Sheet Metal Workers Take Action to Lessen Suicide Rate among Ranks

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Last November, the CDC released a study showing that from 2012 to 2015, males in construction and extraction workers have the highest rate of suicide in the United States. Categorized in that group are the sheet metal workers which, as an organization, has been focusing on bucking the trend and educating membership through a program aimed at not only challenging trends but decades of stereotypes. The Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust, the safety arm of the unionized sheet metal, air conditioning and welding industry, and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation workers, took notice of … Read more

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Methodist University Hospital Vertical Expansion Opens

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A $275-million, 450,000-square-foot patient tower at Methodist University Hospital, located in Memphis, Tennessee, is complete. The nine-story patient tower was constructed on top of the already existing emergency department and is part of the hospital’s campus expansion project, which also includes a 700-space parking plaza. Called Shorb Tower, it is named in honor of recently retired Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare President and CEO Gary Shorb. The expansion allows for a 36% increase in ICU capacity and a 20% increase in the hospital’s operating room capacity. The next phase of the project includes 94,000 square feet of renovations to existing patient … Read more

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Breaking Down Demolition Basics

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By Chance Warren Before you can build your client’s vision, it’s sometimes necessary to deconstruct what is presently on the property. Generally, this involves one of two types of demolition: major demolition, meaning bringing the entire structure down, and selective demolition, wherein the super-structure remains intact but demolition takes place within the building. MAJOR DEMOLITION Work on a major demolition project begins well before the building comes down. Although the details covered in this article refer to a demo performed with machinery, many of the same principles would apply to an explosive or implosive demo situation. Planning is an essential … Read more

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Salini Impregilo to Build High-Speed ‘Orient Express’ Railway in Turkey

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Salini Impregilo has won a €530-million contract to build a 153-kilometre section of a new “Orient Express” high-speed railway in Turkey between Istanbul and the border with Bulgaria. Set to last four years, the line will belong to the Trans-European Transport Network that connects member countries of the European Union. It will be a part of the Orient/East-Med Corridor, which connects Central Europe with ports of the North, Baltic, Black and Mediterranean seas. The project will reduce travel times, increase safety and contribute to the development of the region. After working a year on the project, Salini Impregilo will lead … Read more

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Multivista Launches 3D Images Service for Construction Industry 

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Like its construction photo documentation service, Multivista will offer 3D Images as a full service, and support both the data capture and the data management. Construction photo documentation captures critical milestones of building sites so they can be used as a reference at any point by contractors, developers and owners, architects and facilities managers. Multivista’s precise 3D Images service provides measurement information at critical stages of construction and enables high-accuracy planning for completed spaces. The BLK3D employs a unique combination of a calibrated stereo-camera, advanced algorithms and real-time edge computing fused with leading electronic distance measurement technology, meaning accuracy within … Read more

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