Health and Safety

Jeff Winke - Mon November 14, 2016

BLOG: Measuring the Fatigue of a Heavy Equipment Operator

One of the jobs I had in college to pay for tuition, books, and youthful folly was in the housekeeping department at a local major department store. Sunday mornings I would vacuum the restaurant and empty the trash containers behind the registers throughout the store....

Mon October 17, 2016

Contractors from Pennsylvania and Texas Receive National Safety Awards

Transportation construction companies from Pennsylvania and Texas were recognized for their outstanding corporate worker safety programs at the 2016 American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) National Convention in Tucson, Arizona....

Mon October 17, 2016

Dakota Pipeline Work Resumes Amid More Arrests

ST. ANTHONY, N.D. (AP) - Authorities have arrested more than a dozen protesters during demonstrations against the Dakota Access oil pipeline this weekend. Police arrested 14 protesters at three protest sites on Saturday....

Fri October 14, 2016

ADOT&PF to End Seasonal Maintenance in October

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) will end seasonal maintenance, including snow and ice removal, on the Denali Highway, Taylor Highway, and the Road to Tanana, in October....

CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and RUSS BYNUM - AP - Thu October 13, 2016

Hurricane Matthew Damages May Be in the Billions

For a storm that inflicted less damage than many had feared, Hurricane Matthew nevertheless impaired or destroyed more than 1 million structures, forced businesses from Florida to North Carolina to close and put thousands temporarily out of work....

Wed October 12, 2016

Industry Launches New Safety Program

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has launched a groundbreaking professional certification program developed by safety leaders from some of the nation's top transportation infrastructure firms, the insurance industry, organized labor and government....

Wed October 12, 2016

Crane Operator Rescues Injured Construction Worker

ATLANTA (AP) - First responders used the help of a crane operator to rescue an injured construction worker from the seventh floor of an Atlanta building. WXIA-TV (http://on.11alive.com/2dXXhDj ) reports that the unidentified worker was hurt and unable to make his way down seven flights of wooden, temporary stairs at the construction site near Perimeter Mall....

Tue October 11, 2016

FEMA Halts $30M Repayment for Katrina Homes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it won't repay Mississippi for nearly $30 million spent to retrofit homes after Hurricane Katrina unless the state can prove the money was well spent....

Thu October 06, 2016

Eye Trax Introduces Two New Security Cameras for Remote Jobsite Survelliance

Eye Trax, a global manufacturer of wireless camera systems, adds two new camera systems to its product line-up — the Mega and the Predator series. The Eye Trax Mega series cameras are designed for security applications that require exceptional high-resolution images, up to 12MB (4,000 x 3,000 pixels), of recorded events....

Thu October 06, 2016

Construction Crews Batten Down the Hatches Awaiting Matthew

The website The Real Deal is reporting that across South Florida, builders and developers were busy preparing active construction sites on Wednesday, as Hurricane Matthew, a powerful Category 3 storm, barrels toward the coastline....