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During NYC Dept. of Buildings' three-month safety sweep, inspectors also issued more than 3,600 violations to contractors and site safety professionals for failing to keep sites safe.

How an expected OSHA standard will deal with enforcing jobsite compliance by subcontractors is unclear.

British Columbia authorities say key expert witness death and changed testimonies related to rock scaler Sam Fitzpatrick's fatal accident made conviction of contractor and two ex-managers unlikely.

Carpenter apprentice Lisa Guzman, and others, say U.S. must enact funding legislation amendment to insure career success for those long underrepresented in skilled-trades—before workforce gaps grow larger.

Job losses in nonresidential segments outpaced gains in residential sector.

Pandemic-related material delays continue to plague construction even as the labor shortage reaches pre-pandemic levels.

The tech firm's CIO talks with ENR about how a blend of remote and in-office workers will be the norm going forward, and how industry firms can adapt to this hybrid approach.

The continuing challenges of scarce workers and materials—and still-escalating material costs—are not going to go away anytime soon.

Southwest specialty contractors are recovering from a difficult pandemic year, although they continue to be plagued by rising materials costs, delivery delays and labor shortages.