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5 Green Construction Practices that are becoming Standard Commercial Construction Procedures

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Anyone in the commercial construction industry knows there are a variety of certifications and designations that individuals, companies and projects can achieve to show they follow a high level of green commercial construction practices. Construction Site Recycling. Repurpose and Reuse.

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SITE PLANNING

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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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Commercial Construction CSI – How to Uncover the Demons in Your Construction Site

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Step 2: We rented a sewer camera and discovered a metal object stuck to the existing pipe, which scraped the cable and caused the explosion. At one point or another, even the best Chicago commercial construction contractors are susceptible to a construction site demon. Step 3: We fixed the problem. Case closed.

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Is offsite construction the answer to jobsite safety concerns?

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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. Commercial buildings. Is offsite construction the answer to jobsite safety concerns? Phillip.fry@gc…. August 26, 2020.

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All You Need To Know About Construction Project Management To Get Started

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Even infrastructure projects like roads and sewers. The most common types of construction projects are residential, commercial, roadway, industrial and heavy construction. It’s important that project management teams are able to keep up with the communications needed by a stakeholder to workers on-site, or vice versa.

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Rhobina Electric Fined Following Fatal Trench Accident

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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. Rhobina, based in Batesville, Mississippi, is a commercial and plumbing contractor. The worker had been installing sewer pipe…

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Contractor Repeatedly Cited for Trenching Hazards

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For a second time, OSHA cited Mike Neri Sewer & Water Contractor Inc. for failing to protect workers from cave-ins during trenching at a commercial job site in Des Plaines, Ill. An inspector witnessed the hazard while traveling past the construction site on July 24, 2013, leading to an official inspection.'