Kansas City, MO – Through the OSHA and Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) Alliance, SIA developed “Transport Platform (TP) Safety Tips.” The Safety Tips are tools designed to education users on the correct way to perform their work on Transport Platform equipment. “The recently approved Transport Platform Safety Tips is the second document of its kind developed through the SIA / OSHA Alliance Program, and a huge step forward in OSHA recognizing this new type of equipment. Along with the ANSI standard approved in 2009, these safety tips will reach the people using this type of product and help educate them … Read more

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Mo., has published Position Statement #30, the latest in a series of papers on key issues of interest to cast-in-place concrete contractors, architects and engineers. “Responsibility for Slab Curling” explains that while concrete contractors are responsible for initial floor flatness and levelness measured within 72 hours of placement, flatness can change over time, due to curling, which results in raised edges and corners of concrete floor panels.   The paper cites the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) that hold the designer accountable … Read more

ATLANTA, Ga. — From green roofs to glazing products, measures to increase energy stringencies are being proposed for major sections of Standard 90.1. ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, provides minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design of buildings except low-rise residential buildings.   Currently, nine proposed addenda to the standard are open for public review.   Proposed addendum by would establish revised lighting power densities for both the whole building and space-by-space compliance methods. The addendum would reduce lighting power allowances in many building and space types while maintaining industry recommended lighting levels as their … Read more