Weekly Toolbox Talk: Hazard Analysis - Working Around Sprinklers or Electrical Areas

Electricity has long been recognized as a serious workplace hazard, exposing employees to such dangers as electrical shock, electrocution, fires and explosions. However when we talk about fires, is also important to mention that sprinkler systems are installed in projects to prevent fire breakouts inside buildings, but when these lines with high-pressure water are broken, the sprinkler lines can also turn into catastrophic damage for property and equipment.Therefore we have developed the...

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Engineering profession calls for action to secure the UK’s future economy and society

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In Houston, ABC National President Mike Bellaman Encourages Craft Professionals to Author Their Own Future

The following article was authored by Scott Braddock and originally published on ConstructionCitizen.com.Craft professionals in construction have the “gift of choice” and the chance to be the author of their own future. That was the main message from Mike Bellaman, President and CEO of the Associated Builders and Contractors, as he spoke to students graduating from the Workforce Development Program at MAREK this year. “When you’re making choices it’s about leadership and fortitude,”...

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Industry-Provided Apprenticeship Programs Critical to the Future

The following article was authored by Jim Kollaer and originally published in ConstructionCitizen.com.With less than two weeks to go before the comment period for the new proposed Department of Labor (DOL) rule on Registered Apprenticeship Programs, or RAPs, will be over, it appears that the construction industry organizations have gotten the proverbial “short end of the stick” from a union-backed exemption that excludes construction Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs, or IRAPs, from...

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Powder-Actuated Tool Safety

Powder actuated fastening tools have many things in common with sporting rifles and pistols. All use a load to fire a projectile and all are commonly referred to as “guns.”All powder-actuated tools have safety requirements. When not followed, a deadly situation can result. Just as you would never point a field rifle or pistol at another person while hunting, you should never point a powder-actuated tool at another person or object whether the tool is loaded or unloaded. You also wouldn’t leave...

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Heat Stress

 Hot weather causes more fatalities than any other weather-related source. Heat waves rarely are given adequate attention but in fact, they claim more lives each year than floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes combined. Heat waves are a silent killer. Heatstroke also affects both genders equally. However, because many men were exposed to heat in the workforce, the annual death rate is 2 times higher in men than in women.In general, the human body cools itself by producing sweat. Sweat...

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Academy supports engineering excellence with 18 new Research Fellowships

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