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I Just Read my 1000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this Year

Green Building Law Update

Buried in the more than 800 page Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 were the very few words of Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). 9601 et seq., So while instructive, it provided little, if any, comfort to tenants.

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Superfund can Save Our Current Way of Life

Green Building Law Update

There is no dispute that the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as Superfund, has failed to clean up more than a small fraction of the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites. President Obama acknowledged the 37 year old federal program’s flaws while seeking more funding.

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OSHA Top 10 Series: Fall Protection Applications and Innovative Technology

Safety Services Company

As part of our continued focus on OSHA’s Top Ten most frequently cited violations to its standards, in this article we will focus specifically on Fall Protection as it is the number one most commonly cited standard for 2018. OSHA Regulations. Fall Arrest Systems can be used to stop a worker’s fall.

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OSHA Top 10 Series: Fall Protection Applications and Innovative Technology

Safety Services Company

As part of our continued focus on OSHA’s Top Ten most frequently cited violations to its standards, in this article we will focus specifically on Fall Protection as it is the number one most commonly cited standard for 2018. OSHA Regulations. Fall arrest systems can be used to stop a worker’s fall.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

Pro Builder

Cannabis and the Jobsite: Keeping Your Risk to a Minimum. His research found a sharp increase in poison-related asphyxia among reported incidents between 2014 and 2018, while drug and alcohol use and an aging workforce also were cited as factors causing injuries and fatalities. Construction Worker Suicide: A Fragile Balance.

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How two buildings in Seattle achieved high-strength concrete

GCP Applied Technologies

Mon, 12/17/2018 - 15:45. December 17, 2018. As the mixing concrete dips below target slump in transit, the management system could automatically add water and/or admixture to regulate slump. To compensate, workers reduced the amount of superplasticizer added during plant batching by 5 oz./100 michael.delros….

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Electrician impaled on metal pipes after ladder fall

Construction Enquirer

The company was also ordered to pay the deceased’s family £200,000 in compensation. Linbrooke Services Limited was found guilty of breaches of health and safety and working at height regulations at Dumbarton Sheriff Court. Stepladders were unsuitable for the work being carried out.

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