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How Tech Can Improve Safety & Project Performance

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Whether your work involves commercial projects, water/sewer, pipeline excavation or demolition, you never want to be hit with a costly Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violation, which can range from $15,625 per violation to a maximum of $156,259.

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Prepping For Reentry: 8 Facility Maintenance Steps For Reopening Commercial Properties

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According to Englewood Construction, prepping commercial facilities to reopen should include reviewing mechanical systems and rescheduling missed preventative maintenance appointments (*photo taken pre-pandemic). Flush sewer lines and drains to make sure valves and seals are working.

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5 Green Construction Practices that are becoming Standard Commercial Construction Procedures

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Anyone in the commercial construction industry knows there are a variety of certifications and designations that individuals, companies and projects can achieve to show they follow a high level of green commercial construction practices. are standard green procedures for ground-up construction projects. Here are a five examples: 1.

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How to estimate materials for a underground sewer pipe

Construction Cost Estimating

By watching this construction video tutorial, one can learn how to make calculation for sewer line in a building construction. In fact the sewer line belongs to an underground pipe that works to discharge sewage from residential building or residential area as well as commercial buildings or any other type buildings.

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Commercial Construction CSI – How to Uncover the Demons in Your Construction Site

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Step 2: We rented a sewer camera and discovered a metal object stuck to the existing pipe, which scraped the cable and caused the explosion. At one point or another, even the best Chicago commercial construction contractors are susceptible to a construction site demon. Step 1: We pulled out the cable to find it completely destroyed.

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Rhobina Electric Fined Following Fatal Trench Accident

Construction Equipment

Rhobina, based in Batesville, Mississippi, is a commercial and plumbing contractor. The worker had been installing sewer pipe… The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Rhobina Electric $37,318 after a trench collapsed and killed a worker at a Taylor, Mississippi, job site.

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In-building pipe rehabilitation: convenient and cost-effective repair method

Construction Specifier

By Ryan Graham The average commercial building in the U.S. is approximately 53 years old, 1 and considering the average performance lifespan of a building plumbing system is approximately 30 years, there are thousands of commercial buildings with pipes suffering from age-related build-up and blockage, rust, cracks, and leaks.