Project Uptime
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RELi, the Rating System for Resiliency, Comes of Age
By Marianne Wait | November 14, 2017
In building design, first came energy efficiency. Now, with the threat of increasing storms and natural disasters looming large, comes resiliency. Green Business Certification Inc...
VETERAN SPOTLIGHT: Fixing Equipment Wherever He Goes
November 10, 2017
Billy Dee Billy Dee’s job as a Marine wasn’t fixing trucks (he was a machine gunner). But when he was stationed in Iraq from 2005 to 2006, serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom 5...
Veteran Spotlight: [STEP]ping Out of Her Comfort Zone
November 9, 2017
Sgt.E-5 Nicole Cruz spent six years in the Army as a military police officer, but she never would have guessed that almost a decade later, she would be part of the United Rentals...
VETERAN SPOTLIGHT: Former 82nd Airborne, Paratrooper’s Current Mission: Health and Safety
November 9, 2017
Kevin Converse It may seem ironic that Kevin Converse went from parachuting out of C-130s and C-141’s as paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division to serving as the Director of...
VETERAN SPOTLIGHT: United Rentals - The Closest Thing You Could Get to a Family Environment
November 8, 2017
Jared Salinaro As part of the Charlie Battery 1st of the 103rd Field Artillery. Jared Salinaro’s job was a gunner of a 155-millimeter Howitzer. “Each round is 100 pounds of steel,”...
6 Ways to Build a Good Relationship with Architects and Designers
November 8, 2017
The ability of contractors to engage in the construction design process — courtesy of design technology like building information modeling (BIM) and the rising popularity of...
CPWR Report: Electrocutions in Construction All Too Common
By Marianne Wait | November 8, 2017
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) considers electrocution one of the top four construction hazards. According to a CPWR Quarterly Data Report from the Center...
Boost Safety and Productivity by Improving Worker Wellness
November 7, 2017
Productivity losses related to personal and family health problems cost U.S. employers $225.8 billion each year. In addition, workers who are physically unwell or depressed or who...
11 Good Construction Safety Meeting Topics for Winter
By Marianne Wait | November 7, 2017
Toolbox talks take a matter of minutes, yet they have the power to prevent an injury or even save a life. When covering specific hazards, stick to those most relevant to the day’s...
VETERAN SPOTLIGHT: Serving Her Customers as She Served Her Country
By Marianne Wait | November 7, 2017
Melissa McGregor Nicknamed “Private SS” back in the Army Reserves – for her uniform size, “super small, super short” – 5 foot 0 inch Melissa McGregor learned to stand up for...