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Redefining Construction Document Management

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Aside from the obvious issues of being wasteful and bad for the environment, reliance on paper can lead to a host of other pitfalls : • Paper documents run a high risk of getting lost or misplaced, especially in the field. Not to mention the space needed and additional costs to sort and archive paper documents.

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Feasibility For Machine Guarding Is A Big Deal For Employers and Employees

FDR Safety

There is no such thing as being absolutely safe, or in other words, a complete absence of risk. All machinery contains hazards, and some level of residual risk. However, the risk associated with those hazards should be reduced to an acceptable level. In turn, there is no machine that is absolutely safe.

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FDR Safety

There is no such thing as being absolutely safe, or in other words, a complete absence of risk. All machinery contains hazards, and some level of residual risk. However, the risk associated with those hazards should be reduced to an acceptable level. In turn, there is no machine that is absolutely safe.

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Better communication and easier documentation: How subcontractors use Fieldwire

Fieldwire

Adopting a construction management app that can be tailored to your company’s needs can help coordinate and document your activities, avoiding potential mistakes and costly rework. Since adopting Fieldwire, the German electrical contractor has control over the work being done by the teams, and can document all their activities.

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Complying With OSHA Silica Safety Guidelines

Construction Business Owner

Inhaling silica particles can increase the risk of silicosis, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A new standard for construction silica regulation — US OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1153 — requires contractors to control employees’ exposure to respirable crystalline silica to help protect them from these worksite hazards.

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Leverage Machine Learning to Reduce Risk with Construction IQ

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Pype uses SmartPlans to scan through drawings to identify submittals or potential submittals and organizes them. Even TradeTapp ingests data to compare subcontractor risk levels and proactively mitigate against project risk. Reducing Design Risk . Driving Better Safety Oversight .

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From Ten Hours to Five: Automating Manual Document Review Processes with JJ Rhatigan

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For one collaborator, a document or plan may be considered as an essential piece of information but for another team, it may be something they never use. For JJ Rhatigan, ensuring they use a construction software platform that supports collaboration was critical. “Our Standardisation for Improved Accuracy.