When the first COVID-related restrictions came down on U.S. construction sites in the spring of 2020, many contractors were caught flat-footed compiling information on workers and visitors for contact tracing.
Knowing when a building is structurally deteriorating, and actually doing something about it can be very different things, as the collapse in Surfside, Fla., has shown this month.
One of the deadliest accidental building collapses in U.S. history is causing state elected officials, buildings officials, industry groups and others to reassess older buildings and consider the need for stricter regulations and enhanced inspection standards.
Search and rescue operations ceased on July 3 so that crews could prepare to raze, using charges, the damaged wing of the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condominium.
Safety sweeps in June prompted closures, as Commissioner Melanie La Rocca touts "zero tolerance," and agency issues new multi-year analysis of injuries and deaths.
Investigators probing the trigger of the progressive collapse of a section of the Florida residential condominium are preparing a computer model of the unstable 12-story tower remains to advise about vacating rescuers in the event of a hurricane.
OSHA releases emergency temporary standard for health care workers June 10, after it initially sought to create a broader standard that included more industries, including construction.