William Atkinson

As has been reported in recent months, while the housing market experienced a major “boom” for a good part of 2021, other segments of the construction market struggled, and home construction starts have tailed off in the last...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its annual report on workplace injuries and illnesses for 2020. The estimates in the BLS report come from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII). According to...

Electrical contractors involved in connecting long-term energy storage to the electric grid might be seeing a bright future as the result of a new council focused on rolling this concept out worldwide. According to “Net Zero...

Total construction starts pushed 16% higher in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.01, according to Dodge Data & Analytics’ Dodge Construction Network. Nonbuilding starts rose 52%, nonresidential building...

The infrastructure bill that was signed into law on Nov. 15 contains billions of dollars for numerous infrastructure projects, including more than $62 billion for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund a variety of...

According to a report from BloombergNEF, “Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook,” which was prepared for COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, global momentum toward zero-emissions road transport has accelerated...

The growth in plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) can put strain on nearby transformers, causing overloads, premature aging and potential failures. Fortunately, there is a solution: installation of battery energy storage systems...

Dodge Data & Analytics released the fourth edition of its “World Green Building Trends SmartMarket Report 2021,” which makes a clear case that the design and construction industry is committed to building green. The study...

On Nov. 4 OSHA announced a new emergency temporary standard (ETS), aiming to protect more than 84 million workers from the spread of coronavirus in the workplace. “The nation's unvaccinated workers face grave danger from...

The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill to spend $1.2 trillion on upgrading the nation’s infrastructure, including rebuilding roads and bridges, expanding internet access and other projects, on Nov. 5, 2021. It...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the 2021 National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) will be celebrated November 15–21. The weeklong celebration is designed to allow labor and business leaders, educational...

In early 2021, Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) began a comprehensive review of installing underground power lines. Then, a major storm hit the utility’s service territory in July, causing the utility to look even more...