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

Pro Builder

Jobsite safety is critical for workers and for your home building company. in 2020 occurred on construction jobsites, and between 25% and 30% of those deaths were related to home building activities, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ). Fri, 08/05/2022 - 07:00.

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Good Trouble—Necessary for Home Builders, Too

Pro Builder

Using the life’s work of civil rights titan John Lewis as inspiration. If you wonder what his legacy could possibly have to do with home building, I offer this quote from a tweet he published in June 2018: “Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble , necessary trouble.”. Calling Out Trouble in Home Building.

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Downturn Revisited: Why Efficiency Wins Every Time

Pro Builder

Home Building Edition ,” offering recommendations on how to survive a housing slump. With skyrocketing unemployment and major elements of the economy shut down, illness and deaths climbing, and no vaccine in sight, who would possibly buy new homes? Lessons Learned From a Downturn—Can They Help Us Next Time?

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The Home Building Technology Revolution, Part II: Understanding the Obstacles

Pro Builder

The Home Building Technology Revolution, Part II: Understanding the Obstacles. Feedback to Part 1 of this series provides instructive insights about how home building’s status quo is hobbling the industry. Meanwhile, the buyers of building industry technology clearly demonstrated their concern. cbroderick. The Struggle Is Real.

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Fury over NHS ‘coronavirus scoring system’ which treats learning disability patients like a ‘sub-class of the population’

Construction Test

A controversial ‘scoring system’ used by the to decide who receives critical care has been slammed over fears disabled people will be denied life-saving treatment. But it discriminates against people with learning disabilities who may need round-the-clock care, according University of London professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne. .

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NFPA 285 engineering judgments

Construction Specifier

Structure fires have dropped significantly over the past 40 years, and one major contributor to this decline in fires and fire deaths has been the development of comprehensive fire safety measures. These include performance testing requirements of model building codes. The International Building Code.

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Mark Grinter, the teacher

The Korte Company

He pulled off a career shift from builder to educator, teaching, researching and becoming Chair of the Construction Management Department at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Mark had read about the recently established university in high school and their outdoor and environmental education values stuck with him.