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Under Water?

Civil + Structural Engineer

The Baltimore city employee drowned inside a wastewater treatment plant in June 2019 when she fell through a grate walkway. “My Fall protection grates are frequently used at wastewater treatment plants to protect workers. A state agency fined the sewage treatment plant $168,000 for safety violations at the plant.

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2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement: Environmental/Sustainability

Civil + Structural Engineer

The park expands Arlington County’s ability to meet Chesapeake Bay Watershed regulations while cultivating native plants and providing new boardwalk areas and fresh interpretive designs.

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Making headway: what to do about tower crane safety?

Practical Law Construction

With yet another tower crane collapse (this time on a retirement living project in Kent – thankfully no one was injured), we must ask ourselves “is the current crane safety regime in the UK adequate?” ” Sadly, crane-related incidents in the UK aren’t rare enough. This language is inherently vague.

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

It features elements that maximize the safety, security, and efficiency of the travel process including 100 percent automated screening lanes, 100 percent facial recognition “e-gates” for international departure, an innovative landside terminal design, and 100 percent trackable RFID Independent Carrier System.

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Learn About the Latest News on US Infrastructure Building, US Highway Ronan North Construction, and Denies Request to Slow Construction

Construction Daily News

Three couples who are opposing the pipeline’s use of eminent domain to acquire their land filed a petition for an emergency injunction last week, but Chief Justice John Roberts refused it in a brief ruling. The project runs north for two miles from Ronan’s Round Butte Road and US Highway 93 interchange to Spring Creek Road.

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Hear About the Latest News on Burlington Removing Homeless Camps Near Unoccupied Buildings, Jack Daniels Stops Building Due to Whiskey Fungus Lawsuit, Infrastructure and Commercial Project Funding Increases the Construction Labor Gap, and Volkswagen Chooses Canada for Battery Facility

Construction Daily News

Department of Housing and Urban Development reports a 3% rise in homelessness since 2019. The building is used. Christi Long of Lincoln County, Tennessee, stated her land was covered with the black crust-forming fungus. “The Jack Daniel Distillery will adhere to regulations and industry standards for our Lincoln Co.