Re: Silica Dust – Are You Ready for OSHA’s Sept. 23 Deadline?

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Industry expert Joe Nasvik summarizes ins and outs of updated regulations The U.S Department of Labor will begin to enforce its new concrete silica dust ruling on Sept. 23. It’s important to be up-to-date on all the new changes regarding these new OSHA standards. To help ease the transition, Bosch Power Tools partnered with industry expert Joe Nasvik to outline everything contractors and superintendents need to know prior to the Sept. 23 deadline. (Q): What is the new silica dust regulation and why is it happening? When the U.S. Department of Labor issued its ruling aimed at better protecting workers … Read more

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Printing Starts for World’s First 3-D Printed Cycle Bridge in Netherlands

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On June 16, BAM Infra, one of Royal BAM Group’s operating companies in the Netherlands, began to 3-D print the world’s first fully structurally pre-stressed concrete cycle bridge. This cycle bridge has been developed by BAM Infra in cooperation with TU Eindhoven and is part of Gemert Noord-Om, a project being carried out for the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. Gemert Noord-Om is a northern ring road that links Boekelseweg road (N605) and the N272 road which runs to the southeast of Gemert. Less waste, fewer scarce raw materials The bridge will be eight meters long and, by using 3-D printing, … Read more

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Construction of New Hospital at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Reaches Milestone

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CHULA VISTA, Calif. – Time-lapse video captured nearly 500 cement trucks as they filed onto California’s Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center campus overnight on Saturday, July 29, to pour the base of Sharp HealthCare’s newest hospital, set to open in fall of 2019. Beginning Friday night, 4,700 yards of concrete covering 25,000 square feet had been poured by the end of the 12-hour project that finished on Saturday afternoon. More than 125 construction workers, in addition to the hundreds of ready mix concrete truck drivers, were onsite throughout the night; more than 90 percent of labor for the project is … Read more

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Design-Build Team to Deliver Integrated Living, Learning Neighborhood on College Campus

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – University of California, San Diego has selected Clark Construction Group and a design team led by HKS and Safdie Rabines to bring to life a collegiate neighborhood unlike any other on campus, and distinct within the University of California system. Clark will construct the Living and Learning Neighborhood at North Torrey Pines, fulfilling UC San Diego’s vision of a fully integrated university community. This Design-Build project will integrate student housing, academic buildings and research spaces, general assignment classrooms and community service programs to provide students, faculty and staff with an immersive learning experience. The project also … Read more

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M3 Project Becomes UK’s Latest Smart Motorway

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Balfour Beatty’s M3 project in Surrey and Hampshire has become the latest road in the UK to be upgraded to a smart motorway. The contract with Highways England is set to improve journey times for 130,000 drivers who use the road each day by converting the hard shoulder into a fourth lane and the introduction of cutting-edge technology. The smart technology works by setting speed limits to match conditions, while helping to spot any queuing traffic, incidents or broken down vehicles, and informing drivers about the road conditions ahead. The full four-lane carriageway is now open at 70 mph in … Read more

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