OSHA Interviews: Understanding and Exercising Your Rights
Section 8(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 authorizes OSHA to inspect workplaces “during regular working hours and at other...
170 Points of Accuracy
Nordic PCL is the prime contractor on the Waiea tower, a 38-story structure that will be home to 171 ultra-luxury condominiums as part of...
Recovering Delay Damages Despite Timely Completion
Construction projects frequently encounter delays to the work. A delay which is compensable to a contractor is one that was not anticipated when the...
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...
Monolithic Ready Mix, Race-Against-Time
The daunting challenge of laying a 49,000-square-foot by 3-foot-thick monolithic concrete foundation—within a record-setting 12 hours—was no easy task for leading ready-mix manufacturer Silvi...
Raising Safety Awareness in the Aerial Access Industry
In support of OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction week held earlier in May, Genie released its Upcoming Changes to ANSI...
The Power of Diamond Grit
Hudson’s Furniture operates 18 stores in the Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando, and Ormond Beach, Florida, area. The company offers a variety of American brand...
The Special Dangers of a Confined Space: Monitoring the hazard with...
According to OSHA, a confined space is a space whose configuration and/or contents may present special dangers not found in normal work areas. Confined...
Standardization Will Drive M2M Adoption
Telematics technology for your heavy equipment fleet
Ten years ago, satellite was considered the best—and perhaps only—option to track construction equipment across the country and...
Cutting Through Scheduling Hassles
Boss, the framing sub just called and he can’t field a crew for another week or two.”
“In that case, we better tell the insulation...









