Building a solid foundation: How AI is minimizing risk and enabling contract compliance on projects
Construction Dive
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Learn how AI can help contractors de-risk their projects, minimize disputes and improve contract compliance.
Digging Deeper Foundations = More Water Infiltration Challenges
GCP Applied Technologies
JANUARY 20, 2023
Digging Deeper Foundations = More Water Infiltration Challenges Phillip.fry@gc… Fri, 01/20/2023 - 15:21 How to mitigate the risk with proven below-grade waterproofing solutions GCP Applied Technologies January 20, 2023 Specifying proven below-ground waterproofing during the design phase is critical.
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Five hospitals at risk of collapse added to new build programme
Construction Enquirer
MAY 25, 2023
The Government has added five hospital projects to its £20bn building programme due to the risk of structural collapse because of weak concrete. 40-project New Hospital Programme – so far Two hospitals are now open to patients: Northern Centre for Cancer Care – North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
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Preparing and protecting facilities from flood risks
Construction Specifier
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Whether the motivation is building code compliance, building protection and performance, or insurance premium reductions, it is necessary for facility owners and managers to address flood risk and determine how to protect their facilities. Zones B, C, and X are areas of low to moderate flood risk. Zone A has a high risk of flooding.
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Strategic Cost Estimation for Contractors in 2024
Construction Business Owner
MARCH 1, 2024
It is the foundation upon which a profitable project is built, serving as a road map for resource allocation, risk assessment and financial planning. The art of cost estimation is fraught with complexities and often undermined by factors that were either overlooked or impossible to predict.
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What’s Your Home’s Flood Risk Score?
Pro Builder
AUGUST 26, 2020
What’s Your Home’s Flood Risk Score? homeowner and home buyer will be able to see a new analysis of their property’s flood risk. A nonprofit research and technology group, First Street Foundation launched an interactive website offering flood risk data on more than 142 million homes and properties across the country in June.
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PTD Before Risk Assessment: A Historical Perspective
FDR Safety
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
It chronicles the foundations and evolution that brought those engaged in the practice of engineering and safety to the current state of PTD in one company. Applying lessons learned from individual projects was problematic because no practical risk assessment methodologies were in use. Download The Article Here .
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First Street Foundation Model Expands Flood Risk Parameters
ENR Construction
JULY 15, 2020
A new flood model from the nonprofit First Street Foundation nearly doubles the number of properties the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Special Flood Hazard Area had identified as at risk in a 1-in-100-year flood event.
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“Show Me”: Assessing The Foundation For Worker Training
FDR Safety
MARCH 11, 2019
Unfortunately, we find that much of this training has no foundation… Let me explain. I have done hundreds of Task Based Risk Assessments and handled expert cases for OSHA or personal injury where there is no foundation for the worker “training.” Show me” is a simple and fast way to assess the foundation for worker training.
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First Street Foundation Helps Homeowners Calculate Wildfire Threat Score
Pro Builder
MAY 16, 2022
First Street Foundation Helps Homeowners Calculate Wildfire Threat Score. More homes are being destroyed by wildfires than ever before, but risk assessments from the First Street Foundation offer personalized solutions for at-risk properties. Mon, 05/16/2022 - 10:27. Environmental. Home Design. Environmental.
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Tools for Building a Foundation in Safety
FDR Safety
OCTOBER 29, 2020
You are told to reduce costs and that “we are only going to comply with safety regulations and do nothing else – none of that risk-based crap. Bring the risk reduction techniques to the workforce that will actually that allow them to identify and address hazards before they are exposed. You have no excuse to go backwards.”
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What Is Foundation Repair | Foundation Techniques | Effects of Foundation Damage | What Foundation Repair Techniques Are Available
CivilJungle
MAY 16, 2021
What Is Foundation Repair? Foundation renovation is required when the foundation of a home, building , or structure is impaired & the core structure of the building is required to be repaired. Foundation Techniques. This results in movements of foundation leading to cracks which can be checked by watering.
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How to Achieve Acceptable Risk with TaBRA
FDR Safety
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
In past years I’ve written about the value of the ANSI B11 standards and risk assessment. Key to learning how risk assessment and feasible risk reduction work together is to undergo experiential learning. Key to learning how risk assessment and feasible risk reduction work together is to undergo experiential learning.
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Building The Foundation For A Great Safety Culture
FDR Safety
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
An important pillar of a healthy safety culture is the understanding that shortcuts never offer a reward that is worth the risk. The post Building The Foundation For A Great Safety Culture appeared first on FDRsafety. Cut Out The Shortcuts. We all take shortcuts in all areas of our lives.
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STRUCTURAL DEFECTS OF FOUNDATIONS AT CONSTRUCTION.
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
The problem areas, effects in foundation and defects in structure due to those causes are presented here. The problem areas, effects in foundation and defects in structure due to those causes are presented here. Insufficient width of foundation Settlement of foundation occurs due to insufficient distribution of load.
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SOLING UNDER FLOORS & FOUNDATIONS
The Constructor
AUGUST 16, 2012
Rubble Stone Soling: The rubble stone generally used are of best variety of black trap / granite / basalt or other variety of stone available locally. Tweet Loading GET LATEST TOPICS IN YOUR EMAIL- SUBSCRIBE NOW.
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How a Heritage Building’s Foundation was Restored after Flood Damage
Construction Marketing
JUNE 13, 2016
Abry Brothers and 1800 Foundation Repair – New Orleans’ oldest shoring and elevating contractor – stepped in and saved the historic property by repairing the damage to the foundation. According to the National Flood Insurance Program, flood damage is significantly more common than fire damage, particularly in high-risk areas.
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Quarter of US Critical Infrastructure Now at Risk of Failing From Floods, Report Finds
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 11, 2021
A new analysis from the First Street Foundation shows that a quarter of the country's critical infrastructure may be at risk of becoming inoperable from flooding. .
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How a Heritage Building’s Foundation was Restored after Flood Damage
Construction Marketing
AUGUST 3, 2016
Abry Brothers – New Orleans’ oldest shoring and elevating contractor – stepped in and saved the historic property by repairing the damage to the foundation. According to the National Flood Insurance Program , flood damage is significantly more common than fire damage, particularly in high-risk areas. Using the existing foundation.
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Defining acceptable risk in LOTO or machine guarding
FDR Safety
OCTOBER 27, 2015
Safety professionals concerned with safety, efficiency and compliance should have the concepts of “acceptable risk” and “feasibility” in the forefront of their thinking. In every case, the “acceptable risk” and “feasibility” of lockout/tagout or machine guarding was the central issue. Risk can be reduced or traded but not eliminated.
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New Study Says Millions More Homes Have Greater Flood Risk
Pro Builder
JUNE 30, 2020
New Study Says Millions More Homes Have Greater Flood Risk. have a high risk of flooding that is not disclosed by federal flood maps. Realtor.com reports that research nonprofit First Street Foundation discovered 14.6 million properties fit into FEMA’s 1% annual flood risk areas, where federal maps only categorized 8.7
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SETTING OUT OF FOUNDATION TRENCHES
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
The following points should he observed while setting out trenches: (i) Profiles, nails, strings and lime are used for Setting out the foundation plan. (ii) 2) The axial lines (center lines) of the trenches are marked with the help of profiles, sighting rails, strings and pegs. (3)
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Waterproof concrete: Is it enough for protecting foundations?
GCP Applied Technologies
MAY 28, 2018
Waterproof concrete: Is it enough for protecting foundations? Risk of water ingress. The risk of water ingress is even higher when the foundation is being built at or near the water table or in areas where there is heavier soil that’s prone to carry more moisture. Phillip.fry@gc…. Mon, 05/28/2018 - 13:47. May 28, 2018.
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Waterproof concrete: Is it enough for protecting foundations?
GCP Applied Technologies
MAY 28, 2018
Waterproof concrete: Is it enough for protecting foundations? Risk of water ingress. The risk of water ingress is even higher when the foundation is being built at or near the water table or in areas where there is heavier soil that’s prone to carry more moisture. Phillip.fry@gc…. Mon, 05/28/2018 - 13:47. May 28, 2018.
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Benefits of raft foundation
Construction Cost Estimating
MARCH 7, 2018
Raft foundation stands for a type of foundation developed for the reinforced concrete slab having consistent thickness (150 mm to 300 mm) that expands over the large area particularly whole footprint of the building. Once it is built up, it seems mat of concrete extends over large area, as a result it is also known as mat foundation.
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Foundation problems & causes of cracks
Construction Cost Estimating
APRIL 29, 2019
Foundation problems are great concerns for majority of houses. The foundation problems occur due to several reasons like concrete shrinking, settling of soil, construction flaws, irregular soil, ground pressures, water pressure and lots other. When the foundation problem is extreme, the structure will be significantly damaged.
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40 The Complexity Of OSHA’s PSM Standard
FDR Safety
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Unfortunately, we find that much of this training has no foundation… Let me explain. For those of you who deal with PSM, you know this is a critical first step in determining if a traditional risk-based approach will suffice from a compliance perspective. Show me” is a simple and fast way to assess the foundation for worker training.
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Alliance Contracting in Construction
Job Order Contracting
JUNE 7, 2023
It a relationship characterized by risk/reward sharing and a no blame/no-disputes framework, and full financial transparency. While there is no robust “standard” for characteristics of alliance contracts, or universal formats, foundational elements can be described.
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Julian Construction
AUGUST 1, 2012
Foundation Repair. Foundation Replacement. Foundation Repair Company Gives Tips on Earthquake Preparedness » 08/01/2012. Foundation Repair Company Warns of Foundations Issues with Older Homes. Foundation Repair Company Warns of Foundations Issues with Older Homes. Contact Info. Our Services.
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Your New Boss May Not Really Understand Safety | Part 2
FDR Safety
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
This article is apart of our “Tools For Building a Foundation in Safety” series by Luke Contos. Second , as soon as practical, begin the training and implementation on some form of shop-floor level risk assessment, such as Task Based Risk Assessment (TaBRA). Why is this work so critical?
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A new team forms to assess climate change’s effects on the built environment
BD+C
AUGUST 4, 2021
The global engineering firm Arup has joined forces with First Street Foundation , a nonprofit that specializes in climate science and flood modeling, for the purpose of co-creating products that provide climate risk data for various property types.
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Types of Bearing Capacity Failures of Foundation | Bearing Capacity Definitions | Theory of Terzaghi’s Bearing Capacity
CivilJungle
APRIL 22, 2021
Ultimate bearing capacity ( q u ): That is the least gross pressure that will result in the shear collapse of the supporting soil directly below the foundation. Net ultimate bearing power ( q un ): it is the net strain that can be added to the foundation by external loads that can only initiate the collapse of the underlying soil.
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How & When To Replace Gutters
Learn Civil Engineering
MAY 27, 2023
Your home’s foundation, walls, windows, doors, and basement are all at risk from water seepage if your gutters aren’t working correctly, mainly if they’re built of wood. The gutters of a house are an essential part of the structure, yet they are frequently ignored or disregarded. New gutters may be in need.
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5 Smart Approaches for Streamlining Your Construction Project
Construction Marketing
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Develop a Detailed Plan A detailed plan is the foundation of any successful construction project. Leverage Online Industry Tools Online industry tools are a must-have if you seek to lower construction project turnaround time and the risk of human error.
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Constructing with Intelligence: How Autodesk AI Helps You Be More Efficient
Autodesk Construction Cloud
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The good news is that you can now access better, faster, and more intelligent tools with Autodesk that can help mitigate project and business risks and further advance your team’s productivity. And as of this year along the tool has been used over 5 million times, helping Autodesk users automatically identify and minimize project risk.
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9 Types of Insurance You Need to Protect Your Contractor Business
Construction Marketing
DECEMBER 27, 2021
As a contractor, you likely know that your business is always at risk. Between the potential for accidents and injuries on the job site and the risk of lawsuits, it’s important to have insurance to protect yourself from financial losses, but what kind of insurance do you need? Builders Risk Insurance.
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Assessing Feasibility
FDR Safety
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
The answers can be determined but only after documented due diligence using Task Based Risk Assessment (past blogs) and assessing feasibility of hazard controls. coupled with lower order controls (Awareness, Training and Procedures and PPE) is typically used to achieve acceptable risk.
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Transforming Construction Payments: Autodesk's Strategic Move with Payapps Acquisition
Autodesk Construction Cloud
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
A strong financial base in construction is as vital for success as a solid physical foundation is for any building project. Paired with razor-thin profit margins, it’s increasingly difficult for construction firms to build and maintain the financial foundation necessary to compete and thrive in the industry. Increasing financial risk.
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5 Challenges in Meeting Construction Deadlines and How To Solve Them
Construction Marketing
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
For example, the foundation is one of the first items that must be completed on any construction site prior to other projects beginning. A delay in finishing the foundation blocks other tasks from being performed. Inadequate Risk Management. Some common examples of construction risks include: Inclement weather.
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Ensure Data Integrity in Fleet Management
Construction Equipment
AUGUST 25, 2020
Equipment management requires various equipment-specific software systems and technologies to effectively manage fuel consumption, inventory, operational costs, utilization, risk, productivity, and other essential areas. Sound equipment management decisions rest on the foundation of high-quality…
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Radon Caused More Than 21,000 Deaths Last Year
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
Radon typically moves up through the ground to the air above and into your home through cracks and other holes in the foundation. The science is clear at high levels, but low dose radon risk assessment gets a bit fuzzy? There is no doubt there is radiation risk even at low levels. Your home can accumulate radon inside.
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What Is Under-Reamed Pile Foundation | Uses of Under-Reamed Piles | Advantages & Disadvantages of Under-Reamed Piles | Application of Under Reamed Piles
CivilJungle
MARCH 22, 2021
What Is Under-Reamed Pile Foundation? The Under-Reamed Piles Foundation is a response in areas whereby black cotton soil might eventually cause structural instability. Taking the foundations just below scour mark. These have been shown to be suitable for factory buildings, including machine foundations. Reamed Meaning.
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Foundation Issues with Older Homes - Julian Construction Blog
Julian Construction
MAY 31, 2012
Foundation Repair. Foundation Replacement. Foundation Issues with Older Homes. This includes many of the home’s critical components such as its foundation. Older homes can also experience foundation issues if the foundation was laid on clay soil, which expands during wet weather and contracts when it is dry.
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“Show Me”: Evaluating Employee To Employee Safety Training
FDR Safety
MARCH 11, 2019
Unfortunately, we find that much of this training has no foundation… Let me explain. I have done hundreds of Task Based Risk Assessments and handled expert cases for OSHA or personal injury where there is no foundation for the worker “training.” Show me” is a simple and fast way to assess the foundation for worker training.
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