Weekly Toolbox Talk: Sprains and Strains

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 physical taskStretch when starting work, after breaks and lunchGet help if the task requires itPush whenever possible, don’t...

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Engineering gender pay gap in the UK less than feared, but still requires action

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MAREK Announces Senior Leadership Promotions for Houston Commercial Division

MAREK announces the promotion of Phil Nevlud to Division President of its Houston commercial construction business. Jorge Rodriguez is promoted to Managing Director of Field Production and George Kissamis is promoted to Managing Director of Estimating and Project Management. This team will lead sales and project management as well as construction project delivery across all of MAREK’s commercial service lines: core and tenant drywall, acoustical ceilings, paint, specialty finishes, fabric...

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2020 good for construction in Houston, but more jobs and workers are needed

The following excerpt was taken from an article in KTRH posted by Audrey Morton:Marek Construction Companies CEO Stan Marek said the construction industry will be extremely busy this year."The residential industry has a lot of multi-family and single-family housing coming up. The medical center has about over $4 billion worth of work planned for the next 18 months," said Marek.He said highway construction will be busy. However there will be a continuation of construction starts of new...

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Academy President comments on the Global Talent Visa announcement

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Mobile gadget library for schools wins audience vote for Martin Bruce at Africa Prize Live

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Eyes Are Priceless

Let's take a quick test. How many basic senses do we have at birth? Name them. Is it one.... two.... four? I'm sure we all agree the answer is FIVE. These five senses are SIGHT, HEARING, TASTE, TOUCH and SMELL.If you were faced with sacrificing four of these five basic senses, which ones would you keep? Most people would keep their sense of SIGHT. Yet on so many occasions, we treat this most priceless possession too lightly. The value of our sight cannot be measured.The eye is like a camera....

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