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HousingWire
Home improvement and repair activity is going to slow considerably by the end of 2019, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.
The center tracks the movement of this market through its Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity, or LIRA, index.
The latest LIRA report released Thursday projected that spending on renovations and repairs will shrink from 2018’s 7.5 percent to 5.1 percent in 2019.
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The USGlass News Network
Prices for materials used in glass and glazing manufacturing showed no consistent trends in December 2018 compared to the previous month, but all are up for the year, according to the latest Producer Price Index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Safety+Health Magazine
To help employers prepare for the sixth annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, set to take place May 6-10, OSHA is offering free compliance assistance resources online.
Falls are the leading cause of worker fatalities in the construction industry, according to OSHA. The stand-down gives employers and workers an opportunity to address common fall hazards and ways to reduce related injuries and deaths.
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Construction Today
About one in 10 construction-site workers are injured every year, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This adds up to about 150,000 construction-site injuries annually, including nearly 1,000 deaths.
Clearly, the industry has work to do. Companies have a moral obligation to do protect employees from injuries and death. And they must protect themselves from soaring workers’ comp premiums, delays, penalties and damage to their reputation caused by serious accidents.
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Architizer
The “ribbon window” was a term first coined by Le Corbusier in the 1920s in his Five Points of a New Architecture. By his definition, ribbon windows are horizontal cuts across entire façades allowing interior spaces to be equally lit. Not only do these windows allow rooms to be flooded with light, but they also create unencumbered views of the surrounding environment.
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Construction Dive
On top of the technology disruption and skilled labor shortages already underway, the construction industry is entering a demographic reshuffle as baby boomers continue to retire and a new crowd of young people makes its way to the industry.
Millennials have been, and continue to be, the target of training and recruitment strategies for many construction firms. While the defined age ranges for this generation vary, Pew Research carves out the years 1981 to 1996, putting millennials at ages 23 to 38 this year — well into adulthood and already on a career track, for the most part.
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For Construction Pros
Well, we're several weeks into the new year already, and hopefully you haven't completed discarded your new year's resolutions. The start of a new year is always a good time to step back from your company and take a look at where you are, what you're doing and if those two things line up with where you want to be and what you want to be doing.
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