Since the industrial revolution and the emergence of city skylines, cranes have been an everyday part of city life - and with them, the danger of potential collapse. On April 27, 2019, a tower crane in Seattle Washington did just…
Though stringent employee safety standards apply to construction workers, the need to protect the general public from the potential dangers looming in and around construction sites took longer to recognize and address. In 2001, The American National Standard Institute (ANSI)…
Construction activities can disturb the ground at construction sites. Excavating, bulldozing and other moving vehicles loosen the soil and can pollute the soil with various contaminants. Rain can then transport soil based sediment, debris and pollutants, as well as runoff…
Public utilities deliver heating fuel via pipeline to millions of homes in America every day. With the volume of fuel that is continuously pumping through this network 24/7, accidents are not uncommon. The series of gas explosions recently in Massachusetts…