Evan Milberg

1 week 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.

1 week 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 weeks 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.

4 weeks ago | smartbrief.com | Evan Milberg

In 1998, the American Society of Civil Engineers put out its first report card for US infrastructure and gave it a D. Little progress was made in the subsequent years until 2021, when ASCE handed out its first overall C- grade. Yesterday, ASCE released its 2025 report card and gave out its most flattering grade yet, a C. While a C might seem pedestrian on paper, there are a plethora of smaller victories within the report that add important context.

1 month ago | smartbrief.com | Evan Milberg

6 min read Construction Numbers don’t lie, but sometimes they can be misleading. OSHA conducted fewer fatality investigations in fiscal 2024 than fiscal 2023 while recording fewer deaths involving trench collapses and falls. But that doesn’t mean the risk of death in construction is necessarily lower than before.