فارسیOn 21 October 2026 IOSH said that launching several new systems at once in February, including its training provider portal, caused problems "significantly greater than anticipated". Workbook ordering and certificate release and dispatch still fail intermittently, with no reliable date for full restoration. The Trustees have commissioned an independent lessons-learned review.
FIDIC said on 13 October 2026 that its Academy ran more than 50 courses on FIDIC contracts between January 2025 and September 2026, reaching over 1,300 participants in Latin America and the Caribbean. Demand is growing for training on claims, disputes and contract management, and Spanish and Portuguese translations, including the 2017 Red and Yellow Books, are available.
The last 2026 webinar by FIDIC and the Confederation of International Contractors' Associations (CICA) took place on 1 October with about 700 registrations. A World Bank speaker said early market engagement has been mandatory since March 2025 for Bank-financed international procurements above US$10 million. Speakers recommended joint contract training for employer, Engineer and contractor teams.
On 7 October 2026 in Singapore, Bentley Systems named winners of its Year in Infrastructure awards in 12 categories, chosen from more than 300 projects in 53 countries. They include Evides' water-network digital twins (Netherlands), Intertechne's tailings-dam safety modelling (Brazil) and APD Global's AI-driven digital delivery for a renewables link (Australia).
In a written parliamentary answer on 6 October 2026, Singapore's Ministry of Manpower said it did not declare a Heightened Safety Period despite 21 work deaths in H1 2026, because incidents spanned industries without a shared systemic cause and seven were work-related traffic accidents. The measure was introduced in 2022 when the fatality rate reached 1.5 per 100,000 workers.
NIOSH's October 2026 eNews reports that in 2023 between 7 and 36 million US workers were physically isolated at work and 2 to 10 million socially isolated. It also notes robot density in US manufacturing rose from 176 per 10,000 employees in 2015 to 307 in 2024.
On 14 October 2026 the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed moving compliance dates for some uses of the toxic solvent trichloroethylene (TCE), including processing as a reactant or processing aid and related disposal, from 18 December 2026 to 31 December 2027, citing difficulties with the 2024 final rule.
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) released its sixth annual technology report, focused on health and safety. It covers wearables, AI-powered hazard detection, fatigue and hydration monitoring, drone inspections and digital hazard assessments, and says technology must be supported by leadership and an established safety culture.
Edmonton startup SenseHuman AI is building a hard hat with four cameras and machine-vision software giving a 360-degree view, using vibration to alert workers to the direction of hazards such as trenches, ledges and nearby machinery. The company has run pilots but says it cannot yet reliably predict objects falling from above.
The first revision of the occupational health and safety standard since 2018 has reached the DIS stage, with a focus on worker well-being, broader hazard identification, return to work and tighter control of external suppliers. Final publication is expected in 2027.
Government, worker and employer representatives from over 50 countries met in Geneva from 28 September to 2 October 2026 to discuss retail-sector OSH risks, policies and good practices, and adopted conclusions and recommendations.
Continuous camera monitoring for PPE compliance, restricted zones and fall risks, plus predictive analytics to resequence work; the source company reports a 35% drop in incidents among its clients.
Researchers at Texas A&M and LSU, with 20 industry professionals, built a framework of 19 AI applications for jobsite safety and a selection tool; implementation cost and worker distrust remain the main barriers.