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Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

FDR Safety

This blog is targeting small employers, especially those involved with sheet metal fabrication. Over the past few years, FDRsafety has been asked to represent a disproportionate number of small metal fabricating plants. That’s a pretty high bar to reach in metal fabrication. Spot welders, riveters, manual forming machines, etc.

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It's Alive! First-Ever 3D-Printed Excavator Unveiled

Construction Equipment

Known as Project AME - Additive Manufactured Excavator - industry partners, university students, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) researchers designed and fabricated the world’s first large scale use of steel in a 3D printing application.

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Conceptual Estimating is ideal for project feasibility study

Construction Cost Estimating

A well developed conceptual estimate is based on the study of historical project cost factors and result in forecasting rapid estimates & accurate cost for project feasibility studies, budgeting and financing the finished products, financial evaluation of a number of alternative projects etc.

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An architect’s guide to blindside waterproofing

Construction Specifier

This method is used when excavation outside of foundation walls is not feasible, such as in urban or high-density areas where a project is close to bordering structures or there is little room to maneuver heavy equipment. Their fabric or adhesive layers can provide a mechanical or chemical bond to concrete.

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Why Do Carpenters Wear Suspenders?

Work Gearz

While using a tool box might seem to be more feasible, but there are times when you would require to get hands on more organized tools while in the mid of some important project and nothing is better than a tool belt for this purpose. Whereas, suspenders come with a breathable fabric that absorbs sweat and keeps you dry all day.

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What is Building Construction | Steps & Processes of Building Construction | Application of Building Construction | How to do Planning of Building Construction

CivilJungle

Development planning is crucial in managing & implementation of construction projects since it involves selecting the technology, recognizing feasible workflows & estimating specified resources. Are lengthy delivery equipments involved? How to do Planning of Building Construction? Strategic Planning.

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Factors driving cold storage warehouse construction costs

The Korte Company

Below, we discuss important cost factors you should consider as you investigate the feasibility of your next project. It starts with the equipment responsible for generating cold air. And don’t just add the cost of a beefed-up HVAC system to that round number and expect to get anything close to an accurate cost estimate.