DuPont partnered with WBHO to help increase durable roads in Africa by providing Elvaloy, a high-performance polymer designed to help bitumen withstand the heavy loads and traffic volumes of the N4 Toll Road, a trade route connecting South Africa to Mozambique.
NFPA offers fire safety tips and advice for safely decorating your home this holiday season, particularly when using candles. For more information on how to keep your family and you safe this holiday season visit http://www.usfa.fema.gov/winter and http://www.nfpa.org/winter.
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This triple-glazed, panelized aluminium clad structure is taking its place among London's growing family of iconic architectural statements. And CH2M HILL - as structural engineers - has been tasked with ensuring the whole structural steel skeleton is designed and erected with the precision befitting such an important building. Aside from the 177m building's peculiar shape -- it bows outward at its upper echelons -- the structure will boast London's highest public park. The Sky Garden, as it has been dubbed, will allow Londoners to enjoy panoramic views of the capital.
Qatar Airways' no. 1 A380 receives its colors in this October 2014 video clip, which includes time-lapse footage of the double-deck jetliner's painting process for workers clad in PPE. The work was performed at Airbus' highly advanced paint shop in Hamburg, Germany.
Shallow Water Egress Training (SWET) is an annual training for every aircrew in the U.S. Coast Guard. It simulates a helicopter crash in the ocean that leaves the cockpit upside down in the water. The aircrew must keep their composure and use their emergency equipment to safely and quickly escape the situation. U.S. Coast Guard video by PA1 Stephen Lehmann.
This video from Toronto-based Pioneering Technology Corporation explains how the SmartBurner™ works. It is designed to prevent cooking fires. SmartBurner uses patented technology that limits the high temperatures which are the ignition point for most cooking oils, utensils, and other household materials. Cooking remains unaffected, and the SmartBurner uses 30% less energy. The product can be installed by anyone in seconds.
Sprinklers in your home or business can make a huge difference. This October 2014 video from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue asks, which would you choose?
This 2014 video describes the “just culture” approach adopted by Eurocontrol, the agency that supports the European air traffic management system. Improving safety implies learning from accidents or incidents so as to take appropriate action to prevent repeating them, according to the agency, and "just culture" makes for an atmosphere of trust in which people are encouraged, even rewarded, for providing essential safety-related information -- but it is one in which they are also clear about where the line is drawn between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
Recognizing the importance of incident reporting, the agency has defined a "just culture" environment in which staff members are not punished for any action, omission, or decision taken by them that is commensurate with their experience and training. However, gross negligence, willful violations, and destructive acts are not tolerated.
If you ask most Chicagoans about their morning commute, restful and peaceful would not be words they would use to describe it. Unless their commute includes the 12-minute water taxi ride from Michigan Avenue to Union Station.
Chicago Water Taxi is rooted in the history of Wendella, a tour boat service that was founded in 1935 to provide architectural and area history tours of Chicago. In 1962, Wendella added a commuter service, known today as Chicago Water Taxi, which provides public transportation up and down the Chicago River. Some of the fleet's four boats make as many as 90 stops per day. In this video from Grainger's Everyday Heroes series, Andrew Sargis, chief of Operations for Chicago Water Taxi, says that for the commuters who use this service, it's like adding a mini vacation to the beginning and end of their day.
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Michelle Baxter is the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Safe Work Australia. In her video message, Baxter encourages workplaces across Australia to get involved in Safety Month this October.