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Industry News
Associated Builders and Contractors reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator expanded to a record 9.9 months during the second quarter of 2018. Backlog is up 12.2 percent from the first quarter and 14 percent compared to the same time last year.
 
CISCA is offering a unique opportunity to experience European travel with plant tours and sightseeing around the continent. In order to make this trip a reality, we need commitments NOW from those who with to attend. Please contact Shirley today to express interest. 
 
Effective Oct. 1, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration moved forward with an updated excavation and trenching National Emphasis Program. The safety enhancements represent a renewed effort on the part of the agency to prevent excavation and trenching collapses in the wake of an uptick in trenching fatalities.
 
 
   
Discount travel and hotel room rates for Ceilings and Interior Systems Construction Association Members that are up to 70% lower than any other public online travel website or hotel website at over 800,000 Participating Hotels and Resorts Worldwide.
 
Offsite design-build company Katerra announced yesterday it has absorbed Denver-area general contractor Bristlecone Construction Corp., which will now fall under the name Katerra.
 
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ProTech Spec Resources
A Safety Culture is the set of values, attitudes and beliefs that management and the workforce use to determine how they act at work. Safety should not be viewed or stated simply as a priority. The priorities of a company can change over time, and even on short notice, but values do not. To say that safety is a priority means that it will change based on the needs or urgencies of the moment and will not always be on the top of your priority list. Read the steps your company can take to build a safety culture.
 
ABC Chapters Upgrade Education Facilities to Meet Demand for Hands-on and Distance Learning
 
The robot is meant to tackle the "manual shortages" Japan is facing, AIST also posits, and will allow the limited pool of human workers to focus on lighter, less dangerous work.​
 
Lamvin Puts Safety First!
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Lamvin Inc. recently completed certified laboratory pull testing on their Sonic Series, Hanging Baffle suspension tabs, becoming the industry’s first acoustic products manufacturer to complete and publish their results. Lamvin’s Dual Core suspension tabs withstand an average load of 131 lbs. per point. See Lamvin's website for further test results on ceiling mounted baffles and clouds.
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