Posts Tagged ‘Occupational Safety and Health Administration’

Building Under Construction Collapses

Four people were hurt when a building under construction in De Pere collapsed shortly before nine o’clock Tuesday morning.
Eight workers were inside and outside the Snap Fitness building, just north of the Wal-Mart on Scheuring Road. Four people were on the roof and four were inside at the time of the collapse.
Three of the men [...]

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 In Building Construction, General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Danray Products releases its latest portable shield

Danray Products LLC released its SHD-2315MP shield specifically designed for use on milling machines to safeguard personnel from point-of-operation hazards as well as protect them from flying chips, sparks, coolant, and other particles. This shield has a vise cutout and comes with screws to be attached to a standard 6-inch vise. This shield complies with [...]

Sunday, August 19th, 2007 In Construction Machinery Tags: , , ,

Bob Moore Construction Completes Cornerstone 1 Distribution Center in Flower Mound, Texas

Located in the center of the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex and within ten miles of two major airports, the city of Flower Mound has become one of the fastest growing cities in Texas.
In response to this growth, Flaherty Development recently completed the new 651,000 SF Cornerstone 1 Distribution Center in Flower Mound’s Lakeside Industrial [...]

Saturday, June 9th, 2007 In Building Construction Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Bob Moore Construction Completes Cornerstone 1 Distribution Center in Flower Mound, Texas

Located in the center of the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex and within ten miles of two major airports, the city of Flower Mound has become one of the fastest growing cities in Texas.
In response to this growth, Flaherty Development recently completed the new 651,000 SF Cornerstone 1 Distribution Center in Flower Mound’s Lakeside Industrial [...]

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 In Construction Machinery, General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Bob Moore Construction Receives 2007 Outstanding Construction Award for Mouser Electronics Project

Bob Moore Construction has received the 2007 Outstanding Construction Award from Texas Building Branch-Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). The company was selected as the top submission in the category of Industrial / Warehouse Over $5 Million.
The Texas Building Branch AGC is the service office for all AGC building chapters in the State of Texas. [...]

Monday, May 21st, 2007 In Building Construction, General News, Home Improvement Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

OSHA Settles Building And Construction Trades Department Challenge To Hexavalent Chromium Standard

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently signed an agreement with the Building Construction Trades Department (BCTD), AFL-CIO, Laborers’ International Union of North America, and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to settle their challenge to OSHA’s hexavalent chromium standard (BCTD, et al., v. OSHA, Case No. 06-2433 (3d Cir.)).
As a result [...]

Saturday, April 28th, 2007 In Building Construction, General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Teen Safety Campaign Focuses on Construction

OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr., as well as key construction stakeholders from organizations such as the National Association of Home Builders, the Associated Builders of America, the Construction Safety Council and many others, provided educational materials to working teens at the event, which was held at Thomas Edison High School in Silver Spring, Md. The [...]

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 In Architecture, Building Construction, Construction Equipment, General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Construction accidents take a toll

Buffalo’s downtown housing renaissance, a long-awaited dream come true, came at a huge cost. And few paid as big a price as Dan D’Andrea.
D’Andrea, a young, ambitious construction worker eager to get his own contracting business off the ground, suddenly found himself in a wheelchair two years ago.
He was working at the old Holling Press [...]

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 In Building Construction, General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Four construction workers injured in natural gas explosion

Four construction workers were injured today in a natural gas explosion at a luxury condominium tower construction site on the Las Vegas Strip, officials said.
Two workers were hospitalized in serious condition, one with burns over 30% of his body, Clark County fire spokesman Scott Allison said in a telephone interview.
A third worker was taken to [...]

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 In General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Century Group, Inc. Develops enhanced curved crossing designs and construction processes for railroads in areas where highway and railway grade crossings are installed in curved railway track grades

Century dedicates efforts in the development of concrete railway crossing panels. With extensive expertise in railroad construction, Century initiated an intense program to enhance the safety and dependability of curved railway crossings using their proven processes of precast concrete construction and made to purpose design engineering, Century can help evaluate and provide the best solution [...]

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 In General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,