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Suicide prevention in construction: advocates cheer progress

Suicide prevention in construction: advocates cheer progress
ConstructConnect’s Daily Commercial News explores two peer suicide prevention initiatives based in St. Louis as part of our reporting on National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in the U.S. this September. The construction sector and i...
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Worker killed at temporary Vegas Strip auto race grandstand construction site identified
LAS VEGAS - A worker who died during the weekend of an injury received at a temp...
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Crown withdraws charges against construction company in fatal Barrie crash
BARRIE, ONT. — Criminal charges against a construction company in a crash north...
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One dead, two injured after building collapses in north end Montreal
MONTREAL — A man has died and two others were injured after the partial collapse...
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Suicide prevention in construction: advocates cheer progress
ConstructConnect’s Daily Commercial News explores two peer suicide preve...
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Worker killed at temporary Vegas Strip auto race grandstand construction site identified
LAS VEGAS - A worker who died during the weekend of an injury received at a temp...
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Crown withdraws charges against construction company in fatal Barrie crash
BARRIE, ONT. — Criminal charges against a construction company in a crash north...
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One dead, two injured after building collapses in north end Montreal
MONTREAL — A man has died and two others were injured after the partial collapse...
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Sewer Safety Week warns of threat from crossed lines
Ontario One Call and partners in the utilities sector have launched the province...
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Lawsuits filed by building owner, victim’s family in Old Montreal fire that killed 7
MONTREAL — A pair of lawsuits have been filed in connection with a fire in an Ol...
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Policy gaps contributed to deadly gondola crash at Quebec’s Tremblant ski resort
MONTREAL - A deadly collision between a gondola and a drill rig at Quebec's Mont...
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Your top DCN headlines: Sept. 11 to 15
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news SNC-Lavalin is changing its name i...
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Crane collapses at China bridge construction project, killing 6 people
BEIJING - A tower crane collapsed at a bridge construction project in southwest ...
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UPDATE: Police locate driver and car involved in hit-and-run of road worker
TORONTO - A 24-year-old from North York is in custody after a road maintenance w...
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11 hurt when walkway collapses during Maine open lighthouse event
ARROWSIC, MAINE — Eleven people were hurt when a walkway collapsed during an ann...
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Your top DCN headlines: Sept. 4 to 8
Your top DCN headlines this week feature major news on the Ontario Greenbelt con...
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Probe of Florida building collapse that killed 98 to be completed by June 2025, US investigators say
The probe into the 2021 collapse of a beachfront condominium building that kille...
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Report blames deadly Iowa building collapse on removal of bricks and lack of shoring
A partial building collapse in Iowa that killed three people in May was caused b...
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UK government likened to ‘cowboy builders’ as 147 schools named at risk due to crumbling concrete
LONDON - The British government has been accused of “cutting corners” as it publ...
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Changing the dynamic: Preventing suicide in construction
Every September marks Suicide Prevention Month, with Sept. 10 recognized as Worl...
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Bolton formwork company fined $60,000 following workplace incident
TORONTO — Aluma Systems Inc., a company that provides concrete formwork and shor...
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Your Top DCN headlines: Aug. 28 to Sept. 1
Your top construction headlines from the DCN this week include major updates to...
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Man charged in east Ottawa explosion pleads guilty to two charges
OTTAWA - The man charged in connection with an east Ottawa explosion that destro...
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Supervisor fined for role in Woodbridge explosion, fatality
NEWMARKET, ONT. — A construction supervisor has been fined $70,000 for his role...
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Constructors strategize to harness new health and safety tech
Health and safety directors in the construction sector are adopting new technolo...
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Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the U.S.
RENO, NV. - Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persi...
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UPDATE: Fire breaks out at building under construction at Bay and Yonge
TORONTO — A fire broke out at a building under construction in downtown Toronto...
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GoFundMe campaign raises $24,000 for family of worker killed at Ashbridges Bay jobsite
TORONTO — A GoFundMe page has been set up to support the family of a constructio...
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Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 21 to 25
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news the RCMP is “evaluating” Greenbelt...
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Maui wildfires renew tensions around water rights in a centuries old conflict over sacred streams
LAHAINA, HI - Shortly after the ignition of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more...
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Quebec releases new road safety plan, includes higher fines for drivers
MONTREAL — Quebec is rolling out a sweeping series of proposed regulations to de...
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BREAKING: Mother dead, infant and 3 others injured in seven vehicle crash in Melancthon, Ont. construction zone
A mother travelling with her infant is dead and four others are injured followin...
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Construction platform at railroad bridge being built in India collapses, killing at least 26 workers
GUWAHATI, INDIA - A construction platform at a railroad bridge being built in no...
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Quebec community mourns four family members killed in home construction incident
MONTREAL — A rural community in Quebec's Bas-St-Laurent region was in mourning o...
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UPDATE: Four family members dead after scissor lift topples at house under construction
MONTREAL - Four family members are dead after a construction project turned trag...
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‘Ghost town’: thousands continue to flee Yellowknife as wildfires loom
Yellowknife faded into a ghost town in the face of looming wildfires Friday as t...
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Top 10 major upcoming Midwest and Northwest construction projects – U.S. – September 2023
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More on SNC-Lavalin’s name change: Will the rebrand be enough?
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