Should contractors be worried about keeping employees, equipment, and projects safe from the negative impact of workplace impairment?

Skilled trades play a vital role in maintaining the essential systems that support our daily lives. 

In this four-part series, Kalea Abernathy, M.A., LPC, and Peter Yibo Pan, B.A., will explore the connection between nutrition and mental health, delving into the gut-brain axis, the nutrients in food, and how our brain, neurotransmitters, and diet interact to influence mental health.

Almost every single tradesperson I’ve met over my 20 years in the construction industry has suffered some sort of workplace injury, despite size, gender or age.

We recently sat down with CIASP Executive Director Sonya Bohmann to learn more about how this nonprofit is raising awareness, providing resources, and transforming the industry.

It’s 4:30 a.m. and Larry the llama must be fed. Contractors aren’t strangers to early mornings, but it’s safe to say most don’t start theirs off like Antonio Delacerda, owner of A-Team Plumbing in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association (PHCC) has shared an insightful session from Bill Heffernan of ScreenSafe on building a successful mental health program.

With more than 1,500 members, The First Step with Ken Goodrich has become a thriving community where home services business owners and their employees share health journeys, support each other and celebrate victories. 

With the focus on its new PROS REPS RUGGED Mind and Body initiative, the PHCPPros team found its interactions with attendees at the show to be more personal than ever before. 

The PenFed Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports service members as they transition to civilian life, empowering them to find their purpose after the military and realize their potential.