A Debt to be Paid: Employing our Veterans

What has 4 decades as an employer taught me about hiring and managing veterans? That it’s the smartest move I can make in terms...

RFID Benefits Freedom Tower at WTC

RFID helped set the foundation for the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower that was constructed where the World Trade Center’s original Twin Towers stood in New...

Avoid Random Cracking

From warehouses to retail showcases to grocery stores and beyond, polyurea is outperforming traditional epoxy, silicone, and polyurethane materials to fill and seal concrete...
Aerial Access Equipment

Aerial Access Equipment

Apparently workers on scaffolding are tougher than most. For them, fall protection is not required by OSHA until 10 feet (pity the poor worker...
clauses

Dispute Resolution Clauses Are Out of Control!

I am often called upon to review contract documents on behalf of my contractor clients. In doing so, I have noticed a trend lately for...
Minimizing OSHA Liability

Minimizing OSHA Liability : More Than an Ounce of Prevention

OSHA penalties can be costly. In fact, a single “repeat” or “willful” violation can result in a penalty of $126,749. And, if you have...
driver behavior

Distracted: Understanding New Trends in Driver Behavior

Reviewing OSHA’s ten most frequently cited safety and health violations and the OSHA Fatal Four listing, an OSHA representative commented: “One remarkable thing about...
OSHA regulations

Minimizing OSHA Exposure

It has often been said, “In the eyes of , if it isn’t written down, it didn’t happen.” Regardless of whether this view is...

Solution to Reduce Construction Risk

Three quarters of building owners and contractors have experienced a dispute or claim in the last 3 years, and nine in ten say increased...

Excavating The Past

Chicago, Illinois-based Pan-Oceanic Construction is in the midst of upgrading the sanitary sewer system on the city’s Lower West Side along West Cermak Road...