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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. The current flows through the flux coated welding electrode—the coating makes sure the weld zone isn’t exposed to air while the rod is melting. Energy/electron welding is performed in a vacuum environment, as gas can cause the beam to scatter.

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REINFORCEMENT CORROSION-CAUSES & PREVENTION

The Constructor

Concrete is capable of conducting and electric current and acts as the electrolyte with the circuit being completed by the bar through which the electrons can flow. However the highly alkaline environment (pH about 12.8) provided by good quality concrete produces a protective layer around the steel preventing the flow of current.

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What Will It Take for the Construction Industry to Reduce Carbon Emissions?

Fieldwire

Environmental researchers also predict the built environment will double by 2060. Environmentalists target builders through the Paris Agreement because most of humanity lives in the built environment. One of the most valuable technologies in the construction industry is heavy electric machinery.

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Could ‘smart’ building facades heat and cool buildings?

BD+C

TEs can convert temperature differences (or heat flux) into electrical energy. Could we implement TE devices in building facades to use the temperature difference between inside and outside to generate electrical energy? And we could even generate electricity when the spaces are not occupied. What are thermoelectric materials?

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

A state may have the largest installed capacity of a certain type of renewable energy, but that state won’t meet its renewable energy portfolio standard’s goal if only 10 percent of its electricity is generated from renewables. Bill Lee has cited TN’s business-friendly environment in several recent project announcements.

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Sustainable Building by the Numbers

Pro Builder

For our part, Tri Pointe Homes has developed and actively promotes its LivingSmart program, a comprehensive program involving the development, design, construction and ongoing operation of high-performing homes aimed at generating cost-savings for our homeowners and a better environment for their families, and the planet. . Sustainability.