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Dallas, Texas | March 18, 2026<\/strong> \u2013 At EcoOnline\u2019s 2026 North America Construction Safety and Operations Forum, leaders pointed to three immediate priorities: earlier signals for serious harm prevention, standardized systems that scale, and stronger contractor site readiness. Designed to support collective progress on construction safety<\/a>, the forum\u2014featuring customers such as AtkinsR\u00e9alis, Borea Construction, and Winvic\u2014explored how technology can support safer, more predictable project delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common site risks, including slips, trips, and falls, haven\u2019t changed. What has changed are the operating pressures: tighter schedules, more frequent plan changes, and narrow execution windows that increase strain and reduce the margin for error.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t <\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Shifting to leading indicators for prevention<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Forum participants described a shift toward Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) prevention<\/a>, with greater focus on tracking high-potential near misses. While Total Recordable Injury Frequency (TRIF) remains important for compliance and reporting, Dan MacLeod, Global Lead for Programs & Systems at AtkinsR\u00e9alis, said, \u201cWe put much more emphasis on SIF prevention. TRIF reflects past outcomes, not future risk.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, Ghislain Malouin at Borea Construction added, \u201cWe track serious near misses internally, even when clients do not request them, because if you do not track it, you do not improve.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizations also described placing greater weight on high-energy hazard identification, weak-signal detection, and verifying that corrective actions reduce exposure at the point of work.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t <\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Standardizing safety with regional flexibility<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As construction firms scale across projects and jurisdictions, consistent systems and data are becoming the foundation for faster, better decisions. As Shaan Gehlot, HSE Analyst at AtkinsR\u00e9alis, put it, \u201cStandardization is what allows us to compare performance meaningfully across projects and regions,\u201d<\/em> enabling leaders to spot trends and act earlier while still accounting for local requirements and site realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaders also stressed that this approach only works if it reduces friction for supervisors and frontline teams. Simpler incident reporting<\/a> and more timely, actionable visibility were cited as key to improving adoption and strengthening data quality.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t <\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Ensuring contractor competency<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With contractor competency varying widely across sites and supervisors increasingly stretched managing checks alongside day-to-day delivery, leaders agreed there is a growing need to digitize contractor certification, permitting, onboarding, and safety training<\/a>. The goal is to reduce supervisors\u2019 administrative burden and make competency more consistent in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This focus aligns with Verdantix\u2019s Smart Innovators: Control of Work Software<\/a> report, where EcoOnline is a featured vendor. Verdantix found that 40% of surveyed medium-, high-, and very-high-risk firms intend to increase control of work software<\/a> spending in the coming year, and projects that spend will surpass $1.5 billion by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Goodmanson, CEO of EcoOnline, said, \u201cAs pressures grow and technology moves faster than ever, construction leaders are looking for a trusted partner to help carry the burden, so they can protect people and future-proof their business. That\u2019s why we bring leaders together through forums like this: to share what\u2019s working, debate priorities, and accelerate safer operations. Our role is to support better decisions with insight, not replace human judgment. As the forum reinforced, construction safety should be data-driven, but it is fundamentally people-centered.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about how EcoOnline supports construction safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t <\/section>\n\n\n\n

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FAQ<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What is the EcoOnline North America Construction Safety and Operations Forum?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

A virtual forum that brings together North American construction safety and operations leaders to share experiences, learn from each other, and debate what prevention looks like under rising operational pressures. The virtual format enables maximum participation regardless of location, with discussion focused on prevention priorities, reporting culture, contractor competency, and where digital tools can strengthen risk reduction across sites.<\/p> <\/div>

What are leading indicators in construction safety?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

Leading indicators are forward-looking measures that help teams spot and address risk before an incident happens. They are different from lagging indicators, which measure outcomes after harm occurs (such as recordable injuries or lost-time incidents). Examples of leading indicators include high potential near misses, trend visibility across sites, verification that controls are working in the field, and checks on high-energy hazards where the consequences can be severe.<\/p> <\/div>

What is the difference between SIF and TRIF?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

Preventing <\/strong>Serious Injury and Fatalities (SIF)<\/a> focuses on reducing the risk of the most severe outcomes, often linked to high-energy hazards and critical control failures. Total Recordable Injury Frequency (TRIF) measures the rate of recordable injuries and is commonly used for reporting and benchmarking. TRIF is useful for understanding overall injury trends, but it may not reliably predict where serious harm could occur, driving increased focus on leading indicators that surface SIF risk earlier.<\/p> <\/div>

How does EcoOnline support construction firms?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>

EcoOnline software supports construction firms with a connected safety and sustainability suite helps standardise reporting and workflows, improve risk visibility, strengthen contractor consistency, and support safer, more predictable project delivery. Close to 600 construction customers use one or more EcoOnline solutions to protect their people, planet, and projects. Explore EcoOnline software for the construction industry.<\/a><\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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About EcoOnline<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EcoOnline delivers uncomplicated environment, health and safety (EHS), chemical management and ESG\/sustainability technology solutions to forward-thinking leaders. Safeguarding your entire workforce, from frontline employees to lone workers and contractors, EcoOnline\u2019s always-on solutions support your organization through everyday operations and moments of emergency and crisis alike. Our connected suite of SaaS software enables over 11,000 businesses to protect their people and the planet by ensuring compliance, risk visibility and mitigation, operational predictability, and long-term resilience. Backed by an unwavering commitment to customer success, EcoOnline\u2019s software is powerful yet simple to use \u2013 built on decades of real-world expertise, data and insights.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t <\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Media contact<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alyssa Fishwick, Sr. Director, Global PR
Tel: +46703646396
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