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Building a custom home with safety and energy efficiency in mind

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Building a custom home with safety and energy efficiency in mind. This house located in Fort Worth Texas uses 11,000 sq. Mon, 10/12/2020 - 12:30. Case Study Image. There is a growing movement in the construction industry towards the use of concrete instead of wood when building a new homes’ envelope.

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Best Highway/Bridge: North Tarrant Express 35W

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mile section of I-35W in downtown Fort Worth relied on tactical safety planning, fast-paced scheduling and robust engineering to deliver this megaproject two months ahead of schedule, within budget and without major injuries. The team on the $1.4-billion billion reconstruction of a 6.5-mile

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Highway/Bridge Award of Merit | Excellence in Safety Award of Merit: BNSF Alliance IMF Expansion Phase II

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Located 25 miles north of Fort Worth in Haslet, this intermodal railroad project involved track construction, pavement, ditch grading and placement of culverts.

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Pressure Pumping Services Company Cited for Forklift, Crane Hazards

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Department of Labor''s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited PumpCo Energy Services Inc. for 14 safety and health workplace violations for exposing workers to hazards at the company''s maintenance facility in Valley View, Texas. OSHA''s Fort Worth Area Office opened an inspection on Dec.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

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The trainees are employees of the builder “from day one,” Evans says, and their training regimen includes crew management, understanding the company culture, classroom and field instruction, and safety. . We are facilitators,” says Renee Zentz, CEO of CICC and of the Colorado Springs HBA. Zentz also sits on BuildStrong Academy’s board.).

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Irby Opens New Testing Lab In West Boylston, MA

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Irby has already been providing testing services to many customers in this region from its existing testing laboratories in Fargo, ND and Fort Worth, TX. Randy Schatz, director of safety services said, “Over the years, Irby has established an outstanding reputation in the market for testing rubber goods.

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Top Railway Projects in the US

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Some of the elevated tracks would also be situated in earthquake-prone areas and thus need to be built and reinforced to comply with highly rigorous safety standards. For instance, certain sections of the transit line must be installed on top of a floating moving bridge that runs through a massive lake. California: High Speed Rail.

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