Under the Hard Hat

Most conversations about mental health on building sites start with the undeniable facts: construction workers are stressed, substance abuse is rampant, and the industry has one of the highest suicide rates out there. Those numbers are worthy of attention. There is, however, another angle to this discussion that doesn’t get enough focus.

Fully electric skid steer loaders and compact track loaders already exist. They just haven’t caught on. U.S. contractors have been slow to adopt them, and the technology itself still has room to mature before that changes.

Arcadis is replacing two separate 1970s-era buildings with a single new ferry terminal in Digby, Nova Scotia, on a site that can’t expand, while the ferry connecting Digby to Saint John, New Brunswick keeps running the entire time.

Procore Technologies is acquiring DroneDeploy in a deal worth around $850 million. For contractors already familiar with DroneDeploy, the big questions are what happens next and whether anything changes once the deal is finalized. Procore, which announced the acquisition on July 29, hopes to close later this year, as long as customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals are met.

One wrong contact with an energized line, and the difference between a Class E hard hat and any other kind is the difference between a scare and a fatality. A Class E hard hat is the highest of three electrical classes established under ANSI/ISEA Z89.1, and it’s built for that exact scenario: helmets in this class are tested to withstand 20,000 volts under controlled lab settings before they’re allowed to carry the rating.

Contractors often cannot say with certainty what a specific piece of equipment actually cost or earned on a job. That matters because equipment can account for 25% to 50% of job costs, according to William Hipp, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Tenna. A machine might be on a jobsite, but its financial information could be elsewhere—in spreadsheets, timecards, ERP records, or meter readings.

Eating low-carb doesn’t mean you have to skip fast food entirely—it means knowing where the carbs are hiding and what to ask to leave off. A bun or a scoop of rice can be the difference between a 5-gram meal and a 50-gram one, even when everything else stays the same. This guide covers current keto and low carb fast food options at ten major chains, what exactly to order, and what to skip.

People like having choice when it comes to buying a house, and developers know that offering a variety of architectural styles is a good way to attract a wider range of homeowners. But the reality for builders is quite different. A neighborhood with 500 homes might end up with 150 traditional homes, 200 transitional designs, and 150 contemporary models.

There’s no version of Riverwalk where downtown Brampton shuts down while crews rebuild the creek running through it. Over the next two years, EllisDon crews will widen and deepen a 600-meter section of Etobicoke Creek while keeping downtown Brampton running as usual—work that traces back to a 1948 flood that put roughly six feet of water into the downtown core and led the city to build the concrete channel now being torn out and replaced.

Is welding a good career? For the right person, yes—but it depends on specific factors. There’s a genuine demand behind the trade, a shorter path than most other skilled trades, and real earning potential that grows with specialization. But before you enroll, you need to understand what’s actually driving the market, where the real money comes from, and whether the work fits your goals. The story behind the numbers matters more than a headline stat.