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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

The most important step to take before an OSHA inspection even takes place is selecting a company representative. The company representative is the individual charged with representing the company’s interests during an OSHA inspection. Determining the type of inspection being conducted and the intended scope.

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What Should You Do When There is an Accident at Your Construction Site?

Best Practices Construction Law

You probably saw last month’s report about a major accident at a construction site in downtown Miami, Florida. This is a good reminder of the lessons to learn when investigating or handling an accident on a construction site. These include: Prepare before the accident. Act diligently when an accident occurs.

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Courthouse Reporter Series: The Bizarre Case That Required a 117-Year-Old Expert

Constructlaw

These claims were dismissed for a very odd reason: the plaintiff’s expert witness wasn’t old enough. The case arose from a car accident. Munro sued the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) for negligently designing, maintaining, and inspecting the intersection. public works where such. public works where such.

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How To Track Increased Construction Costs For Proving Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

I previously blogged about the importance of using daily reports to prove construction claims. Meeting minutes and internal memoranda concerning the claim should be maintained in order to document attempts to resolve matters with the DOT and its representatives. Schedules , including the as-planned and updates.

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A world-class program takes the next step with off the job safety

FDR Safety

Under the leadership of CEO Bob Dunn, National Steel City has created a world-class safety program that includes site orientation for all employees, daily toolbox safety meetings, and weekly foreman and project-wide mass safety meetings and of course regular and frequent inspections in addition to many other safety programs and policies.

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What Ever Happened With Those Crane Accidents in 2008?

Constructonomics

The more devastating of the accidents, on E. Incidentally, a city crane inspector was found to have falsified inspection reports of the crane when in reality they never even visited the site. The cause of this accident was good ‘ol American greed. However, Lomma was not so lucky in the collapse at E.

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Best Practice: How to Track Increased Construction Costs for Proving Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

I previously blogged about the importance of using daily reports to prove construction claims. Meeting minutes and internal memoranda concerning the claim should be maintained in order to document attempts to resolve matters with the DOT and its representatives. Schedules , including the as-planned and updates. Image: Tanzer18.

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