What Skanska Wants You To Know About Construction Safety Week

Dale Kopnitsky

WASHINGTON, DC—Wherever you drive in Washington, DC, you’re sure to encounter construction sites. A sign of the region’s thriving building scene, these worksites represent a larger pattern of growth: changing neighborhoods, new business opportunities and employment for hundreds of people. They also represent a challenge that sits at the heart of every construction effort—to get the job done safely.

We have a responsibility to our fellow construction colleagues and their families, as well as our customers and the communities in which we live and work, to be committed to the safety, health and wellbeing of our workers. In an effort to inspire every person to be a leader in safety, engage workers and energize our Care for Life culture, Skanska initiated its first company-wide Safety Week in 2005. Recognizing a need to bring about positive change beyond our Skanska culture and projects, we were among the founding members to establish the first US Construction Industry Safety Week in 2014, which has gained traction throughout the larger construction community with 70 members and growing. The events of the week bring together partners across the building industry in focused activities to promote workplace safety, increase education about best practices, and reduce injuries and incidents at construction sites.