Ground Broken for New Kaiser Permanente MOB

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Ground was recently broken for Kaiser Permanente’s Hesperia medical office building, located in California. The 54,000-square-foot MOB is scheduled to open in 2021 and will include prefabricated elements including exterior and interior wall panels built to reduce the construction duration, meanwhile delivering quality healthcare to the high desert. Kaiser Permanente’s new three-story Hesperia Medical Office will provide convenient, affordable, high-quality healthcare to members in the High Desert. McCarthy Building Companies is serving as general contractor. Prior to breaking ground on the Kaiser Permanente Hesperia MOB project, McCarthy relocated fourteen endangered Joshua trees, so they would not be impacted by the … Read more

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CIS Sponsors In-House Accredited Training, Assessment

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As an NCCER sponsoring organization, Crane Industry Services, LLC can help companies benefit from accreditation. In addition to sponsoring other crane and rigging training providers, CIS now sponsors Graycor Southern Inc., a heavy industrial contractor based in Atlanta, Georgia. Under CIS’s NCCER sponsorship, companies have access to training and assessments backed by teams of subject matter experts. The NCCER programs are endorsed by the National Craft Professionals Association. NCCER’s crane operator certifications are ANSI accredited and OSHA recognized, which meets compliance regulations. As a sponsoring organization, CIS offers its clients cost savings and a long list of administrative benefits. Companies … Read more

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Upcoming CPWR Webinar: Lessons from a Contractor

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CPWR is hosting a 30-minute webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, Nov. 19, titled Lessons from a Contractor: How to Use and Apply CPWR Resources. In this 30-minute webinar, UCOR Integrated Safety Management Program Lead Libby Gilley will talk about how UCOR has utilized and built off CPWR resources, training programs and campaigns to improve the safety and health of its workers. UCOR is a contractor that provides safe, cost-effective and innovative solutions to support environmental cleanup for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. Some of the CPWR resources the contractor has used include the Foundations … Read more

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AGC of California Honors BNBuilders with Construction Safety Excellence Award

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The Associated General Contractors of California recently recognized BNBuilders with a top Construction Safety Excellence Award at the 32nd annual awards luncheon. The CSEA program recognizes construction companies who excel at safety performance and are committed to maintaining a safe working environment on their jobsites. BNBuilders has received a top CSEA in the Building division for the second consecutive year. The AGC of California’s CSEA selection process is known to be rigorous, with a comprehensive review of both a written application and an in-person interview. Judges make their selection based on company management involvement, active employee participation, safety training, work … Read more

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New Report on Construction Industry Shows Staffing Remains Top Concern

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An improving economy has construction companies growing more comfortable about their risk exposure, with respondents reporting in a newly released survey that their “risk sentiment” has dropped to 4.91 (on a scale of 1-10). In the latest “Sterling Seacrest Risk Sentiment Index of the Construction Industry,” most report profit margins slightly better than last year, but concerns about staffing remain their number one issue. When Sterling Seacrest launched its Risk Sentiment Index in 2015, the risk sentiment level was at a peak of 5.15. It dropped in 2015 and 2016 but jumped again between 2016 and 2017. Businesses were also … Read more

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