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Planning for the Human Factor in Construction Project Safety
New construction technology is helping construction companies predict, plan for and embrace the human factor—both risks and rewards—on jobsites.
By Grace Calengor
May 1, 2025
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by Grace Calengor
Grace Calengor is senior editor of Construction Executive. Prior to joining ABC in April 2023, she was managing editor of The Zebra Press in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 2020 with two bachelor’s degrees in English and classics, and a minor in comparative literature.
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