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And, this goal can be set anytime of the year. You don���t have to wait for a new year to roll around. There is no better time than now to set this goal as your own. Carl Potter is a board-certified safety professional (CSP), and is a certified management consultant (CMC). His body of work includes the development of the Hazard Recognition and Control Workshop and authorship of seven books, including the best-seller, Who is Responsible for Safety? He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and corporate safety-focused events. Carl may be contacted at carl@potterandassociates.com. Deb Potter, PhD, is a certified management consultant (CMC), and specializes in safety management consulting for high-risk industries. As the author of Zero! Responsible Safety Management by Design, she works with leaders at all levels of organizations to develop zero-injury cultures. She is on faculty in the School of Advanced Studies at the University of Phoenix. Deb may be contacted at deb@potterandassociates.com. The McGraw-Hill Construction Report New construction starts in December jump 23 percent; annual total for 2012 advances NEW YORK, N.Y.. ��� New construction starts in December climbed 23% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $530 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. The sharp increase for total construction followed two months of lackluster activity, as several very large projects in December helped to lift the pace of contracting. By major sector, substantial gains in December were reported for nonresidential building and nonbuilding construction, while housing maintained the steady upward trend that���s been present for much of the past year. For all of 2012, total construction starts grew 6% to $463.6 billion, a moderate yet stronger rate of increase than what took place during 2010 (up 2%) and 2011 (up 1%). The December statistics produced a reading of 112 for the Dodge Index (2000=100), up from a revised 91 for November. For 2012 as a whole, the Dodge Index averaged 98. ���The year ended on a strong note, with December coming in at the upper end of the range of activity reported during 2012,��� stated Robert A. Murray, vice-president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction. ���The subdued activity witnessed during October and November suggested that the hesitant recovery for construction starts might be losing momentum, but December���s strength alleviates some of that concern. The 6% gain for total construction starts in 2012 indicates that the tenuous expansion for construction is beginning to gain traction, particularly after the basically flat activity experienced during the previous two years. ���In 2012, single family housing registered steady improvement, finally joining the recovery process already underway for multifamily housing,��� said Murray. ���Commercial building, while still at a very weak level, edged upward, and electric utility starts achieved a new high in current dollar terms. However, both the institutional building and public works sectors continued to slide back, adversely affected by tight federal and state budgets.��� Nonresidential building in December surged 33% to $189 billion (annual rate), with growth registered by most of its structure types. 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