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Occupational Health and Safety in Construction: Best Practices and Regulations

Building Radar

Ensuring occupational health and safety (OHS) in construction is paramount to protecting workers from hazards and creating a safe working environment. It involves rigorous adherence to regulations, proactive risk management, and continuous improvement of safety protocols. Key Strategies for Enhancing OHS 1.

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Inclusive design requires relearning how we read space

BD+C

Inclusive design requires relearning how we read space 0 qpurcell Tue, 03/28/2023 - 13:20 Designers Pulling from his experience during a campus design workshop, David Johnson, AIA, LEED AP, encourages architects to better understand how to design spaces that are inclusive for everyone.

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Boost Construction Collaboration with These AU 2023 Classes

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Taking place in Las Vegas from November 13-15, AU 2023 offers insightful workshops, expert-led sessions, and networking opportunities to foster team collaboration and elevate your project outcomes. There are three phases of digital transformation: 1) Implementation of a common data environment (CDE) and communication. to 1 million sq.

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Safeguarding our schools: Strategies to protect students and keep campuses safe

BD+C

At HMC Architects, we are optimistic about the difference we can make with our clients to reinforce our momentum toward safe, resilient learning environments that enhance student success, wellness, and community. One critical aspect of this process is to include our community first responders in the steering and stakeholder committees.

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Meet Spot: A robot that’s being tested to keep construction sites clean

BD+C

After a two-day workshop at the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston that brought together individuals from Skanska, Autodesk Research and Boston Dynamics to ideate and prioritize various use cases for Spot, we landed on housekeeping as the primary use case. They were looking for novel use cases with Spot on construction projects.

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Educators Place the Spotlight on Modular Construction

GCP Applied Technologies

The house was carefully built in modular sections by the students in the school’s workshop. Thus, the house is exposed to highway speed winds without the protection of siding when it is transported from the school’s workshop to the Habitat jobsite. One challenge is that the siding is installed on the modular house at the jobsite.

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Trending: The Rise of Prefab and Modular Commercial Construction Techniques

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Here are some reasons why: Component Costs: If a shop is set up to manufacture a specific item off-site, as opposed to creating it in a make-shift workshop on a job site, it typically saves time and therefore money. Labor Efficiencies: Plus, on-site labor needs are more streamlined for prefabricated items.