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Post-Pandemic Industrial Parks: Risk-Resilient, Resource Efficient

Business Facilities

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that social, health and environmental risks are economic risks. Industrial parks can mitigate risks by embracing a resource-efficient eco-industrial concept. Read: Post-Pandemic Industrial Parks: Risk-Resilient, Resource Efficient at BusinessFacilities.com.

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New Logistics Park a “Game-Changer” in Northwest Ohio

Business Facilities

million square-foot development which provides businesses reduced transportation costs, lower supply chain expenses, and ultimately mitigates risk and increases profits. Located adjacent to the CSX Intermodal, Logistics Park Ohio is a new 2.5

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Risk or Reward? Using Drones on Your Construction Project

Best Practices Construction Law

In this week’s issue of ENR , technology writer Luke Abaffy details the use of drones by Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to conduct bridge inspections. The issue therefore raises the question of whether the use of new technologies, such as inspection by drones, present a risk or a reward?

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Contractors Should Beware of Recovery Risks | ENR: Engineering.

ENR Construction

Transportation. Contractors Should Beware of Recovery Risks. Description: Contractors face recovery risk when they take on too much work after they’ve depleted their staff, cash and other resources. Risk management. BONUS: ENR Future Tech & ENR Risk Review at no additional charge. contact us. industry jobs.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

Business Facilities

Ports provide the link for getting goods to consumers and transporting U.S. Dyersburg, TN is located at a strategic point on the North American transportation grid, very near the center point of the United States population. Adequate fill material available at no cost for tenant projects (transport costs only).

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State of the Construction Industry: August Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

According to Safety+Health magazine, researchers at OSHA and the National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently examined cases of outdoor work-related heat illnesses. They concluded that OSHA’s threshold for occupational heat risks — currently 91 degrees — should be lowered to 85 degrees.

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Construction Employers Add 6,000 Workers to Payrolls in May, Unemployment Rate Declines

Construction Superintendent Magazine

However, association officials cautioned that gains remain spotty and that thousands of highway construction jobs are at risk because of a pending halt in federal transportation funding later this summer. Construction employers added 6,000 workers to payrolls in May as the industry’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.6 frontpage'