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Assessing Feasibility

FDR Safety

The answers can be determined but only after documented due diligence using Task Based Risk Assessment (past blogs) and assessing feasibility of hazard controls. When elimination or substitution is not practicable, a combination of engineered controls (guards, safeguarding devices, etc.) For a FREE consultation, please contact us.

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What to Do When LOTO is Not Feasible

FDR Safety

I’m finding clients who have excellent lockout/tagout programs but who have not taken the necessary step of identifying tasks where LOTO is not feasible. During my career in engineering and safety, I have observed thousands of machine setups and other tasks where LOTO is simply not possible.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

BD+C

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Black & Veatch Study Finds K.C. to St. Louis Hyperloop Feasible

ENR Construction

based engineering firm Black & Veatch released a feasibility study Oct. Leawood, Kan.-based 17 that said building a hyperloop transportation system along the 1-70 corridor—connecting the cities of St. Louis; Columbia, Mo.;

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Construction Equation: Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems

Job Order Contracting

Life Cycle Costing as an Important Contribution to Feasibility Study Construction Projects. Procedia Engineering. In Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses. engineering the whole life cycle costing process. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. Kirkham, R. Mostavi, E.,

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Behind the Build: Interview with Jon Turner, President and Principal Engineer, Phoenix Civil Engineering

Autodesk Construction Cloud

’ Fact: civil engineering is everywhere. Civil engineering is one of the most important fields we have today, and it will continue to be vital for as far as we can see into the future. Here to talk more about this topic is Jon Turner , President and Principal Engineer at Phoenix Civil Engineering.

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Electric fleet challenges and considerations

CK Power

But fleet electrification isn’t as simple as ripping out engines and popping in batteries. Neither is a technology that makes grid power feasible for high-stakes battery charging, on- or off-highway. For now, the only feasible alternatives are hybrid charging systems powered by diesel or gaseous gensets.