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OSHA citing maintenance equipment violations despite low risk

FDR Safety

Many of you may be wondering why, all of a sudden, OSHA is spending an inordinate amount of time inspecting the machines and equipment in plant maintenance areas. Typically, these machines are used for low-risk tasks performed by skilled workers. Despite the very low risk, OSHA is indeed citing for the things noted above.

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INSPECTION OF A BRIDGE STRUCTURE - The Constructor

The Constructor

Hence, the bridge must be regularly inspected and maintained for the benefit of its users. There are three levels of inspection: 1. General inspection: Usual inspection of representative parts of a structure. Carried out nor more than two years after last general or principal inspection. After a major incident.

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Leverage Machine Learning to Reduce Risk with Construction IQ

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Even TradeTapp ingests data to compare subcontractor risk levels and proactively mitigate against project risk. We spoke with Michael Murphy, Digital Construction Operations Manager at BAM Ireland, to understand how Construction IQ is helping to drive safer, higher-quality projects for its teams with less risk.

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Construction quality management: Everything you need to know

Lets Build

From a builder’s perspective, many potential risk factors can be anticipated and pre-emptively resolved by developing a construction quality management plan. It involves taking a quality-focused, hands-on approach to all stages and aspects of design, construction, and client relations. A game of risk. Creating a plan.

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The Preconstruction Phase: Understanding the Process & Risks

Levelset

Before a construction project can begin, there is a lot of planning, number-crunching, designing, and scheduling that needs to occur. An architect, designer, or design-bid contractor will perform planning and engineering services for a prospective project owner, providing them with the information they need to move forward.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

Lets Build

The business models, though, are of two forms — it’s either design, bid, build where the project owner chooses a contractor after the design phase or design-build where both design and construction phases are done by one contractor. Are all contract documents signed? The process. All work begins in this phase.

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4 Innovations Transforming Construction Safety 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

It lies in its ability to proactively identify risk and thereby reduce safety issues before they even have the chance to occur. . So how do you reduce risk in a setting that many might describe as inherently risky? They can also affect productivity rates, hurt morale, and put your firm at financial risk. .

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