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Amazon to Put 1,000 New Distribution Hubs in the Suburbs

Speculation about the ecommerce giant converting unused mall space likely underestimates how many will be new construction

World of Concrete 2021 has moved dates.

World of Concrete Schedules New 2021 Conference Dates

WOC 2021 will take place later in the year.

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Soil to Stadium Time-Lapse: Raiders' Allegiant Stadium in 3 Minutes

Time-lapse video details 32 months of construction of the Las Vegas Raiders new home, Allegiant Stadium, highlighting unique features of the domed stadium that make it an architectural and engineering marvel

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Seven Trench Safety Toolbox Talk Topics to Build Knowledge of Hazards, Safe Practices

United Rentals offers topic suggestions to advance worker knowledge about trench hazards and safe work practices

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United Rentals Helps Contractors Advance Trench Safety Through Training

More than 90,000 workers have been trained in trench safety operations since the initial Trench Safety Stand Down in 2016

Two Contractors Cited After Fatalities at Florida Hotel Worksite

PCL Construction Services Inc. and Universal Engineering Sciences facing OSHA safety violations and proposed penalties totaling $157,792

The Efficiency Universal Slide Rail shoring system creates a much tighter work area, which was very helpful working in Grant’s historic downtown area.

Demolition Contractor Continues to Learn New Tricks After 60 Years

60-year-old Pitsch Companies uses a new shoring system for the first time while demolishing a gas station

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[VIDEO] 5 Things You Should Know to Stay Safe in a Trench

U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta public service announcement on trench safety

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Resources Offered to Keep Workers Safe from Trenching-related Hazards

U.S. Department of Labor provides resources to increase awareness of trenching hazards, educate employers and workers on cave-in prevention and decrease the number of trench collapses

Trench Safety Resources

Resources Offered to Keep Workers Safe from Trenching-related Hazards

U.S. Department of Labor provides resources to increase awareness of trenching hazards, educate employers and workers on cave-in prevention and decrease the number of trench collapses

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2018 Trench Safety Stand Down

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The 2018 Trench Safety Stand Down will be held between June 18-23. It is supported by OSHA and sponsored by the National Utility Contractors Association, North American Excavation Shoring Association and Safety Ambassadors Club.

Because of the flexibility of of the slide rail system, Shelly & Sands was able to make “on-the-fly” design changes to the shoring system when the 96-in. existing storm sewer was not in the exact location indicated in the site plan.

Slide Rail Helps Shelly & Sands Build BMP Storm Sewer from Bottom to Top

Contractor turns to slide rail system to maintain safety on a complex underground utility installation project.

Mabey Towers Support National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings' Roof

Mass 25 Modular Light-duty Propping System

Mabey's modular Mass 25 light-duty propping system components can be used as individual shores or built into towers and trusses using standard components

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Super Powerbrace Plus Modular Hydraulic Waler System

Super Powerbrace Plus is a modular hydraulic waler system capable of clear spanning up to 83 feet.

Contractor Fined in Fatal Boston Trench Collapse

Atlantic Drain Service Co. Inc. cited for 18 violations for alledgely failing to provide safety training and basic safeguards for employees

The height restrictions meant tight-sheeting could only be driven at night. Instead, Midwest REM chose an Efficiency Production manufactured Slide Rail System with integrated guard rail to shore the large excavation.

Contractor Chooses Slide Rail for O’Hare Airport Pump Station Install

With limited space and limited shoring options for the jumbo concrete structure, Midwest REM turned to EPI's Slide Rail Shoring System.

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Kundel V-Panel

Aluminum extruded panel offers "on the fly" independent vertical adjustment in the trench

[Video] Installing Hydraulic Shoring

[Video] Installing Hydraulic Shoring

Locate Management is an education, training, and assessment service provider for the ground disturbance (excavation) and line locating communities.

Zito Construction is installing 50-ft.-long sections of 60-in.-diameter steel spiral-weld pipe 13 miles along the main transmission line of the KWA pipeline project. The boundaries of the new water supply will encompass over 2,400 sq. miles and over a half million people.

Michigan Contractor Helps Install Long-term Solution to Flint Water Crisis

Contractor uses a customized trench shoring solution to install 13 miles of 60-in.-diameter pipe for the Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline

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Multi-Bay Slide Rail Systems

Contractor Cited After Worker Dies in Trench Collapse

Willful citations were issued to Tekton Construction Co. for not providing cave-in protection to employees working in a trench and not providing safe means to enter and exit the trench

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How to Assist Your Customers When Renting Trench Shoring and Shielding Equipment

Excavation projects by definition are dangerous operations that require caution and planning, especially when the excavation is intended to create a work space for personnel such as for underground installation repair or installation.

OSHA Cites A. Lamp Concrete for Exposing Workers to Cave-In Hazard

Proposed penalty totals $69,300 to Illinois company cited twice in the past for trenching violations

California Contractor Indicted for Manslaughter in Trench-Collapse Death

Work continued for days despite two stop-work notices issued by a Milpitas building inspector because of elevated trench-collapse conditions

Ground level view of the excavation, showing proximity to an active rail yard, as Microtunnel machine is lowered into the shored excavation.

Shoring Solution, Careful Planning Meet Strict Requirements for Construction Under Denver’s Union Pacific Rail Yard

Contractors uses GME sliderail system to help minimize excavation size and soil disturbances during tunnel construction only 27 feet from a railroad track

OSHA Fines Fischer Excavating $58,100 for Trenching Hazards at Rockford Site

One of three violations cited was willful, failing to provide cave-in protection to workers installing a sewer line in a trench approximately 11 ft. deep

OSHA Cites Contractor For Repeat Cave-in Hazards Violations

Joseph P. Cardillo & Son Inc. is facing $144,400 in OSHA fines after it is cited with two willful and one serious violation for cave-in hazards

The excavation in the Cal Steel building began by cutting a 40-foot square hole through an 8-inch pad.

Contractor Partners with Rental Company for Shoring Solutions During Excavation Project

Kayser Construction partnered with Trench Plate Rental Co. for safe, economic trench and shoring solutions during a 30-foot-deep excavation project.

Contractor, OSHA Reach Settlement Over Excavation Cave-in Hazards

Massachusetts contractor agrees to pay $200,000 fine and overhaul safety practices

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ultraSHORE Trench Shields

OSHA: Safe Work Practices for Excavation and Trenching

Key elements of the OSHA excavation and trenching standard, ways to protect employees against cave-ins and safe work practices for employees

OSHA Cites S.J. Louis Construction of Texas for Exposing Workers to Excavation Hazards

Proposed penalties of $45,500 for failing to protect workers from falling materials (serious violation) and for failing to provide required shoring (repeat violation)

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Video: Trenching & Excavation Safety

This excerpt from NAHB Construction Safety & Health's Trenching & Excavation Safety Video highlights the most common hazards associated with residential trenching and excavation.