QUEENS, NY - Welding accidents and burn injuries on construction sites result in approximately 500,000 injuries ...

Workers clean the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Antakya, Turkey. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani Climate events can have a devastating impact on communities, ...

June begins the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through November 30. Natural disasters present challenges for construction equipment and operators in such a way that calls for planning and ...

The peaceful town of Surfside, Florida, was shaken by a deafening roar - without warning, a large section of the Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium, crumbled to the ground in ...

When an offshore drilling rig erupted, spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a local staffing firm sprang into action. The New Orleans-based company had been placing highly skilled labor for marine and ...

Disasters in California, Hawaii and the Southeast are spurring growth in both industries as owners of ravaged properties grow increasingly open to alternative rebuilding methods that could save time ...

According to 2020 data from the National Association of Home Builders, 90% of new homes were wood-frames 2019, 10% were concrete-framed homes, and less than half a percent were steel-framed. The ...

Shigetaka Hirosato, Board Director and President of Off-Grid Field Co., Ltd., founded the company out of a desire to transform conditions at construction sites, and Takahisa Yashiro of Hitachi ...

September is National Disaster Preparedness Month and coinciding with this event, The Conference Board has just released its periodic report on corporate support of disasters entitled, Disaster ...

The Alaska Legislature is preparing to re-vote on a key spending bill that will cover millions of dollars in disaster ...