LA JOLLA, Calif. — The University of California San Diego’s new global safety center, which allows construction workers worldwide to receive critical safety training based on U.S. standards, has issued four recommended mandatory objectives for international construction projects. Under UC San Diego Extension’s new International Safety Education Institute (ISEI) Construction Workplace Safety Training Program (http://isei.ucsd.edu), safety trainers across the globe help create safe local construction work sites. The recent establishment of the university safety center comes after the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) dramatically revised its global safety training program, which includes discontinuing the issue of 10- and … Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Kayenta Township (Ariz.) is the first tribal community in the U.S. to adopt the International Green Construction Code (IGCC), a building code designed to reduce the environmental impact of construction projects, while keeping safety measures intact and enforceable. EPA's Pacific Southwest Green Building Team worked with Kayenta and works with other tribes and federal agencies to support the development of sustainable building codes that meet tribal priorities. In addition, Kayenta will be working with EPA's Office of Sustainable Communities to pilot community Smart Growth Guidelines for Sustainable Design and Development. “As one of the first communities to … Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The 39th SIA Annual Conference and Exposition will take place July 17-20 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minn., 55403. The conference is the one of the largest gatherings of scaffold and access professionals within the entire industry. It features scaffold- and access-focused educational sessions and showcases the nation's top scaffold and access exhibitors. The conference will cover topics relevant to the scaffold and access industry and its segments. Some of the planned educational topics include roof top hazards and anchors for suspended scaffolds, safety preparations for building maintenance at heights, what an Occupational Safety … Read more