COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes and meatpacking plants have made national headlines, but there are warning signs from academic studies and local public health data that the construction industry may also be a trouble spot. According to a recent story in Construction Dive, construction is among the top two or three industries with the most…
For months, we’ve known that COVID-19 respiratory droplets can travel up to six feet, and that’s why we keep a physical distance of six feet from each other. Health experts also have recommended limiting contact with others to less than 15 consecutive minutes to avoid the transmission of the coronavirus. But now, the Centers for…
Getting a project back on track or accelerating a schedule requires more than just throwing some more people at it. Adding extra subs won’t make a difference if you don’t have the equipment or materials needed to get the job done. But calculating the right amount of anything — people, equipment and materials — isn’t…
We’re living in the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution. Technology is transforming our homes, our workplaces and our world. And many sectors have been quick to sign on to the latest solutions to boost productivity and streamline their operations. While other industries have reaped the benefits of process and product innovations, the engineering and construction industries…
As we enter Construction Safety Week 2020, the landscape looks significantly different than in years past. The construction industry has always been a higher risk industry – comprising over 20% of all private industry fatalities annually – but these unprecedented times have brought more challenges for safety teams to address. Hear what Dan Plefka, Senior…
From “quarantini” to “coronacation,” the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced all kinds of new words and phrases into our vocabulary. Chief among them might be “social distancing.” Public health officials, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are urging all of us to maintain a social distance of at least six feet from those…
As statewide shutdowns ease and more businesses begin to reopen, new federal rules are forcing employers to take a hard look at how they track employees diagnosed with COVID-19 and search for new tools to help them meet the mandates. Until last month, only employers in the healthcare industry, emergency response field and correctional institutions…
Businesses all over the globe are facing the ever-increasing challenge of keeping their employees safe and complying with safety guidelines to slow the spread of COVID-19. While many businesses have adopted work-from-home procedures and others have furloughed their employees or shut down completely, essential businesses are still operational and finding it more critical than ever…
As the world grapples with the unprecedented threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, every sector is rethinking how it does business, including construction. Amid stay-at-home orders across the country, we’re hearing from builders and contractors who are scrambling now to determine how they’ll adapt to this “new normal” and safely continue their day-to-day operations. At Triax,…
Companies hear plenty of noise from technology providers about the benefits of their various platforms, including the ability to “automate” workflows and processes. But often those solutions don’t involve actual automation. Instead, they are simply digitizing information. And for contractors, builders and operators, the difference between the two is more than semantics. It can have…
