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National Electrical Safety Month: Key Workplace Safety Tips

Safety Services Company

In May, we celebrate National Electrical Safety Month (NESM) by emphasizing the importance of prioritizing the safety of your team members through strict adherence to electrical safety protocols. Out of those, 81 fatalities occurred from direct contact with electricity, likely causing electrocution.

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Welding 101: 6 Different Types

Construction Marketing

Stick welding uses a source of power that sends out a constant current electric arc. Energy/electron welding is performed in a vacuum environment, as gas can cause the beam to scatter. It doesn’t need any large electrical equipment and is still capable of welding, cutting and brazing most metals. What is welding? 5) Gas welding.

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Essential Reasons Why Everyone Should Be Certified in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Construction Marketing

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a certification that aids in improving building performance and reduces the impact on the environment. It provides guidelines to create an efficient and sustainable built environment that encourages market competitiveness and public health improvement. LEED’s Five Main Categories.

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Public Sector Facilities Preventive Maintenance – Financial and Technical/Financial Visibility Criticality

Job Order Contracting

Building component system or type of building equipment group, i.e. Electrical (ELEC), Heating Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC). Increase valve inspection frequency if equipment is installed in a corrosive environment. Check dash pot oil in main starter. Inspect evaporator and condenser tubes.

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7 design lessons for future-proofing academic medical centers

BD+C

That’s a huge challenge … You start with a structural grid, and you work from there and allow for that physical environment to adapt over time from what might today be inpatient care to outpatient care to clinical research to wet bench research to officing. We must change the health of the community. That’s just not acceptable.

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4 Reasons to Upgrade Your Construction Equipment

Constructonomics

Defective equipment will lead to serious injuries or fatalities, apart from causing system, structural and electrical failures. You don’t want to provide an unsafe working environment and you definitely wouldn’t want to be held liable for any employee injuries caused by faulty equipment. – Increased Productivity.

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Make Crane Safety Priority One!

Constructonomics

You can find a variety of products on their website including jib cranes, gantry cranes, or an electric hoist. Moving heavy loads around a work environment demands careful attention to safety. Before closing a main switch, all controllers must be set in the “off” position. When not in use, loads should be lowered and secured.

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