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How To Set Up Solar Panels In A Commercial Building

Construction Marketing

Therefore, it’s equally crucial to inspect your roof so you can decide where to put the solar panels. A non-profit organization called the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) offers professional development, continuing education, and certification for solar energy and other renewable energy businesses.

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Cold Weather Safety Tips for Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Cold weather-related illnesses and injuries can be prevented by following the guidelines below. Properly de-ice and inspect machinery and tools, as well as pathways and scaffolding. All workers should be educated on what to look for in cold weather work environments in themselves and one another. Consider wind chill.

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Download Scaffolding Code of Safe Practices Now

Safety Services Company

With enough content to fill a small poster, the code covers general guidelines as well as erection, use, and dismantling. The rules don’t go into all systems so any manufacturer guidelines also need to be followed. Exactly How Does A Safety Manual Protect Your Company in an Inspection? Download it here now, and put it to use.

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Common Sense Workplace Safety

Safety Services Company

Are you educated, trained and experienced to perform your job safely? 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.

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Job Order Contracting Best Practices

Building Information Management

Formalize and Document all JOC policies, procedures, or guidelines with a JOC Operations Manual associate with the Contract. Ongoing Training and Education for ALL JOC Program participants. Formalized Project Inspection and Project Closeout Processes and Procedures. Establish a formal Prioritization Process for JOC Projects.

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Fieldwire - Untitled Article

Fieldwire

It is important to keep your teams up-to-date with the latest guidelines, and also to perform safety audits. Life-long learning We’ve said it before : educating your teams about new technologies and skill sets results in meeting deadlines, reducing wear and tear on equipment, saving fuel and money and keeping your teams safe.

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We plan to fail by failing to plan

Fieldwire

However we can plan the complicated steps for each task, and give parameters and guidelines for the complex decisions that will still need to be made in the field. I also found the brakes disabled (locked open) on every caster I inspected. Preplanning drywall work Let’s switch gears to residential drywall work.

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