Evan Milberg

1 month ago | smartbrief.com | Evan Milberg

By nature, the construction industry has no choice but to be resilient. It’s an economically sensitive sector where projects have to navigate a landmine of risks and uncertainties. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that despite some muddy weather conditions, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ Celebration of Construction on the National Mall carried on as planned, with passersby in Washington, D.C., marveling at the latest and greatest in construction equipment.

1 month ago | smartbrief.com | Evan Milberg

When you think of construction safety, what comes to mind first? It’s a question that arises every year during Construction Safety Week. For many, it’s proper-fitting PPE. For others, it’s about the proper protocols for working at heights or other dangerous environments. Recently, mental health has emerged as an inextricable part of the construction safety landscape. If you go to Google Images and type in “construction safety,” you’ll likely find pictures that reflect many of those things.

2 months ago | smartbrief.com | Evan Milberg

8 min read ConstructionInfrastructureWorkforce There’s a popular acronym in construction safety circles: STCKY, or S*** That Can Kill You. It’s typically associated with physical risks, such as electrocution, being struck by a heavy object and working at heights or in confined spaces.

2 months ago | smartbrief.com | Evan Milberg

If you sit in a room of 50 contractors and ask them the first adjective that comes to mind when someone says “AI on the jobsite,” you’d probably expect most of the answers to be somewhat negative. But during an education session last week at the Associated General Contractors of America’s annual convention, the responses were pretty evenly split between “excited,” “confused” and “hopeful.” One of the biggest barriers to increased adoption of AI in the industry has been a lack of case studies.

2 months ago | smartbrief.com | Evan Milberg

It’s a bit of a weird time to be a general contractor in the US. On one hand, the Trump administration has vowed to streamline permitting and implement a business-friendly deregulatory environment that will allow the construction industry to capitalize on burgeoning markets.