High ethical standards promoted by engineering profession

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Fighting

In any company, whether differences among members are great or small, functioning as a team is critical to success.In today’s meeting, we want to focus on behaviors that violate these principles in the worst way. We are speaking of verbal and physical confrontations, more commonly known as “having words” and fighting.Our company’s response to fighting is simple: if you get into a fight on the job or while on company property, you will be disciplined. At the very least, all parties involved will...

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Utility Knife Safety

There’s one hand tool that demands your respect over many others in the workplace, a tool that can cut you to the bone in an instant . . . the utility knife.Many workers use utility knives to cut drywall, ceiling tile, strapping, puncture shrinkwrap and open packaging. But one wrong move and these blades can do serious harm.In fact, nearly 40 percent of all injuries attributed to manual workshop tools in the US involve utility knives.Many accidents involving utility knives occur for the...

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Want to engage people with engineering? Ingenious applications now open

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Prefab PODs Are In Play In Healthcare Construction

The following article was authored by Jim Kollaer and originally published on ConstructionCitizen.com.There are over 50 definitions of the term POD on the net. The definitions range from “seed pods” to “self-contained storage units" brand named PODS, but most definitions relate to a self contained unit of some sort.In the construction world, POD brand storage units are sometimes used to support construction. Recently the use of the term POD has emerged as a self-contained prefabricated...

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Academy funds seven Research Fellows to pursue excellence in engineering research

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National Academies host UK Research and Innovation vision speech

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