via Bluebeam The immense technological growth the construction industry has seen in the past decade has been a refreshing change, to say the least. Fax machines, large filing cabinets, and redundant work are slowly becoming a thing of the past. More importantly,...
The photo above was not from the same job site mentioned below. Photo by dankeck Portable toilets are the setting for many pranks around a construction site, but I never thought there could be something worse than just getting stuck in one. Turns out I was extremely...
Electricians are very essential to every single construction project, but it’s also one of the most dangerous jobs in the construction industry, According to OSHA, electrocutions cause almost 9% of all construction related deaths, making it one of the...
While the report covers general industry and construction, 4 of the top ten standards most cited this year were from the construction standards 29 CFR 1926. The others, from 1910, cover general industry. These rankings rarely change, as most of them highlight OSHA’...
via Facebook Smaller heavy construction equipment is the most likely to be stolen on a jobsite, but most of the time the thieves try to sell the equipment for money. On rare occasions, the thief just takes the machine out on the town for a joy ride and leading the...
Scaffold being raised to top of Space Needle, via the Space Needle The Seattle Space Needle is not a normal building, which makes it a unique project to try to renovate. The iconic building is set to receive a $100 million renovation dubbed the Century Project that...
