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How Tech Is Addressing The Rising Mental Health Problem In The Construction Industry
Workers in this industry are particularly susceptible to experiencing poor mental health due to a number of occupational factors: The industry is very fast-paced, leading to a high-pressure work environment, and sites are often remote, which means workers endure...
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Unions demand more Covid protections for construction workers amid fears over high levels of coronavirus transmission in building industry
Construction workers are still operating without adequate protections, a union has said. Workers' union Unite said high levels of coronavirus transmission in the industry were likely contributed to by the 'failure' to establish safe site operating procedures.
Jerry Swain, Unite...
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AR app provides digital concierge services to buildings
The app provides turn-by-turn navigation guiding users to their destinations and offers helpful, context-aware AR content along the way at just the right time and location.
Resonai, an Israeli artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision company, has released a mobile...
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Phase three guidelines proposed for construction sites
As the Island continues to wrestle with a spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases, including two towns, Tisbury, and now Edgartown, in the state’s red zone as high risk, new guidelines have been drafted for construction and work sites on...
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Unite calls for tighter rules to tackle construction Covid transmissions
Construction union, Unite has urged the government and construction employers to enforce stricter rules to tackle rising Covid-19 transmissions in the industry.
Unite made its call after Professor Calum Semple told Sky’s Sophie Ridge that: “You would have thought working...
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Health Officials Set to Tighten Restrictions on Construction and Job Sites Islandwide
Martha’s Vineyard public health officials are planning to reintroduce Islandwide restrictions on the construction and building industry at a Zoom forum Thursday evening, aiming for strict enforcement as coronavirus cases surge across the Island.
The restrictions were discussed at a...
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CIDB: Construction site clusters due to workers moving between sites
The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has urged all principal contractors to ensure that construction workers undergo Covid-19 swab tests three days before entering construction sites.
CIDB said its checks with the Health Ministry found that the surge in Covid-19...
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