March 2018
Also in the March 2018 Issue:
Tips from an Insulation Contractor: Top 10 Ways to Keep Your Project on Time and on Budget
There are many factors that can affect the success of a project. Following are 10 of the most common issues experienced during insulation installation and solutions to ensure they don’t negatively affect the project. These issues tend to crop up repeatedly, so it is important to continually reinforce these lessons to project teams. By avoiding
Safety Matters: Getting to the Root of the Matter
Even the most safety-conscious workplaces will experience incidents from time to time. How a company responds to an incident is what separates the top performers from the rest. Incident investigation is a forward-looking process with the purpose of preventing future incidents. It is not an exercise in fault finding and finger pointing. Consider, for example,
Combating Wild Weather
The Cost of a Chaotic Climate What does this mean for the construction industry? Quite a bit. According to Forrester Research, weather is the leading cause of business disruptions.1 No other industry is as susceptible to weather’s unpredictability as construction workers who operate outside. High winds from thunderstorms and tropical developments create hazardous environments for
Extreme Weather and the Construction Industry
This fall, the United States was hit with a series of tropical storms that caused extreme destruction and mass evacuations. It’s estimated that together, Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma caused $290 billion in damages. Harvey accounts for the majority of this figure: the rebuild is expected to cost $190 billion, making Harvey one of the costliest weather
