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Guest Blog: Staying Complacent and Sticking to a Routin...

Guest Blog: Staying Complacent and Sticking to a Routine

18 August 2015

Dan Henrie is a Construction Production Manager based in the UK and writes regularly about construction process management on his blog, he can also be found […] read more

What New Hire Training Can Learn from Sesame Street

What New Hire Training Can Learn from Sesame Street

13 August 2015

We all remember watching Sesame Street, Oscar, Big Bird and Bert & Ernie when we were young. Personally I was hooked from an early age and, I don’t […] read more

When Drinking At Work Becomes A Problem

When Drinking At Work Becomes A Problem

11 August 2015

Drugs and alcohol are a leading contributor to workplace accidents with the incidence of use at 12% in the construction industry according to AFL-CIO. The International […] read more

Introducing: Our new social sharing tool

Introducing: Our new social sharing tool

06 August 2015

In a world where technology has become increasingly prominent amongst workers, and even transformed the nature of specific jobs, social media is playing its role as […] read more

Safety Training for Younger Workers

Safety Training for Younger Workers

05 August 2015

In 2013 there were 18.1 million US workers under the age of 24, with 375 young workers dying from work-related accidents, according to the National Institute for […] read more

Managing Contingent Workers Survey

Managing Contingent Workers Survey

31 July 2015

Utilizing Total Talent Management Total talent management (TTM) is a management theory that says, when you need a task done, you should consider all the available […] read more

PPE guidelines

PPE guidelines

30 July 2015

One in five worker deaths were in construction, according to numbers by the US Department of Labor, which is an average of 88 workers per week. That’s […] read more

The Rise of the Remote Worker

The Rise of the Remote Worker

29 July 2015

Working From Home is Here to Stay Take a Free Demo Here Working from home has been on a steady increase over the past few years, […] read more

Artificial Intelligence in the workplace

Artificial Intelligence in the workplace

28 July 2015

Is a Rise in A.I. a Death Sentence for Workers? Take a Free Demo Here According to a 2013 Oxford University Study, 47% of US workers are […] read more

AI in Construction & Workplace: Is a Rise in A.I. ...

AI in Construction & Workplace: Is a Rise in A.I. a Death Sentence for Workers?

24 July 2015

Take a Free Demo Here According to a 2013 Oxford University Study, 47% of US workers are at risk of computerization. The study, conducted by the Oxford […] read more

How to manage lockout/tagout in your workplace

How to manage lockout/tagout in your workplace

17 July 2015

Every company needs an appropriate method of dealing with hazardous machinery so as to prevent accidents and protect their workforce. This is why the establishment of […] read more

Giving Control to Your Contractors

Giving Control to Your Contractors

17 July 2015

Want to gather all of your contractor’s documents and link it to their worker orientations? Here’s an online platform that will do the thinking for you… […] read more

Truck Driver Safety and the Calais Crisis

Truck Driver Safety and the Calais Crisis

15 July 2015

Truck Driver Safety A Problem in Calais Take a Free Demo Here The scenes in recent weeks in the port town of Calais, which serves as […] read more

Your Guide to Behavior-Based Safety and Safety Culture

Your Guide to Behavior-Based Safety and Safety Culture

14 July 2015

Creating a “Total Safety Culture” In a bid to continue the promotion of workplace safety culture, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has released a comprehensive guide on […] read more

The Employer’s Guide to Implementing Health and S...

The Employer’s Guide to Implementing Health and Safety Training

10 July 2015

Who Needs Training Anyway? The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a new guide giving tips on how to properly implement a health and safety […] read more

Shutdowns Scope Management

Shutdowns Scope Management

09 July 2015

Shutdowns and Turnarounds: Managing Work Scope Take a Free Demo Today “You plan your scope, you know what you are intending to do, the question is […] read more

The World’s Toughest Workplaces

The World’s Toughest Workplaces

08 July 2015

What to learn from the world’s toughest Take a Free Demo Today We write a lot about workplaces, but we rarely write anything about tough and […] read more

Construction Industry Trends 2015

Construction Industry Trends 2015

06 July 2015

The U.K. construction industry trends showcase a continuous state of flux, new technologies are opening up and improving our industry, with the thanks of software-based applications […] read more

Employee Guided Productivity

Employee Guided Productivity

03 July 2015

How to Raise Worker Productivity A new report says the UK has experienced a sharp drop in worker productivity, with per hour output 17% below the average. […] read more

Training for Productivity

Training for Productivity

02 July 2015

How to avoid outages by improving productivity and communications A new survey by Motorola conducted by IDG Connect of industries like oil and gas, manufacturing and transport […] read more

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