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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

The most important step to take before an OSHA inspection even takes place is selecting a company representative. The company representative is the individual charged with representing the company’s interests during an OSHA inspection. Determining the type of inspection being conducted and the intended scope.

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Construction quality management: Everything you need to know

Lets Build

It requires written standards that can be referred to at any time by employees, sub-contractors, and clients alike. A construction quality management plan should be drafted as a standard document, to be applied to all future projects. More to read: Construction inspection: the pillar to your construction quality management.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

What [the bill] really is referring to is these big, glass buildings today that literally threaten the existence of birds because birds fly into the glass, unable to realize that it is glass, and they are dying by the millions as a result of these big, glass buildings,” said County Council chair, Deb Jung, who sponsored the bill.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

Construction Specifier

Impregnation refers to a technique for treating absorbent materials with chemicals. References. They should be included in the specification’s references section: • UL 723 (ASTM E84); • ASTM D3201; • ASTM D2898; and. ft) flame under controlled conditions of draft and temperature onto the surface of a 7.4-m wide specimen.

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Civil Engineering Software | List of Civil Engineering Software | List of Engineering Software

CivilJungle

This software can help in drafting & documenting, designing, visualizing & analyzing & so on. Software Required for Drafting or Drawing. Software Required for Drafting or Drawing: The types of Software Required for Drafting or Drawing are as follows. #1a. TurboCAD Designer 2D Drafting Design.

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5 Current Construction Industry Challenges and How Technology Can Help

Fieldwire

From safety training and accident prevention to AR building assistance, technology does indeed belong on the drafting table and the construction site alike. It is also referred to as smart automation, most commonly used to lend a familiar label to smart home technology. Supply Chain Issues.

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

Job Order Contracting

Inspect electrical power panel. Inspect control panel for loose connections. Inspect Bollard/Barricade coatings, decals and paint. Visually inspect for corrosion. Inspect general arrangement of door and mechanism, mountings, standards, wind locks, anchor bolts, counterbalances, weather stripping, door sweeps etc.