Articles Tagged with ''Construction Safety''

As the last of 41 workers trapped for 17 days emerged this week, there are growing calls to reemphasize safety and geology risks as the nation embarks on a rapid infrastructure buildout.

A 399,000-sq-ft replacement facility for Canyons School District required the phased demolition of an old school, which remained occupied, on a constrained site.

A $14.8-million, 400-ft two-span steel girder bridge over I-29 now connects the existing 64th Avenue South east of the interstate with new construction to the west, improving system linkage, safety and efficiency in the rapidly growing southern neighborhoods of Fargo.

The 2023 Best Projects contest received nearly 100 entries from the seven-state region, garnering 56 awards across 20 categories.

Employers say the change would give union representatives access to nonunion jobsites and create safety liabilities.

A project superintendent for an Indiana-based paving company worked on behalf of a law allowing speed cameras in roadway construction zones.   

To complete the major demolition and rehabilitation of this 100-year-old pump station, the project team replaced 36-in. and 42-in. discharge piping with a new loop piping arrangement, which included removing and replacing the concrete structure with new auger cast piles, slabs, walls and decking around this discharge piping.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics report indicates improvement in a key industry safety indicator, even as construction employment has continued to rise.

A worker was wearing safety gear when he fell, but a steel beam cut his lifeline. 

Triumph Construction failed to properly support a trench before a slab collapsed on two workers, OSHA officials say.