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5 Design Considerations When Building In Harsh Environments

Construction Marketing

After all, no amount of high-grade construction can stand the test of time if it doesn’t survive its environment. Engineering in harsh environments poses a distinct set of challenges that call for innovative and robust design solutions. When designing military shelter systems , the material choice becomes even more critical.

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5 Safety Precautions For Multi-Level Construction Sites

Construction Marketing

These challenges include using dangerous tools and poisonous chemicals and being around unsafe working environments. Doing so promotes workers’ health and can increase your firm’s overall productivity. They help simplify the work, thus enabling your workers to be more productive.

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7 Key Precautions To Ensure Loading Dock Safety

Construction Marketing

Practically every product that you can buy have, at one point, passed through some busy loading docks. With all the hustle and bustle happening in loading docks, it shouldn’t surprise you that they’re a hotbed for injuries and accidents; countless dangers could occur in a typical dock. 1) Embrace New Technology In The Workplace.

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9 Types of Insurance You Need to Protect Your Contractor Business

Construction Marketing

Between the potential for accidents and injuries on the job site and the risk of lawsuits, it’s important to have insurance to protect yourself from financial losses, but what kind of insurance do you need? This type of coverage will protect your company from various liabilities , including injury claims, and cover medical expenses.

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7 tips for managing health and safety in construction efficiently

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Instead, project managers and foremen must find and fix hazards before they cause injury or illness. Commit to a safety and health program Communicating your commitment to managing health and safety in construction with a clear policy is as important for your organisation as productivity and profitability.

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4 Most Common Workplace Injuries

Construction Marketing

According to the National Safety Council, 12,900 work-related injuries happen every day in the United States. From severe back pain to broken bones, workers across different industries and occupations can become susceptible to a wide range of injuries. 30% of lost-time injury claims come from slips, trips, and falls.

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Are Your Safety Policies Asking for Trouble?

FDR Safety

Recent cases (both OSHA and personal injury) suggest that industry’s quest to mandate employee performance may ignore the real world where workers encounter variables, and strict interpretation of the policy would literally prevent the work from being done. In such cases, the machine will not go back into production until someone does #2.

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