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Contractor wanted for Super Sewer testing phase

Construction Enquirer

London’s new super sewer client Tideway is set to start the hunt for a contractor to maintain thousands of infrastructure assets through the project’s performance and reliability testing phase.

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Sewer Company Cited After Cave-Ins at Two Job Sites

Construction Equipment

OSHA has cited Taylor’s Drain and Sewer Service for 10 safety violations, including two willful. OSHA found that the company failed to protect workers from cave-ins during trenching operations at two separate jobs sites in Lincoln, Neb., leading to a worker suffering a serious injury. OSHA has proposed penalties of $194,000.'

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SITE PLANNING

The Constructor

The requirements of site for buildings with different occupancies are different. So all the buildings proposed for different purposes have different requirements and thus different considerations for their site selection. The site should be in fully developed area or in the area which has potential of development.

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Characteristic of a site plan for construction

Construction Cost Estimating

Site Plan: In a site plan, the location of the work according to the surroundings is provided. The north direction is also demonstrated on one of the corners of the site plan to provide the geographical orientation of the building. Site plans, together with location plans are required for planning applications.

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Dewatering system at job site

Construction Cost Estimating

Dewatering refers to a method that is applied to extract groundwater confined inside the soil of the construction site to make the foundation long-lasting. Under this method, the water is released through storm drains, municipal sewer system and irrigation purposes. The following methods are mostly used for dewatering :- 1.

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Rhobina Electric Fined Following Fatal Trench Accident

Construction Equipment

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Rhobina Electric $37,318 after a trench collapsed and killed a worker at a Taylor, Mississippi, job site. The worker had been installing sewer pipe… Rhobina, based in Batesville, Mississippi, is a commercial and plumbing contractor.

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Is offsite construction the answer to jobsite safety concerns?

GCP Applied Technologies

While some folks commonly think of precast as grey concrete, used for sewer systems or structural elements, it can also be used to construct entire buildings, including schools, office structures, and condominiums. Is offsite construction the answer to jobsite safety concerns? Phillip.fry@gc…. Wed, 08/26/2020 - 10:37. August 26, 2020.

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