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Hazardous Waste Management: How Environmental Consulting Can Help

Construction Marketing

This is where environmental consulting comes into the picture. This article briefly outlines how hiring an environmental consultancy can help manage hazardous waste. Compliance with Regulations Different industries are required to comply with different sets of environmental regulations.

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Public Sector Facilities Preventive Maintenance – Financial and Technical/Financial Visibility Criticality

Job Order Contracting

Preventive maintenance (PM): The systematic and cyclic check, inspection, and correction of minor deficiencies, as well as reporting of deficiencies beyond the scope of preventive maintenance. This cost is general provided as a lump sum, for example “XX day inspection and maintenance of 60 ton chiller- $XXXXX.XX What is it?

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4 Strategies to Avoiding Rising OSHA Fines in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

As a contractor, the thought of an OSHA inspection and possible violations probably makes you a little nervous. For example, five employees recently died in an explosion at a Pittsburgh drilling company that had violated OSHA safety regulations in the past. Safety on the jobsite includes PPE, inspections, and recordkeeping.

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Seattle imposes new construction regulation to address rat problem

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Seattle has implemented a new regulation to reduce the number of rats occupying vacant buildings. The new rat eradication regulation goes into effect in 2017. It requires developers to prove they have consulted with a pest-control professional before any vacant building is demolished. The port city ranks first in the U.S.

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Surviving an OSHA Inspection

Safety Services Company

Each year OSHA conducts around 50,000 workplace inspections. While the odds of a workplace being inspected are less than 1 percent, it is vital for business owners to understand how to navigate the four steps of an inspection. Step 2 the Inspection. Step 1 Opening Conference.

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The Desert Comfort Experience Home: Navigating a Perfect Storm to Get Construction Underway

Pro Builder

The Desert Comfort net-zero energy home in the Arizona desert weathered its share of delays before construction even started, highlighting inefficiencies in building industry permitting and inspections processes—all exacerbated by the pandemic. A Problem in Common: Balancing Regulations With Environmental Stewardship. Regulations.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

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Risk management plan, which identifies possible risks like nonviable time and cost estimates, budget cuts, regulation changes, etc. Has the selection of architectural, engineering, and other required consultants been managed? Are all appropriate contracts executed between clients and consultants? All work begins in this phase.