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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was increasing vegetation and fire safety standards even before a Cal Fire report released this month concluded that the company’s electric power lines caused the 12 Northern California fires that burned some 245,000 acres in October.

In addition to screening and accident prevention, some contractors are helping with rehab to confront one of the industry’s most dire issues

Getting construction workers to put on yet another piece of wearable technology can be an uphill battle, so it’s often better to improve something they already use.

Freight railroads have positive train control systems on 60% of their route miles, passenger lines lag, at  25%.

Engineers continue to investigate 12-15 sinkholes that opened on April 25 in a gated community in Ocala, Florida.

Crane accidents are one of the enduring nightmares of construction work, so it is notable that as an industry where regulation often equals costs and entanglements, construction professionals have joined together to support the long-awaited publication date of a new federal safety rule that would make certifying crane operators mandatory.