your construction crew from heat illness
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A look at how the construction companies around the world are keeping workers safe in sweltering heat
What Women Want: Why Skanska is designing its own women’s workwear
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A shortage of PPE for women is encouraging some construction contractors to start designing their own.
The right fit: Why PPE needs to be more inclusive
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Society of Women Engineers survey reports only 4% of respondents able to acquire perfectly fitting PPE
National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls is this week
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In 2022, nearly 1 in 5 workplace deaths happened in construction, with 38% of those due to falls
Hard hats vs. safety helmets: Which is best?
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PPE specialist Chris Tidy weighs up the pros and cons of hard hats relative to construction safety helmets.
OSHA switches from traditional hard hats to safety helmets
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The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is replacing the traditional hard hats used by its employees with safety helmets.
What on earth is internal PPE?
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With 2023 on track to be the hottest year on record, construction firms are looking to new technologies to protect workers from the heat, leading some to coin the phrase ‘internal PPE’.
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