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Important Things to Know Before Building a Commercial Building

Construction Marketing

There are several different options including concrete, metal, and fabric. Concrete buildings can withstand more environmental wear over time, while metal buildings are low on maintenance, and fabric buildings can be put up and taken down easily. . Safety Preparations. Considering Drainage.

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Innovative Approaches to Industrial Construction Project Management

Construction Marketing

This has obviously led to large-scale improvements in the way structures are designed and building materials are fabricated. Be Willing to Take More Risks Taking risks does not mean ignoring safety. Therefore, project managers need to be on alert for potential safety hazards throughout the process.

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Material health: Metal fabric in healthcare design

Construction Specifier

By Dale Payne Photos ©Moris Moreno Photography/courtesy GKD Metal Fabrics Pandemic-level illness, a nationwide mental health crisis, and healthcare worker burnout are fueling a reimagined future for America’s healthcare infrastructure. Why metal fabric? percent annually this year and next.

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WELL Health-Safety Rating & LEED Safety First: What You Need To Know

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Here, we’ll dive into the new WELL Health-Safety Rating and LEED Safety First pilot credits —along with a nod to Arc’s Re-Entry tool —to help familiarize project practitioners with their rating system-aligned options for building re-entry and the post-pandemic built environment. WELL Health-Safety Rating. Who should care?

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Minnesota-Based Pipeliner Achieves Safety Milestone

Construction Equipment

The company is a pipeline contractor that works in pipeline maintenance and construction, fabrication, horizontal directional drilling, hydrostatic testing, and… United Piping (UPI), based in Duluth, Minnesota, finished 2019 with a record of 2.5 million hours worked without a lost-time injury.

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Several Viewpoint Clients among ENR’s Best Construction Projects of 2017

Viewpoint Construction Technology

More than 700 projects were submitted from across the country and were judged on high standards of teamwork, safety, problem-solving, innovation and quality. DPR Construction, KT Fabrication and University Mechanical & Engineering. The team had zero lost-time incidents and an OSHA Recordable Incident Rate of 0.19

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How to Wash Safety Vests – 4 Simple Steps to Follow

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They are very important in terms of safety in workplaces to make you visible in high traffic areas. Washing the high visibility safety vests isn’t that easy as washing normal clothes because you need to be very careful about fading of the colors. Steps to Wash High Visibility Safety Vests. Use very mild detergent to wash them.

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