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Safety Measures in Marine Projects

CCR Magazine

This includes shipbuilding, port construction, offshore oil and gas exploration, land reclamation, and underwater construction. Site inductions Site inductions are a key method for introducing new staff to the occupational health and safety rules, and emergency procedures on a project site.

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Making headway: what to do about tower crane safety?

Practical Law Construction

There have been several accidents with fatal consequences in the last ten years: In 2014, a construction worker was hospitalised after a crane jib collapsed. With the scarcity of land and new residential or office developments literally growing upwards, cranes are an everyday sight in urban areas. Competency and training.

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Location Focus: The Carolinas – Growth Climate Warms In The Carolinas

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Projects were required to address one or more goals of the South Carolina Innovation Plan. The new, 430,000-square-foot facility will be located on Trelleborg’s existing premises in Spartanburg, which includes Trelleborg Coated Systems US, Inc. Proposals totaling more than $6.8 million in available first-round funds.

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

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spaceports as well as availability of launch landing facilities with 10 to 15 launches occurring annually in Florida. The state also offers tax exemptions on commercial space activity and aircraft parts and machinery, making manufacturing in Florida a cost-effective option. million facility. The parts are moved by barge to the Mt.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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DMDII is one of nine institutes within the Manufacturing USA network, with six more planned by the end of 2017. Top sectors include computer electronics, health and medical devices, and fabricated metals and heavy machinery. Last year, Chicago’s thriving startups secured more than $1.7 Photo: Havas PR).

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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The State of Florida and Space Florida really understood our business needs and gave us an outstanding offer to locate in Exploration Park. Our high-volume satellite production uses many of the same technologies as aircraft production and Florida has become a center of excellence for both aviation and space related technologies.