ASSE, Cintas Request Innovative Safety Ideas

  • Posted on

CINCINNATI, Ohio — The American Society of Safety Engineers and Cintas Corporation are accepting nominations for the 2015 Award for Innovation in Occupational Safety Management. The winner will receive $3,000, a recognition plaque and travel and accommodations for Safety 2015, ASSE's annual professional development conference in Dallas, Texas in June 2015. “When workers are engaged in developing a safe workplace culture, everyone wins,” said ASSE President Trish Ennis, CSP, ARM. “Last year's award competition drew creative nominations from organizations spanning the globe, so we"re excited to see what safety ideas will be submitted this time around.” Submissions for the award … Read more

Filed under: eNews

AIAI Members Address Divide between P3 Education, Legislative Decision Makers

  • Posted on

NEW YORK, N.Y. — On Nov. 6, select Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure  thought leaders participated in an important panel at the 18th Annual AGC CFMA Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The panel, led by Geoffrey S. Yarema, a partner with Nossaman LLP, engaged the audience with history on Public Private Partnerships, the opportunities P3 presents for contractors of all sizes and the benefits of P3 for economic and regional growth. The major takeaway from this session was a clarion call for P3 education at the state and local levels in order to understand the value of the … Read more

Filed under: eNews, Organizations

Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, Skanska Create New U.S. Partnership

  • Posted on

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure and Skanska have created a new U.S. partnership. With the partnership, Skanska has committed to aligning the delivery of heavy infrastructure civil projects with efforts to ensure the social, economic and environmental sustainability of the communities where they are built. Skanska's Chief Sustainability Officer Beth Heider will work with the ISI Board of Directors, and Skanska USA Civil Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety Paul Haining, as well as Skanska's National Safety Health and Environmental Management System Director Nicholas Bishop, will both provide technical expertise to spread the adoption of the … Read more

Filed under: eNews

TCA Announces Bilingual Format for its Quarterly Publication

  • Posted on

MT. VERNON, Iowa — The Tilt-Up Concrete Association reveals a new bilingual format for Tilt-Up Today. A quarterly publication of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, Tilt-Up Today is the source for tilt-up industry news, market intelligence, business strategies, technical solutions, product information and other resources for professionals in the tilt-up industry. Starting with issue 22-4 | Winter 2014/2015, Tilt-Up Today will be published in a bilingual format with each article, member news story and TCA announcement presented in both English and Spanish side-by-side. “Given the importance of the Spanish-speaking community to the construction industry, we feel that this is a great … Read more

Filed under: eNews

Integrated Builders Completes Office Renovation for DCS Corporation in Littleton

  • Posted on

ROCKLAND, Mass. — Integrated Builders has completed the renovation of a 30,000-square-foot, Class-A flex/office space in Littleton, Massachusetts, on behalf of DCS Corporation. The project comprised over $2.5 million in significant renovations and consolidated DCS Corporation's Harvard and Waltham offices into the single location. Integrated Builders" Project Manager Dean Kelliher and Project Superintendent Greg Webster worked alongside Sarah Cormier and Jonathan Cocker of Maugel Architects, as well as RDK Engineers, throughout the entirety of the renovation. DCS Corporation was represented by Rhonda Thomas of Diversified Project Management.     “We are excited to announce the completion of 295 Foster Street, … Read more

Filed under: eNews