Top March articles: Experts weigh in on safety, AI and labor recruitment

By Emma Peterson. 

Learn about the state of the outdoor industry by reading the top OCS articles of March. 

OutdoorCoffeeShop™ (OCS) was established to create an online space for outdoor professionals and contractors to learn and grow together. To help facilitate that community, our team organizes and publishes a variety of resources, from webinars to podcast to articles. And with that much content getting made every month, it can be hard to keep up! That’s why we like to take a moment at the beginning of each new month to look back on the top articles of the previous month!  

Looking back at March, multiple of our top articles featured guest speakers from our Contractor Outlook series. In one episode, Kevin Fox of FoxWerx Group explained how AI has heralded in a new world of business operations. He went on to emphasize that the most important part of AI is not the tool itself, but how people are using it.  

Also on the topic of AI was Denver Riggleman's episode of Contractor Outlook and subsequent article. In the article, Emma Peterson highlighted Denver’s concerns for businesses who use AI without proper cybersecurity precautions.  

And the last but certainly not least Contractor Outlook guest speaker on our list was Caitlin Burke, a senior construction recruiter at Tiello. The article about her episode focuses on how building a positive company culture with competitive benefits is key to recruiting and retaining a workforce.  

March 2026’s top articles 

5 - Sharing the industry’s stories, feeling the momentum by OutdoorCoffeeShop 

4 - Sherwin-Williams Kentucky expansion more than doubles capacity of coil coatings plant

3 - Navigating a new world of technology by Emma Peterson 

2 - The state of roofing recruitment and retention by Emma Peterson 

1 - A new safety frontier by Emma Peterson