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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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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 1: We pulled out the cable to find it completely destroyed.

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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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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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Maryland Construction Crew Creates a Hallmark Moment for a Toddler

Construction Today

In Jessup, Maryland, an ordinary day on a construction site turned into a cherished memory. One-year-old Kenneth Durant, captivated by the roaring engines and movements of construction equipment, spent hours watching the local crew from Gaines and Company repair sewer lines in his neighborhood.

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5 Green Construction Practices that are becoming Standard Commercial Construction Procedures

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Erosion control measures, such silt fencing on the site of this Goodwill store Englewood built in Romeoville, Ill., This includes standard erosion control measures like installing silt fence around the job site and putting filtering material in manhole covers to prevent sediment from entering storm sewers. Repurpose and Reuse.

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25 Epic Construction Fails

Lets Build

Working on a construction site requires high levels of concentration and careful handling of the equipment. Sewers gone wild! Check out also: Hard Hat Challenge: Break the Monotony on Site. But that’s not always the case! There are countless examples of smaller or… bigger mistakes. Put some risk in your life!