The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has published its first safety manual e-book to enable equipment operators to conveniently access safety information wherever they carry their mobile devices. This first AEM e-book is an electronic version of the association's popular Hydraulic Excavator Safety Manual. AEM developed the e-book safety manual in response to industry requests. It is not meant to replace print but provides another avenue to reach equipment operators and help them practice safety on the jobsite. The AEM hydraulic excavator safety e-book features user-friendly options such as variable type, bookmarks, the ability to embed and e-mail notes, content searching … Read more

MT. VERNON, Iowa — The Tilt-Up Concrete Association — an international nonprofit organization that serves to expand and improve the use of Tilt-Up as the preferred building system — has announced the recipients of the 22nd Annual Tilt-Up Achievement Awards. The Achievement Awards program was established by TCA to honor projects that represent an increasing diversity of building types constructed with site-cast Tilt-Up concrete, as well as those that advance industry technology, apply innovative form and provide unique solutions to building programs. As in previous years, submittals were judged on aesthetic expression, schedule, size, originality, finishes and special conditions; all … Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Turner Construction Company was recognized by the Associated General Contractors of America's Metropolitan, D.C. Chapter for its work with Inova Health Systems and DC Public Schools for the construction of the South Patient Tower and Takoma Elementary Campus Reconstruction. The Inova Health System is expanding the Fairfax Campus with the 2015 Capital Improvement Program. This program consists of three main projects, the first being the South Patient Tower. The project, designed by Wilmot/Sanz Architecture, is composed of a 236,000-square-foot, 11-story addition to the existing Tower Building, and will provide 174 medical-surgical, ICU and specialty beds in single … Read more