Safety programs and employee training are the most important pieces of the puzzle when it comes to incident and accident prevention on the job. This is especially true in the construction industry, where the nature of the job makes workers more vulnerable to injuries. 

A new report from accounting services firm Deloitte touches on what construction pros already know: It's getting harder to make a profit in commercial building.

When a new year rolls around, there are plenty of predictions about what contractors can expect in the way of trends, and the multifamily market is no exception. 

The construction industry is leading the way in death by suicide, and it has responded with determination to address this public health crisis. According to the 2016 Centers for Disease Control report, deaths by suicide in the construction industry accounted for 20% of the total number among all occupations reported in 2015. Translate that statistic to real people and that means 1,404 unique contributing members of the construction industry lost their lives to suicide in 2015.

Demand for construction talent is at a record high. Strong market fundamentals are bolstering the need for high-quality construction nationwide, from ground-up development to redevelopment and adaptive reuse. In fact, the demand for construction talent is so high that it has resulted in an ongoing labor shortage. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 434,000 vacant construction jobs in this country as of April 2019, and general contractors are eager to fill them.

When it comes to the use of technology on construction jobsites, smart phones are at the center of the action, and a new study ranks the top apps that construction pros rely on to help them do their jobs.

Winter weather presents hazards including slippery roads/surfaces, strong winds and environmental cold. Employers must prevent illnesses, injuries, or fatalities, by controlling these hazards in workplaces impacted by winter weather.

After two years of price shocks, contractors have experienced a break in materials cost increases in recent months, but budgeting and estimating are likely to remain challenging throughout 2020.

Construction spending rose 4.1 percent from November 2018 to November 2019, while industry employment grew in 226, or 63 percent, out of 358 metro areas, according to a new analysis of federal data released recently by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that its recent survey found most contractors are optimistic about the dollar value of projects available and expect to keep adding workers in 2020 but they are finding it hard to fill positions and anticipate it will continue to be hard to hire employees.

Join us in Las Vegas, March 23-26, 2020 for the 2020 CISCA Convention and INTEX. Registration is now open and there is a special CISCA rate for lodging. For additional questions, call CISCA at 630-584-1919 or email cisca@cisca.org.

The Ceilings and Interior Systems Construction Association (CISCA) invites applications for their Construction Excellence Awards competition. Award winners will be recognized at the dinner on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 during the CISCA Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The awards ceremony features a multi-media presentation of all submissions and winning projects. Winners will be featured in the Acoustical Interior Construction magazine and on the CISCA website.

CISCA is the global premier authority for the interior construction, acoustical ceilings and acoustical treatment industry. Market your products/services to the multi-billion dollar interior systems industry today.

Germany-based OWA ceiling solutions has expanded into the US market, bringing with them over 70 years of innovation in building materials and construction, and over 55 years of open space solutions and acoustical panels. This global family-owned company, one of the few that focuses only on ceilings, possesses an impressive portfolio of products that will introduce the US to a new level of quality and design options previously unavailable in this market.

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Happy employees positively affect workplace operations. Statistics show that companies that foster employee happiness outperform their competitors by 20 percent.