What a Subcontractor Prequalification Process Should Look Like in 2026
Most prequalification processes were built to satisfy an insurance carrier, not to keep people safe. A trade contractor fills out a PDF once a year. Someone in the office files it. Nobody looks at it again until something goes wrong. That worked when a GC ran five projects and knew every sub by name. It […]
The Real Cost of a Recordable: Direct, Indirect, and Reputational
Every safety director has had this conversation. Someone in leadership asks what a recordable actually costs the company. The honest answer is “more than you think,” which does not help anyone make a decision. Here are the real numbers, where they come from, and the costs that never show up on a spreadsheet. Start with […]
The Energy Wheel: How Construction Crews Find the Hazards They Keep Missing
The Energy Wheel is a hazard recognition tool that prompts workers to scan a work area for ten types of energy: gravity, motion, mechanical, electrical, pressure, temperature, chemical, biological, radiation, and sound. It was developed by Dr. Matthew Hallowell and researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. In field studies, crews using the wheel identified […]
Redcode SST Cards Are Being Revoked. What NYC Contractors Need to Do Before December 7
The short version What happened Between April and July 2025, undercover investigators from the NYC Department of Investigation went to Redcode’s locations in Brooklyn and Queens posing as construction workers. According to the Brooklyn DA, Redcode’s owner and an associate agreed to sell them SST and OSHA cards for $500 each. The investigators signed attendance […]
Suicide Prevention in Construction: Low Cost, High Return
This is a guest post by Chris LaLevee. The high number of suicides in the construction industry has been talked about a lot in recent years. That attention is working. With awareness, prevention, and education efforts spreading across the industry, recent data shows the numbers have started to come down, roughly a 1.7% drop. That […]
Competent Person vs Qualified Person: Who Has to Be On Site, and When
OSHA defines competent and qualified persons differently, and NYC layers on its own roles. Who has to be on site, when, and how to prove it.
Working in Extreme Heat: What OSHA Requires, and How to Get the Message to Your Crew
OSHA heat enforcement is rising and states are adding rules. What is required in 2026, and how to get heat safety to every worker, every day.
The Partnership That Closes Every Gap in Jobsite Safety, Compliance, and Access
On a job site, the gate is the single most important decision point you have. Every person who walks through it is either cleared to be there or a liability waiting to happen, and most access systems cannot tell the two apart. They count bodies. They do not check credentials. SkillSignal and SafeSite USA close […]
Stop Chasing Binders: Making Site Inspections Actually Work
Construction site inspections are critical for OSHA compliance, incident prevention, and keeping your EMR in check. But the traditional process (clipboards, handwritten notes, and binders collecting dust in the job trailer) burns hours every week and leaves gaps that create real liability. Digital inspection software puts the process on a phone or tablet so safety […]
Modernizing Site Arrivals: Mobile Worker Orientations for the Digital Jobsite
The first morning on a new project should start with progress, not a line outside the safety trailer. Yet on most commercial construction sites, Day 1 still means stacks of orientation forms, thumbing through binders, and supervisors pulled away from the field for hours. When time is your most expensive resource, that paper-based bottleneck costs more than you think. Digital worker orientation platforms […]