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

Pro Builder

Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being. Jobsite safety is critical for workers and for your home building company. More than half of that spending (56%) went toward safety education, a sign that construction remains a potentially dangerous job. Fri, 08/05/2022 - 07:00.

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OSHA moves to strip 3 states of workplace authority: What does this mean?

Safety Services Company

News: OSHA has given notice to Arizona, Utah, and South Carolina that they are not doing enough to protect health care workers. OSHA says this warning is about lack of enforcement of rules pertaining to PPE, social distancing, and other safety practices for health care facilities that care for people with COVID-19. What happened?

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Maintenance of Fall Protection Equipment During COVID-19

Construction Business Owner

The care and maintenance of safety products are vital to their efficacy and longevity, especially during COVID-19. This article dispels myths and provides accurate information about keeping safety products clean and working their best, including care and maintenance schedules, cleaning, inspections, storage, sharing and replacing products.

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An SBA Public Service Announcement: If You See Something, Say Something

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

On August 8, 2023, the VA issued an RFQ for boiler plant safety device testing, calibration and inspection for one of its facilities in Arizona. Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) contract, learned the hard way that a contractor simply cannot ignore a size protest, regardless of its actual merit.

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7 Deadly Sins: Construction Defects to Avoid, Part I

Pro Builder

However, starting with the 2016 launch of our quality assurance app, Capture QA, which reports construction issues and problems that need fixing in real time, my company, LJP Construction Services , has tracked data from inspections of hundreds of construction projects of all building types nationwide. Advertisement. . across the US.

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7 Construction Trends That Will Propel the Industry in 2022

Lets Build

Apart from mapping, drones provide a cost-effective measure for overseeing work zone safety and theft prevention. They can, for example, perform a visual inspection of high-risk areas like tall buildings, smokestacks, and partially completed bridges. The site is designated as the future location for a semiconductor facility.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

Construction Specifier

These proprietary formulations will also result in different safety concerns based on the chemicals used, so their respective Safety Data Sheets (SDS) should also be required in the submittals. It is subject to third-party inspection and quality assurance. It is subject to third-party inspection and quality assurance.