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Corps Releases Final Report on $29B Texas Gulf Coast Hurricane Defense Plan

ENR Construction

Plans for a multiple lines of defense strategy to protect the Texas Gulf Coast from hurricanes and storm surge moves to Congress for approval with the release of a a final feasibility report and final environmental impact statement from the Corps of Engineers and Texas General Land Office that proposes $28.87

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ANSI B11 and risk assessment: The best kept secret in safety

FDR Safety

Risk assessment, or RA for short, will guide you in the application of feasible risk reduction controls. Importantly, RA (especially Task Based Risk Assessment) is a powerful offensive and defensive tool to ward off potential OSHA citations. Remember that the goal of risk assessment is to achieve feasible risk reduction.

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IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY

Safety Services Company

If you can feasibly get rid of the item or process causing the contaminant, substitute it with a non- (or less-) toxic alternative, or use it in a manner which prevents it from coming into contact with workers, do it. Generally speaking, PPE should be a supplement to safety controls, and not the only line of defense.

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5 Success Factors for Construction Firms

Construction Marketing

Although we want to document everything, it’s not feasible. Benefit: Documentation builds your defense, but avoiding all together avoids costly legal fees. Tech specific for the construction industry. Benefits: Effectively manage active projects. Generate accurate estimates. Document Only What Matters. Resolve disputes.

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FEMA Recommends I-Codes For National Flood Insurance Program

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Federal agencies including the Department of Defense, Department of State, and the U.S. The document provides findings of regulatory, financial and economic impacts that would likely occur to homeowners and government entities if adopted, and the feasibility and effectiveness in reducing future flood damage.

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The Drone Age

Business Facilities

” It’s bad enough that the FAA thinks it’s feasible to soon start allowing thousands of commercial drones to fly in the U.S. Should commercial drone flights be permitted before defenses against rogue drones are perfected? Or, to put it in drone-speak, we’re putting the UTM before the Mobile Skylight.

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Everyday Employee Safety

Safety Services Company

The quality and level of training may become an issue in contested legal cases where a defense of unpreventable employee misconduct is raised. To reduce MSD hazards, feasible engineering, work practice or administrative controls must be used. Workstation Ergonomics. This helps control fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders, or MSD’s.

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