Wed September 14, 2016
Portable Bridges from Safety-Box
SAFETY-BOX Corporation offers Portable Bridges designed for use as a temporarycrossing while roads are under construction. This product increases productivity by saving time and money on the job. Portable Bridges reduce the amount of interference with commercial retail business and provide a more accessible worksite....
Lori Tobias - Thu September 08, 2016
Could This Be a Safer Alternative to Coal Tar Based Sealants?
A freshly sealed parking lot is generally an improvement to any property — but unless that property happens to be in one of a few places, that fresh coat of black sealant is likely potentially deadly....
Tue September 06, 2016
Groff Tractor Donates Case Equipment for Storm Cleanup
On Sunday evening, August 28, 2016, over five inches of rain fell in a short period of time in the Connellsville and Bullskin, Pennsylvania area. The massive amount of rain caused detrimental flooding to the towns....
Lori Tobias - Fri September 02, 2016
Seismic Program Grants $1B to Retrofit Schools
It hasn't always been common knowledge that the Pacific Northwest from northern California to Vancouver, B.C., is vulnerable to a mega earthquake. Scientists only grew savvy to the potential for the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the west coast to rupture in recent decades....
Fri September 02, 2016
VIDEO: How One Construction Company is Saving Lives
A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control is showing how what you do for a living can make you more at risk for suicide. People who work in isolation or have unsteady employment like in the agriculture and forestry industries are at the greatest risk....
Thu September 01, 2016
OSHA Appoints New Director for Construction Directorate
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels has selected Dean McKenzie as the new director of the agency's Directorate of Construction. McKenzie served as director of OSHA's Office of Construction Services from 2012-2013, then became the deputy director in 2013, and has been the acting director since January of this year....
Thu September 01, 2016
Protestors Try to Thwart Dakota Access Pipeline Work Again
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Arrests have been made in North Dakota and Iowa during protests against the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Authorities cut free a man who bound himself to construction equipment and arrested at least two protesters Wednesday during a rally near Highway 6 outside St....
Wed August 31, 2016
Golden Gate 'Suicide Barrier's High Price Delays Installation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A suicide barrier expected to be installed on the Golden Gate Bridge later this year may be delayed due to high costs. KNTV-Television reported the project was estimated to cost $76 million but the two companies that entered bids say the job would cost between $142 million and $174 million....
Thu August 25, 2016
Worker Freed After Being Trapped Under Heavy Equipment
The website AL.com is reporting that a construction worker was taken to the local hospital this morning after being trapped under a piece of heavy equipment at a construction site on Birmingham, Alabama's southside....
Wed August 24, 2016
West Virginia County Spending Hits $1M on Flood Recovery
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) A West Virginia county is spending at least $1 million to clean up after deadly, damaging floods. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the Kanawha County Commission is allocating another $500,000 to flood recovery, bringing the total to $1 million....
