Toolbox Talks: Millennials to the rescue
When it comes to safety, millennials will be better than the rest of us. I’ll explain.
Recently, Dr. Magdy Akladios, department chair of Physical and...
Toolbox Talks: Quit wasting time checking boxes
“The boss will be doing safety observations today.”
What do you think your workers' immediate reaction is to that statement? Unless you work in a...
Number of Louisiana high school graduates with industry credentials triples
More than one in five Louisiana students now graduate from high school with a career diploma and technical education credentials, according to new statistics...
155 graduate from ABC Pelican Chapter’s training center
Some 155 students graduated last week from the Pelican Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Baton Rouge Training Center after completing craft training programs in...
Toolbox Talks: Three things to avoid when observing on the job site
If the company you work for doesn’t have your last name on it—in other words, you’re not in the family business—then you likely had...
The workforce challenge: ‘We need engaged talent’
Trey Crawford is vice president of Grady Crawford Construction and chairman of Associated Builders and Contractors-Pelican Chapter. Through his own company’s experience and his...
The exhaustion epidemic: Mitigating fatigue-related hazards
Blame it on Thomas Edison. His invention of the light bulb some 140 years ago led to a monumental shift in cultural norms, and...
Industrial firms recruiting laid-off Georgia-Pacific workers
Dozens of south Louisiana industrial companies are reaching out to express interest in hiring some of the 650 local Georgia-Pacific employees who will be laid...
Toolbox Talks: Hope is not a safety strategy; nor is whack-a-mole
What is the typical strategy for eliminating errors? Most of the time it’s whack-a-mole: Find out who made the mistake, knock ‘em over the...
Top 5 industry issues in 2019
There’s a host of issues facing Louisiana industry in 2019, but an informal survey by 10/12 Industry Report found some common denominators among its...
