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Construction Safety Week 2025

A Special Feature of DJC.COM May 5, 2025

Download a PDF of the special feature pages here. Photo courtesy of Exxel Pacific Exxel Pacific's safety team (Sorensen at center left). A strong safety culture lays the foundation to address the construction industry's hardest challenges By BRIAN SORENSEN Exxel Pacific How creating an atmosphere of trust and support helps address complex issues like mental health, substance use and opioid overdose. Read more...

Photo courtesy of Skanska USA Several Type 2 options are available for workers to choose from. It's time for the construction industry to embrace Type 2 safety helmets By MARIA INLOW Skanska The modern construction jobsite presents dynamic hazards that exceed the scope of protection Type 1 helmets were designed to handle - and a helmet that comes off mid-fall offers no protection at all. Read more...

Photo courtesy of Mortenson Some of the project's steel pieces are 20 tons each, being coordinated by two overlapping, dual-operating tower cranes, requiring a great deal of pre-planning and on-site engineering. The strongest safety programs are rooted in accountability, culture and leadership By DUSTIN SMITH Mortenson Accountability, as opposed to pointing fingers, and finding facts, not fault, are the real keys to workplace safety. Read more...

Photo by Tim Rice Topping out is more than a milestone -- it's a testament to teamwork, safety and the people who made it possible. Worker wellbeing is key to safety (and organizational) success By JUSTIN MOLOCZNIK JTM Construction Addressing more complex and abstract safety hazards like incivility, harassment and stress can be challenging, but the positive benefits are far-reaching – for employee health, and success overall. Read more...

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