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Build Safe, Build Strong: Keeping Infrastructure Workers Safe as America Rebuilds



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  • Corporate Authors:
    CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
  • Description:
    On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed H.R. 3684, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which authorized $550 billion in new spending and hundreds of billions more in reauthorized spending to rebuild and strengthen the nation's infrastructure. This "once-in-a-generation" investment will help grow the economy, improve public safety, and create hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs. The IIJA will create many new business opportunities and jobs for the construction industry in each of the broad infrastructure funding categories: Transportation; Climate, Energy and the Environment; and Broadband. Building a strong and safe infrastructure for the public begins with protecting the safety and health of the construction workers employed on IIJA-funded or -assisted construction projects. The IIJA offers a unique opportunity for government, labor, management, and safety and health researchers to work together to ensure workers receive safety and health training, OSHA standards are complied with, and research findings and best practices are followed. CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, which serves as the NIOSH National Construction Center, is well positioned to work with these groups. CPWR offers FREE safety and health resources to help construction employers keep their employees safe and healthy as America rebuilds. An infrastructure-focused section of CPWR's website provides easy access to a growing body of planning, training and education resources, best practices and solutions, and research applicable to infrastructure work. CPWR's Data Center will be monitoring and reporting on the IIJA's impact on the construction workforce and safety and health trends. Their findings will influence the development of new resources and research undertaken. Those involved in IIJA-funded or -assisted projects will be kept informed of industry trends, new resources, including those available from other sources such as OSHA and NIOSH, and research finding through CPWR's newsletter, webinars, podcasts, social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram), and industry events, such as CPWR's r2p seminar. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Series:
    CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
  • Publisher:
    CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Guidance
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    8 pdf pages
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20064940
  • Citation:
    Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2022 Mar; :1-7
  • Contact Point Address:
    Jessica Bunting, Director, Research to Practice (r2p), CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
  • Email:
    jbunting@cpwr.com
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2022
  • NORA Priority Area:
    Construction
  • Performing Organization:
    CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20090901
  • Source Full Name:
    Build safe, build strong: keeping infrastructure workers safe as America rebuilds
  • End Date:
    20240831
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:b6ed9a337725314cb3c66741ef2f8e21956a4a1cee50a28c503cc39d9a1c6fae2778dcfabcea164a31b26cffe09d38e68297621c07bb90ddd0fdbcf311a8387b
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  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.06 MB ]
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