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ARTBA-Supported Awareness Week Highlights Life and Death Consequences of Work Zone Accidents

American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)

This year's theme highlights the serious and sometimes deadly consequences of speeding through a work zone.

45% of Highway Contractors Suffered Workzone Crashes in the Past Year

Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)

43% of contractors reported in AGC highway work zone study that motor vehicle operators or passengers were injured during work zone crashes

IPAF Staff Take the PAL+ Challenge

International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)

Susan Foster, IPAF training operations coordinator, and Lynn Price, IPAF audit and QC manager, are the first members of the IPAF staff to successfully complete the PAL+ advanced operator course.

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IAPA Winners Celebrate in Windsor; 2015 Event to Be Held in Washington, DC

International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)

Close to 500 people from 28 countries attended the International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) on April 3 in Windsor, UK, which saw 14 winners recognized for best practice, excellence and innovation in the industry.

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National Work Zone Awareness Week Begins Today

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 609 people died in highway work-zone crashes in 2012, an increase of 19 fatalities over the previous year.

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Shoring Solution, Careful Planning Meet Strict Requirements for Construction Under Denver’s Union Pacific Rail Yard

Contractors uses GME sliderail system to help minimize excavation size and soil disturbances during tunnel construction only 27 feet from a railroad track

Ground level view of the excavation, showing proximity to an active rail yard, as Microtunnel machine is lowered into the shored excavation.

Olivet Management Statement on OSHA News Release

'We have the same goals as OSHA's to ensure that all workers will be fully protected against any unsafe and unhealthful working conditions'

Clean Water Act Expansion Not the Right Answer, NAHB Says

National Association of Home Builders

'EPA's proposed expansion of the Clean Water Act will increase new home costs, greatly increase the number of construction sites requiring permits and delay projects without corresponding benefit to lakes and rivers'

Chamber Vows to 'Vigorously Oppose' EPA Clean Water Act Proposal

'EPA's proposal would make virtually every river, stream, and creek in the U.S. subject to the Clean Water Act and put the agency in charge of zoning the entire country'

US EPA Proposes Dramatic Expansion of Clean Water Act Regulation

Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)

Proposed change to definition of 'navigable waterways' would double the miles of waterway EPA regulates under the authority of the Clean Water Act

How Do You Measure Up?

LaserLine can attach to any striping machine and gives the operator a spot reference for a line, or an actual line, when used at night.

OSHA Fines Fischer Excavating $58,100 for Trenching Hazards at Rockford Site

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

One of three violations cited was willful, failing to provide cave-in protection to workers installing a sewer line in a trench approximately 11 ft. deep

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