Construction Safety Week Wants To Hear Your Voice

Construction Safety Week, the now 10-year-old, weeklong training and educational program by employers, has incorporated new participatory elements centered on the theme “value every voice.” The program, which runs May 6-10 and features a national safety stand-down on May 8, includes a website inviting individuals to explain why and how they value every voice by posting on www.constructionsafetyweek.com/vote/. There were 5,143 votes cast on the website as of ENR press time.

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Deputy Editor Richard Korman helps run ENR's business and legal news and investigations, selects ENR's commentary and oversees editorial content on ENR.com. In 2023 the American Society of Business Publication Editors awarded Richard the Stephen Barr Award, the highest honor for a single feature story or investigation, for his story on the aftermath of a terrible auto crash in Kentucky in 2019, and in 2015 the American Business Media awarded him the Timothy White Award for investigations of surety fraud and workplace bullying. A member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Richard has been a fellow on drone safety with the McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Richard's freelance writing has appeared in the Seattle Times, the New York Times, Business Week and the websites of The Atlantic and Salon.com. He admires construction projects that finish on time and budget, compensate all team members fairly and record zero fatalities or serious injuries.

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