ENR Travel Memories: Reporting From Disaster Zones, Various Locations, 2000s
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 30, 2024
ENR editor Tom Sawyer traveled extensively for ENR to project sites, disaster areas and war zones far afield and close to home.
Aruna Miller: Maryland Lt. Governor, a Transportation Engineer, Bolsters Work Zone Safety After Baltimore Crash
ENR Construction
JANUARY 25, 2024
On March 22, 2023, two cars traveling at excessive speeds on the I-695 inner loop in Baltimore, Md., struck each other, with the impact sending one vehicle through an opening of a concrete work zone barrier on the center median shoulder.
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Video: CDOT Tests World’s First Self-Driving Work Zone Vehicle
Construction Equipment
AUGUST 21, 2017
Last week, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) unveiled a first-of-its kind work zone vehicle designed to advance safety for roadway maintenance crews. Crash cushion trucks are customarily positioned behind road construction crews in order to protect workers from the traveling public.
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NTSB Sheds Light on Fatal Baltimore Work Zone Crash
ENR Construction
APRIL 18, 2023
An out-of-control Acura, which sped through an opening in the concrete barriers separating a work zone from highway travel lanes on Interstate-695, caused six worker fatalities.
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Storage Units: Are They Worth Buying Or Building?
Construction Marketing
JANUARY 6, 2023
To Help Regular Travelers. Depending on their line of work, some people travel frequently. The following are believed to be some of the disadvantages of building your own storage units: Many excellent settlements lack the land or zoning necessary for construction. . Purpose Of The Storage. Drawbacks Of Building Storage Units.
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Are Your Hotel General Contractors Checked In or Out?
HardHatChat
MAY 15, 2013
As the summer approaches and schools across the country will be taking an extended break, the busiest travel season of the year will begin. Smith Travel Research reports that U.S. Nationally, real spending on travel and tourism turned up in the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in 2013.
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CDOT Tests Self-Driving Work Zone Vehicle: Video
Construction Equipment
AUGUST 21, 2017
Last week, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) unveiled a first-of-its-kind work zone vehicle designed to advance safety for roadway maintenance crews. Crash cushion trucks are customarily positioned behind road construction crews in order to protect workers from the traveling public.
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Cars vs Work Zones
Construction Equipment
MAY 25, 2016
Thirty-nine percent of highway contractors reported that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America.
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ENR Travel Memories: Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, Ukraine 2008
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 24, 2024
ENR correspondent Peter Reina took a journey into the Chernobyl exclusion zone in eastern Ukraine to see the construction of a new enclosure over the reactor at the destroyed nuclear power station.
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Why Hiring a Non-Local Commercial Construction Contractor is Crazy…Like a Fox
HardHatChat
APRIL 6, 2010
The travel expenses alone for a non-local general contractor would inflate a retail construction bid to the point where the job isn’t economical. The construction project should be completed on time, if not earlier, due to the subs’ familiarity with the area, zoning, traffic, etc. Well, it’s not like that.
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Zoning Clearance Thoughts
Revit OpEd
NOVEMBER 23, 2019
A long time fellow Revit traveler reached out to me via Revit Lifeline last night asking about zoning clearance ideas. They also want them to prove it doesn't extend into a zone that leans back into the site. I used the floor's offset parameter to move it up above the surface by the zoning height required.
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Check Construction Vibration Impact Zone With Your Phone
Construction Equipment
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
The Travelers insurance company has introduced a new digital tool that can help contractors identify areas around a construction site that may be negatively affected by the ground vibrations caused by heavy equipment.
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Construction outcry grows over London ULEZ expansion
Construction Enquirer
APRIL 23, 2023
The Builders Merchants Federation is warning that Greater London could become a “no- go area” for many SME builders and other trades following the introduction of the expanded ULEZ zone in August. The Ultra-Low Emission Zone is set to be expanded on August 29, imposing a £12.50
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The Travel & Tourism Game
Business Facilities
AUGUST 7, 2019
Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. million directly in the travel industry and 6.8 Domestic travel spending directly supported 7.7 By the BF Staff.
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5 Ways To Give High Fives To Remote Employees
Construction Marketing
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Leaders who travel regularly to see employees in their environments and time zones can give handshakes that establish more trust than any emoji ever could. Face time with employees (not the app on your smartphone. although that’s okay in a pinch) is an important appreciation strategy that shouldn’t be overlooked.
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Global Passport
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 14, 2014
The CDC director opposes a ban on travel from the Ebola hot zone in Africa. Aerospace And Defense Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Topic Featured Post International Online Features Ports And Free Trade Zones Quality Of Life The Editor''s Blog Uncategorized' Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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When ENR Editors Head for Disaster Zones
ENR Construction
APRIL 26, 2023
ENR editors are known for their prolific and sometimes challenging overseas travel, especially in reporting on disasters of all kinds.
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Georgia Ports Authority Reaches Milestone On Mason Mega Rail Terminal
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Rail cars are now traveling newly installed track linking Garden City Terminal’s Chatham and Mason rail yards, which boosts on-terminal storage capacity by 35 percent. Read: Georgia Ports Authority Reaches Milestone On Mason Mega Rail Terminal at BusinessFacilities.com.
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How Owners Should Comply with OSHA Roofing Safety Guidelines
Pro Builder
MAY 27, 2020
OSHA has designated three work zones on low-slope roofs with unprotected edges that are four feet or more above a lower level. The extremely high danger zone (less than six feet from the roof’s edge) requires a protective feature such as a guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall protection systems (e.g.,
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7 Kitchen Designs for Today's Lifestyles
Pro Builder
MAY 18, 2021
Directly beyond the outdoor room’s living zone is a trellised space for dining al fresco. B: A drop zone and walk-in pantry provide a place for occupants to leave their keys and shopping bags upon arrival . F: The dining zone easily seats 8 to 10 people . D: The outdoor room can be optioned to be a conservatory .
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Coronavirus and travel: Can you get a refund and how do flight and travel credits and vouchers work?
Construction Test
MAY 7, 2020
Although we are now banned from travelling out of Australia except for emergencies, many travellers now find ourselves on an unknown path through unfamiliar territory. Millions of Australians, myself included, have booked and paid for overseas travel in the next few months. Refunds, vouchers and cancellations.
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Sight and sound : Enhancing light and acoustics with flooring contractors
Construction Specifier
APRIL 4, 2025
Examples of soundproofing underlayments installers may choose from include: RubberMade from recycled rubber, these underlayments provide excellent impact noise reduction by absorbing vibrations and sound energy before they travel through the subfloor. Sound control in these areas helps protect patient confidentiality by limiting voice travel.
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59 STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
For years, the name Florida has been firmly associated with travel and tourism, and the state has enjoyed one of the world’s best known leisure brands. According to the 73rd Annual Report released by the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the U.S. In 2011, merchandise received and exported from the Zone reached $3.7 Its FTZ No.
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Managing moisture in construction: Effective strategies for durable roofing systems
Construction Specifier
JULY 25, 2024
In hot and warm climate regions (ASHRAE Zones 0 to 3—including sub-part A, B, C regions), construction-generated moisture may go unnoticed until musty air is detected, or biological growth is discovered. Typically, water vapor or moisture movement—called diffusion—travels from warm humid (i.e. A 102-mm (4-in.)-thick
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Monorail Train In India
The Constructor
DECEMBER 14, 2011
The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track. Related posts: SEISMIC ZONES IN INDIA Social Impacts of Large Dams in India in india if you a lease a land and do some land levelling (soil improvement) which expenditure will it be?
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Safe Lifting Practices: 5 P’s to Reduce Risk
Safety Services Company
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
Without even touching the load, you should trace the entire path of travel to the final location to make sure the entire way is clear for the load. Avoid carrying loads that interfere with a clear view of your travel path or have a spotter make sure no obstacles present a tripping hazard while the object is in motion.
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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 17, 2016
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) Program was created in 1934 with the goal of helping businesses in the U.S. According to the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ), in 2014, goods exported directly from U.S. As the region’s conduit to travel, BNA often serves as the first and last impression of Nashville for travelers.
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Airline business and first class pyjamas: Why travellers are obsessed with them
Construction Test
MAY 4, 2020
The comfort zone. Back in 2012 a pair of Aussie medicos travelling first class refused to fly aboard their Qantas flight from LA to Melbourne because the airline didn’t have their XL size. The post Airline business and first class pyjamas: Why travellers are obsessed with them appeared first on Construction Test Daily.
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An Old Stone Schoolhouse in Wales Converted to a Home
Natural Building
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The bold color on the chimney breast demands your eyes to travel up the structure to marvel at the exposed beams and ceiling above. The kitchen diner has enough space for a sociable dining zone, as well as a classic stable door out to the garden. The stone fireplace creates a central area with seating nestled around it.
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What Is Pavement Marking | Types of Pavement Markings & Their Meanings
CivilJungle
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
Once you see yellow and white colour lines dividing travel lanes or marking the middle of the route, it means that traffic is moving in one way or both ways. The yellow line divides traffic travelling in opposite directions, while the white line divides traffic heading in the same direction. No passing zones. No-Passing Zones.
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Europe Day: Celebrating some of Europe’s biggest infrastructure projects
Autodesk Construction Cloud
MAY 9, 2022
Trains will be able to travel up to 200 km/h – so when the tunnel replaces the ferry link, crossing the border itself will take just a ten-minute drive. Travelling across the Brenner Pass between Innsbruck in Austria and Bolzano in Italy is a popular route. A new rail route between Austria and Italy deep beneath the Alps.
Expanding the exterior footprint
Construction Specifier
JANUARY 31, 2022
In fact, officials of New York City are beginning to re-examine its zoning to ensure green spaces and parks are accessible and equitably distributed throughout the urban landscape. It also creates a new building zone called the ‘mid-doors,’ a term coined recently by Transsolar’s Erik Olsen, in his series “What is Indoors?”
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Distracted Driving
Safety Services Company
MAY 23, 2017
If that driver is traveling 55 mph, it is as if that driver is traveling the length of a football field blindfolded. Employers should develop a clear policy regarding the use of mobile electronic devices by: Defining company vehicles are “text-free zones”. Regulations.
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How Permasteelisa Deploys Hands-free Construction Management
Autodesk Construction Cloud
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
During the pandemic, this has also helped us limit travel as much as possible, which has been crucial to mitigate the virus and keeping our teams safe.” . Travel times have been significantly reduced, keeping projects moving forward more efficiently.
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Managing Moisture in Walls
Pro Builder
APRIL 7, 2021
Capillary action: When porous materials (wood, masonry, others) become saturated with moisture, the moisture will continue to travel through the material until it runs into an impenetrable barrier. Well-installed WRBs are important in all climate zones. . Such barriers are referred to as “capillary breaks.”
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The dream ticket: Travel is stuck in the sidings for now – but when the world’s back on track, there’s no greater train ride than aboard the glorious Canadian
Construction Test
APRIL 24, 2020
Griff Rhys Jones travelled on the cross-continental train, The Canadian, with stops at Edmonton, Winnipeg and Jasper. The trip, with stops at Edmonton, Winnipeg and Jasper would take four days and four nights across five of Canada’s six time zones. But, hey, it made us feel like proper travellers. Airports closed. Good gracious!
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T-SLAB® takes precast concrete floor systems to the next level
Construction Specifier
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Blocks can be placed where they’re needed or left out to accommodate various design elements, such as floor drains, electric conduits and boxes, solid zones, large openings with additional reinforcement, and more. Travelers Rest High School was only the first of many T-SLAB projects for Tindall. T-SLAB ® in action.
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T-SLAB takes precast concrete floor systems to the next level
Construction Specifier
JULY 5, 2021
Blocks can be placed where they are needed or left out to accommodate various design elements, such as floor drains, electric conduits and boxes, solid zones, large openings with additional reinforcement, and more. Travelers Rest High School was the first of many T-SLAB projects for Tindall. T-SLAB in action.
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Key Elements in a Fluid-applied Barrier System Specification
Construction Specifier
JUNE 5, 2024
This ultimately facilitates a degree of moisture transfer and promotes circulation and drying, which can come in handy in cold climates with “interior to exterior vapor drive,” such as climate zones 6, 7, and 8. Notes 1 See the “ IECC climate zone map.”
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3 ways the most innovative companies work differently
BD+C
APRIL 15, 2024
Innovators are approximately three times more likely to have spaces for individual work such as quiet zones, alternate individual workspaces, and focus rooms; spaces for group work, such as innovation hubs; and spaces to rest/restore, such as game rooms and rest/nap spaces. Innovators have a wide array of spaces to choose from at the office.
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When office-to-residential conversion works
BD+C
JUNE 28, 2023
Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” Eliminating single-use zoning so people can live throughout the city, where all of its districts thrive at all times, is a “net positive,” he says. This zoning provides opportunities to create a profitable development.”
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A Home for the Ages: Sustainability, Health, and Attainability in One
Pro Builder
DECEMBER 13, 2021
In 2018, Wilson recognized that buyers born between 1946 and 1967 were struggling to live up to the media stereotype of wealthy Baby Boomers living out their golden years in gated communities playing pickleball, hosting charity events, and traveling the world. Fellow builders have taken notice, too.
DebunkTheBIM: Have you got any idea how silly you look and sound?
DebunkTheBIM
MAY 19, 2012
And those over-confident, largely mono-lingual tourists I often see on my travels, that work enthusiastically to out bargain local sellers on ethnic markets using a 100 word-phrase book. I am a bit sorry if this BIM thing was dumped on you ‘suddenly’ and caught you unaware.
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Traffic Rotary | Advantages & Disadvantages of Traffic Rotary | Design Elements of Traffic Rotary | Rules for the Selection of Traffic Rotary | Traffic Operations in a Traffic Rotary
CivilJungle
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Vehicles joining the rotary system are softly pushed to travel in the clockwise direction in an ordered fashion. Advantages of Traffic Rotary: The flow of traffic is controlled in only one direction of travel, thereby avoid significant disputes between crossing movements. The radius of the island, which would be almost 1.3
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