Houston’s ABC13 Features Construction Career Success Story from Training Program at Community Family Centers

Construction Citizen’s Elizabeth McPherson joined MAREK’s Laura Contreras on a jobsite last year to discuss her success through a NCCER training course at Community Family Centers (CFC). After completing the program at CFC, Laura was immediately hired by MAREK to work in their new flooring division. While Contreras’s mother was taking English language courses at CFC, she learned about the NCCER training offered there, so Laura took the course in which she enjoyed working with...

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Take Care of Your Feet

Most people don’t think much about their feet, until a foot begins to hurt. Damage to even one bone, ligament, or muscle in the foot can be very painful and make it difficult or impossible for you to keep on your feet and do your job. Unfortunately, statistics tell us that work related foot injuries are common. Foot injuries can result from: Broken bones caused by heavy falling or rolling objects, like sheetrock dollies Bruises and stubbed toes caused by bumps...

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C3: It's a Mission

The following article was authored by Angela Robbins-Taylor, People Development Program Manager at Construction Career Collaborative: We held our 10th annual golf tournament this week and it struck me that this is exactly why I wanted to work for Construction Career Collaborative (C3). Not because I love golf tournaments or days out of the office enjoying the fall weather and beauty of the course. Both of those are really great things, but what I truly love is the congregating of so many...

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Sprains and Strains

Notice to Supervisors: Mandatory Demonstration requires a Minimum of 20 minutes to effectively cover topic. Sprains and strains continue to be one of the highest types of injuries within our company. By following a few simple rules, many of these injuries can be avoided or their severity greatly reduced. Medical evidence has shown that performing warm-up exercises before work and after breaks reduces strain and sprain type injuries. These rules are: Warm up before performing a...

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New online and in-classroom student activities launched for This is Engineering Day

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Academy Fellows receive Queen’s Birthday Honours

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Employee Handbook - Part III

DISCIPLINARY POLICY All companies, no matter what their business, have certain rules of behavior, which must be observed to ensure a productive, safe operation. The Marek Companies are no exception. For the welfare of all of us who work together on a day-to-day basis, certain actions are serious enough to warrant disciplinary procedures. Therefore, infractions such as the ones listed below will result in such action, which may be in the form of a verbal warning, written warning, suspension,...

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Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub sets up first regional base in Northern Ireland

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Spending Review must support innovation to improve resilience and cut carbon emissions

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PPE could be safely decontaminated and reused to conserve supplies and save waste, say engineers

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Academy invests £22 million in emerging technologies that could have global benefits

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Academy invests £22 million in emerging technologies that could have global benefits

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Employee Handbook - Part II

ACCIDENTS In the event an employee is involved in an accident or sustains an injury while on the job, they must report it to their supervisor immediately regardless of its severity. First aid supplies are normally maintained at jobsites to take care of certain minor injuries. When medical attention is warranted, the supervisor will assist the employee in getting to proper medical facilities. Where the seriousness of an injury is in question, the supervisor and/or the Company reserve the...

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