In the immediate aftermath of last January’s devastating Los Angeles firestorm, state and local leaders vowed to fast-track rebuilding. For California, where housing construction is notoriously slow and expensive, the scale of destruction posed a singular test. One year later, much of the visible wreckage is gone. Burned homes, ruined appliances and contaminated soil have largely been removed. Residents whose houses survived have begun returning, reconstruction permits have b

A construction worker died last week after becoming trapped and buried in an open trench at a jobsite in Goodyear, according to local authorities. Emergency crews were dispatched to the site near Citrus and Lower Buckeye roads at approximately 1 p.m. on July 28, where they found 44-year-old Ronald Andrew Baquera Jr. buried roughly six feet underground. Fire, police, and utility crews responded to the scene, including personnel from Southwest Gas . Firefighters immediately beg

Monday marks the start of Construction Suicide Prevention Week. Contractors across the country will begin with a stand-down and a moment...

Developers of Denver’s tallest condominium project in more than a decade are pushing back against safety concerns after allegations...

Arnold Apodaca As the scourge of wage fraud continues to plague the construction industry, it is essential to police effectively and...

In the wake of a massive tunnel collapse last night in Wilmington, CA, 31 construction workers were rescued with no apparent injuries....

More than 100 undocumented immigrants were arrested Thursday at construction sites in Tallahassee, including at an apartment project near...

OSHA on the chopping block? Every worker in America wants to come home whole at the end of the day. Every family wants their loved ones...

Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin For the first time in 14 years, state fire officials have released updated fire hazard maps for...

Black Equities Group , a real estate company founded by Stanley Black and his son, has amassed over 18 million square feet of commercial...

Los Angeles has hired Hagerty Consulting , a Chicago-area firm, to oversee the rebuilding of more than 6,800 homes and businesses...

A proposed bill aiming to eliminate OSHA at the federal level is unlikely to advance, according to an employment attorney speaking with...

On Friday, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) approved nearly $1 billion in funding for projects designed to address...

Meridian, Idaho-based Big D Builders has resumed work on an airport hangar in Boise, nearly a year after its collapse, which resulted in...

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has been awarded a $16.8 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to...

The Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild project is set to commence in January, as announced by the Maryland Transportation Authority ...

Last month, President-elect Donald Trump appointed Tom Homan, the former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as...

The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused a fatal collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge have agreed to pay over...

A tragic incident occurred yesterday when a Mississippi bridge collapsed, killing three construction workers and seriously injuring four...

The fourth annual Construction Inclusion Week (CIW), aimed at addressing hate on job sites, began on Monday, The initiative focuses on...