The Remodeling Show and DeckExpo, the leading annual event for the remodeling and deck industries, was the venue for the latest visualization technologies available to the industry. On display were next generation visualization tools from the industry leader, Chameleon Power.

Jon-Don, a leading supplier of everything professional contractors need to keep things clean, safe, and looking their best—from floor grinders to microfiber mops to training—has opened a temporary restoration support center in Panama City Beach, Florida to support disaster restoration professionals dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Michael.

This may be a shock, but young people are not signing up for careers in construction anymore. Have you been feeling the effects in your workforce? If so, it’s time to find out what you can do to help! Join NCCER at their premiere 2018 Construction Career Pathways Conference in San Antonio, Texas, where they will demonstrate how education partnerships are a crucial way to combat the skilled worker shortage.

About 2.3 million people in over 600,000 workplaces in the U.S. are exposed to silica dust at work which is linked to many serious, sometimes fatal illnesses including silicosis, lung cancer, tuberculosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) imposed the new silica regulation to limit employee exposure to crystalline silica.

Dodge Outlook Report Predicts Deceleration in Total Construction Growth Will Continue, Reflecting a Mixed Pattern by Project Type

Early on October 23, 2018, massive flames destroyed an East Bay housing complex built of salvaged wood, along with several other buildings in the area’s fifth major residential fire in just two years. The five-alarm blaze was so powerful that firefighters could not enter the structure, instead launching a defensive effort to keep the fire from spreading. Over 2,200 homes were without power, and one firefighter was left hospitalized.