Home Safety
Construction has always carried visible risks: falls, equipment failures, and serious injuries. Entire systems and protocols exist to protect workers from the physical dangers of the jobsite. But increasingly, leaders across the construction and design world are turning their attention to a far less obvious threat — mental health.
An armed man was fatally shot by Dallas police after firing a handgun early Wednesday morning in a residential area on Shiloh Road in the Casa View neighborhood of East Dallas. It wasn’t far from the Little Casa View neighborhood where Lisa Kelly has been planning a National Night Out block party with fellow members…
You have the peephole in your fancy Texas-style front door. You have the Ring app. You feel fairly secure. But do you truly live in the nation’s safest city? It depends on what source you go by.
Sean Kirkham grew up in the home building industry, watching his grandfather build custom homes. The time and detail his grandfather put into his strenuous work didn’t go unnoticed by the impressionable young man. But years later when his grandfather was fighting a battle with cancer, Sean felt the strain of watching his once-active loved…
We hate to sound all public service announcement-y, but now that this year’s hurricane season is off to an active start, FEMA wants to remind you during September’s National Preparedness Month that “Disasters Happen. Prepare Now. Learn How.” How do you prepare for any multitude of disasters? FEMA and ready.gov offers these four steps to disaster…
