BOSTON, Mass. — The Associated General Contractors of America of Massachusetts and AON Construction Services Group of Boston recently awarded Tocci Building Companies with a 2014 National Safety Award. This marks the 21st consecutive year Tocci has received this award, demonstrating the superior safety standards the firm strives to exemplify. Charles Rosenthall, safety director at Tocci Building Companies, accepted the Safety Award on behalf of Tocci. The National Safety Award recognizes firms that have developed superior safety standards to implement onsite for each project. In order to qualify for a Safety Award, an AGC-member firm must participate in the AGC … Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced it will extend the comment period on the proposed rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses to Oct. 14. The proposal, published on Nov. 8, 2013, would amend the agency’s recordkeeping regulation to add requirements for the electronic submission of injury and illness information that employers are already required to keep. During the public meeting held on the proposal, many participants expressed concern that the proposal may create motivation for employers to under-record injuries and illnesses, since each covered establishment’s injury and illness data would become publicly available … Read more

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Board of Directors of the Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure recently introduced the AIAI Best Practices Guide, a game-changing educational resource for Public-Private Partnerships. This first-of-its-kind publication reflects AIAI's innovative thought leadership and serves as a national source for P3 best practices. “Since P3s are relatively new to the United States, there is a need for education related to it. AIAI was formed to provide this education, and our Best Practices Guide serves as high-level overview of the elements that should be included as legislators look to build successful P3 programs,” says William … Read more

Granger Construction Company, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Greater Detroit Building Trades Council and the Partnering Contractors recently signed a formal partnership to protect workers during the renovation of the 1956 mechanical engineering laboratory—classroom building, located on U-M's North Campus in Ann Arbor. The facility will receive approximately 141,000 square feet of major infrastructure, programmatic instructional and administrative space improvements. The building will be occupied during the renovation process, which will require work to occur in a ten phase construction plan that eliminates exposure to hazards and minimizes disruption … Read more