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2024 AHR Expo: Hydronic Snow and Ice Melting System Design to Optimize Performance and Efficiency

Contractor Magazine

Many hospitals, schools, senior facilities, and commercial buildings install snow and ice melt systems for safety -- and to reduce liability.

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Construction Law: April 2024

Construction Law

News Our news round up looks at Birmingham City Council on the verge of starting the judicial review application to try and reverse a government refusal to approve a major highways contract; a warning to avoid ‘group think’ in major public sector project delivery; and a new framework to promote the use of artificial intelligence in project delivery.

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Construction Law: March 2024

Construction Law

News Our regular news round up includes a call from insurance companies for pilot projects to find investment models for green infrastructure; failure of another legal challenge to the Stonehenge project; and a warning that the new Building Safety Regulator is looking for a high profile prosecution to make a point.

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Lendlease recladding costs soar to £151m

Construction Enquirer

A major hike in the expected cost of remediating legacy hire-rise buildings for fire safety in the UK has plunged global construction group Lendlease into the red. He said the liability primarily related to buildings developed by house builder Crosby, acquired by Lendlease in 2005.

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OSHA Testing Can Reduce Employer Liability, Saves Companies Money

Construction Law Monitor

million workers suffer serious injury or illness related to their jobs, according to a white paper published by Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor (OSHA).While While it’s not possible to prevent every accident, the need to promote safety in the workplace is obvious.

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Will GFCI Revisions for Manufacturers Confuse the Trades?

Pro Builder

In 2012, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) worked with UL and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to announce changes for GFCIs and revisions to UL 943. Recently, there has been some good news and bad news. In other cases of GFCI safety, UL provided much shorter timeframes for compliance. .

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October 2014 newsletter

FDR Safety

On-the-job accidents that result in worker deaths typically make news headlines, but for all the attention that news coverage brings to workplace safety issues, it misses an important point: more than 96 percent of fatal injuries occur outside the workplace. Off-the-job accidents: hidden costs to employers. By Fred Rine.

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