Skanska’s 12th Annual Safety Week Urges Workers to Choose ‘Ladders Last’

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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Skanska will launch the “Ladders Last” campaign at its job sites this week in an effort to educate its 11,000 U.S. employees to make their job sites and homes safer by choosing alternate ways to work from height other than a ladder. The campaign is the cornerstone of Skanska’s 12th annual Safety Week, May 1-7. A study published by the CDC shows that ladders are involved in more than 80 percent of construction worker fall injuries across the industry and that falls remain the top cause of fatal incidents in construction. By taking time to properly … Read more

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JQ Provides Structural Engineering for Caress Stadium Facilities

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HOUSTON, Texas –JQ has provided structural engineering services for the Caress Stadium at Helfman Field, located on The Emery/Weiner School’s 15-acre campus in Southwest Houston, Texas. Construction was completed last month. The completion of Caress Stadium amenities represents a major milestone in the school’s Champions Campaign, a capital campaign with the goal of raising $20 million by 2020 to enrich academic programs, extend tuition assistance and to expand facilities to accommodate growth in its athletics and arts programs. The Caress Stadium fieldhouse project includes locker rooms, weight room, ticket booth, concessions and support functions on the first level along with … Read more

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Firms Participate in National Safety Stand-Down May 2-6

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2014, almost 40 percent of all construction fatalities were fall related, and all of these deaths were preventable. That’s the key message the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to deliver to employers and workers alike during its third annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls from May 2-6. Falls continue to be the construction industry’s leading cause of death; each year, hundreds of workers die and thousands more suffer catastrophic, debilitating injuries. Despite these chilling statistics, the absence of proper fall protection remains the violation cited most frequently by federal safety … Read more

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Winter Construction Mobilizes to Build Hotel in Savannah’s Historic District

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ATLANTA, Ga. – Winter Construction will begin mobilizing this month to build a new seven-story boutique hotel in Savannah, Georgia. The new hotel is being developed by RBHD and owned by Rockbridge, and will span an entire city block in the historic River Street district. The hotel will have seven stories, 173 rooms and 162,000 square feet. The demolition of an existing building on the property will make way for the new hotel. The hotel’s layout includes two levels of parking, five levels of guest rooms, a fitness area, meeting space, a pool, a lobby bar, a restaurant on River … Read more

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Gilbane Student Housing Project Earns Innovator Award, LEED Silver Certification

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Gilbane Development Company’s 257 Thayer Street student housing community, located in Providence, Rhode Island, earned multiple accolades for its sustainable features and innovative approach to student housing development—including LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, as well as winning the Student Housing Business Innovator Award for “Best New Development under 300 beds,” recently presented at the InterFace Student Housing Awards. 257 Thayer achieved LEED certification for implementing practical and measurable strategies and solutions aimed at achieving high performance in sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. 257 Thayer features … Read more

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