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There's nothing like a construction site -- the mounds of dirt; the bright, yellow bulldozers; the cranes -- to capture a certain kind of toddler's attention. And if you live with this certain kind of toddler, the kind of toddler who, say, spends more time building miniature roads and modeling hard-hats than eating, you've probably wondered what it is about the nature of construction that gets your little one so fired-up. Though really, when you think about it, there is something pretty amazing about making something from nothing, about taking a heap of bricks and steel and lumber and turning it into a grocery store or a house. When we, in our jaded adulthood, look at a highway or a shopping center, maybe all we see is the way to work or the place where we buy our toilet paper and orange juice. But the construction-loving toddler, so curious about everything's origins, looks for the girders, for the graders, for the why and how and where of every structure he sees. Read More »
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For those of you thinking about remodeling, think twice and do your homework before you decide on a contractor. What might seem like a safe bet when picking a contractor might just be the bigest nightmare of your life. I have talked to clients that have used J R Designs(JR McDade) out of Scottsdale… Read More »
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Gridlock is a challenge impacting many small businesses and their employees. It is not only traffic jams during commute time concerning business owners. Increased traffic congestion is eating into the bottom lines of small firms that rely on transportation to run their businesses.…
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With the country sinking deeper into recession, the Federal Reserve launched a bold $1.2 trillion effort Wednesday to lower rates on mortgages and other consumer debt, spur spending and revive the economy.
To do so, the Fed will spend up to $300 billion to buy…
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I am just working on a JSA for an in deth Method Statement for concrete pouring. The pratice of the company has been to submit a method statement and include a couple of motherhood safety statements and then proceed with the work. Unfortunately this is still happenning in far to many companies.... Read More »
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I have been a consultant to failing projects and brought them into compliance with regulations as well as help them be completed on time and under budget. I have been the lead HSE Manager on projects of various sizes and complexities from les than 50 million to over 5 billion US dollars in value. I have been a corporate HSE Manager in Canada for a medium sized engineering and construction company. I have worked internationally as a consultant to Petro-China and BOTAS in Turkey. I have provided specialist HSE Management services in Yemen, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Kazakhstan and Oman, where I am completing an assignment to bring a one and a half billion dollar project into alignment with ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000. Read More »
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Dan and I are finishing our basement. As anyone who has lived through construction on their home will tell you, it's really stressful. Most days, Dan calls me with a punch list of questions to convey to the contractor, and then in the evening, we survey the work and discuss more in depth over... Read More »
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When we bought our house, one of the features I loved was the pool. I envisioned sitting pool side drinking iced tea, while our son and his friends played and swam in the pool. All that happened, but it is now 10 years and a Rotator cuff surgery later and I've had it with the pool. I'm tired... Read More »
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