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5 Success Factors for Construction Firms

Construction Marketing

Mobile apps are extremely helpful because they can be used on-site, and, interestingly enough, they’re appealing to the older generation. Although we want to document everything, it’s not feasible. Threat: Data Collection On-Site. Data gets stuck on-site if work flow isn’t clear. Document Only What Matters.

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The Drone Age

Business Facilities

30, 2013, the Federal Aviation Administration announced the six locations it had selected to be government-sanctioned test sites for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), a.k.a. ” In the past year, 645 drone test flights were conducted at the NUAIR-managed test site in Rome, a tenfold increase from the year before.

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Germ of an Idea

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The focus of the work at Plum Island shifted from offense to defense after 1975. The GSA and DHS say they’re determined to move ahead with plans to sell Plum Island to developers, noting that the facilities on the island will continue to deteriorate if they remain moth-balled federal sites. No word yet on whether the U.S.

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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. What is my best, safest route to work or the job-site? Workstation Ergonomics.

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Fraudulent Concealment Subject to Statutory Limitations Period

Construction Lawyer

The proposed location was in an area that had been heavily mined over many years, and the School District retained Wight to conduct a “site mine investigation.” Under the newer version of the AIA documents, the architect here would not have had this defense and the case would likely have gone to trial. contracts litigation'

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The riverfront complex is being built on the old Advocate newspaper site bordered by Main, North, Lafayette Street and River Road. Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies recently announced a $208-million investment in new manufacturing at its four production sites in Louisiana. The approximately $30.5 billion over 10 years.

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Common Sense Workplace Safety

Safety Services Company

Successful workplace safety programs must provide frequent and regular inspections of the materials, operating procedures, PPE, job-site conditions, emergency procedures, safe work practices, hazard communication program (including SDS sheets), and equipment. Are only authorized, competent employees permitted to perform repairs?

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