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Multimedia app identifies construction hazards

BD+C

Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland have introduced a multimedia app that they say will reduce injuries and save lives on construction projects. To test the app, researchers chose 40 designers to review a set of CAD drawings.

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Myths, Misperceptions, and Prospects for Modular Construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Today’s CAD programs allow architects to design, refine, and tinker with modules from the macro level to each tiny detail. Safety – Incorporating modular and prefabricated components into a construction project can help to reduce construction site injuries and fatalities.

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

Job Order Contracting

This standard is intended to be used to ensure that the equipment and systems are maintained in a safe operating condition, there are no parts, pieces, conditions or situations that my cause injury or endanger the users or pedestrians when used in accordance with the manufacturers placards, recommendations, instructions or guidelines.