The LOC-440 is an onshore rig with a low carbon footprint and is capable of drilling to a depth of about 5,000 meters.
The new white paper from the AIHA Construction Committee's Silica Competent Person Subgroup will help construction companies use the approach OSHA recommends.
Los Angeles tops the list of cities with the most Energy Star buildings for the fifth year in a row.
The final pour of concrete for a barrier wall in the dam in Jamestown, Ky., has been done, The Tennessean reported. It is intended to prevent a breach that would have triggered catastrophic flooding downstream, including in Nashville.
Crossrail Ltd has dug 3 miles of tunnels so far with five tunneling machines working night and day to complete Europe’s biggest construction project.
A remodeling firm was fined and ordered to pay court costs in connection with the February 2011 injury of a worker who fell about 20 feet and was seriously injured.
The employees were killed in a combustible dust flash fire at the worksite.
Both Vanity Fair and Engineering News-Record have recognized NYC Department of Buildings Assistant Commissioner of Engineering and Emergency Operations Michael Alacha, and VF also recognized Acting Assistant Commissioner of Investigative Engineering Services Timothy Lynch.
Two thousand frosted glass panels will be installed to maximize sunlight and minimize heat gain, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The text of his Feb. 4 speech is posted on OSHA’s popular website. He said 2012 was "a remarkable year, because as we were hard at work, we watched the empirical evidence continue to accumulate: OSHA inspections prevent injuries, and we do this without hurting employment or employer profitability."
Granite Construction Company will pay the United States $367,500 to resolve allegations that it overcharged on some DOT and Army Corps of Engineers projects between 2006 and 2008, DOJ announced.
Proposed last fall, it would have expanded the existing exemption for digger derricks used by electric utilities. One adverse comment was submitted, so OSHA has withdrawn it for now.
About 22,000 signatures are still needed by Feb. 11 to reach the required 25,000 that will trigger a White House response.
The organizers say more than 1,600 exhibitors will participate in the Nov. 5-8 trade fair and congress at the Dusseldorf, Germany fairgrounds.
Crews installed the first piece of the new building's 408-foot spire on Jan. 15. When the spire is completed in two to three months, the building will be 1,776 feet tall.
With this new final rule, the Mine Safety and Health Administration can better regulate and address safety issues in the country's most dangerous mines.
Among the findings being presented there are papers analyzing ways to reduce hazards encountered by highway emergency responders and those working inside highway work zones.
Several significant regulatory actions are planned for this fiscal year, according to the semiannual regulatory agenda published Jan. 8.
Besides filing five serious and one willful violation against Lunda Construction as a result of the July 5, 2012, incident during U.S. 41 bridge construction near Oshkosh, Wis., OSHA has placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association is offering it, having decided to endorse ASCE/SEI 7-10, Minimum Design Loads of Buildings and Other Structures, as the standard for temporary bracing of tilt panels during construction.