Getting it Right the First Time: Four Tips for Fish Facility Projects
- Jason Irving
- Energy, Energy Generation
Last year I suggested Four Tips for User Friendly and Maintainable Fish Facilities, based on my experience as a construction manager. This is a topic worth revisiting, and it applies to many types of projects beyond fish facilities as well. I hope you find these ideas useful!
Don't Fear the Drones
If you bring up the topic of drones in random conversation, you’re likely to receive a variety of responses. Some will be excited at the possibilities. Some will express hesitancy until the rules have been cleared up. And some will issue stern warnings about a dystopian future where our every step is watched by machines in the sky.
Count me as a member of the excited group.
Are you Pro-Actively Tracking?
- Dennis Schwartz
- Energy, Energy Generation
In my last blog post entitled "Are we ready for the Hydropower Wave" I touched on how our existing hydro infrastructure is reaching the limits of its intended life and how there is a huge need to reinvest in this important regional resource. I also posed several difficult questions aimed at provoking thoughts and ideas about how the region plans to rejuvenate hydro plants and transmission systems with mounting pressure on shrinking or stagnant capital budgets. One of the keys to keeping ahead of this curve is to have a solid and well-managed maintenance and equipment tracking system that will save you time and capital dollars by improving the timing and replacement of these critical pieces of electrical and ancillary equipment at your facilities.
Is Your Safety Plan Translating From the Page to the Field?
- Heath Mellotte
- Transportation & Public Works, Energy, Energy Transmission & Distribution, Energy Generation
Raleigh Scaffolding Collapse Kills 3 Construction Workers
Three construction workers were killed and another seriously injured late Monday morning when an exterior lift system tore from the side of an office building under construction in downtown Raleigh.
A witness, LeRoy Kelley, said workers were dismantling a "mast climber" on the 11-story Charter Square Building on Fayetteville Street when the elevator-like system collapsed, sending a mobile scaffolding platform to the ground.
Officials with the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Division took control of the Charter Square site, halting construction.
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