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NES Rentals names safety, environmental health director
NES Rentals has appointed Teresa Kee director, safety and environmental health, at its headquarters in Chicago. Kee will strengthen NES’ environmental stewardship program and its ability to address the increased demands of regulatory agencies, said Andrew Studdert, president and chief executive of the company. Kee will oversee NES’ occupational safety program. Kee worked most recently […]
June 13, 2005
Safety
Modine names executive vice president
Modine Manufacturing has hired Thomas Burke to the newly created position of executive vice president. Burke will be responsible for the company’s North American automotive and commercial HVAC divisions, fuel cell products group, corporate information technology and environmental, health, safety and security departments. Burke spent the past nine years with Visteon, where he was most […]
June 13, 2005
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Business
Peterson Manufacturing celebrates 60th anniversary
Peterson Manufacturing is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year with special events and customer promotions scheduled for summer and fall. Peterson has grown from a small, automotive aftermarket supplier of such items as safety lighting and tire pumps to a quarter-billion-dollar corporation serving transportation-related industries around the world. “We’re not exactly high profile,” says president […]
June 13, 2005
Safety
Study: One-quarter of U.S. roads in substandard shape
Approximately one in four miles of the nation’s major roads — interstates, freeways and local roads — are in substandard condition according to a Washington, D.C.-based transportation research group. TRIP‘s study, Rough Ride Ahead: Metro Areas with the Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make Our Roads Smoother, found the top three metro areas with the […]
June 8, 2005
Safety
Senate approves highway spending bill
The U.S. Senate‘s approval of a highway bill May 17 has set the stage for negotiations with the House and a possible showdown with the president. In a bipartisan 89-11 vote, the Senate approved a bill that provides $295 billion for repairing and building the nation’s roads and bridges, as well as funding public transit […]
June 1, 2005
Safety
United Rentals opens trench safety branch
United Rentals announced May 11 it has opened its first trench safety branch in Canada. Located in Abbotsford, British Columbia, the facility will provide customers in the Vancouver area with underground construction equipment rentals, sales, service and a line of contractor supplies. The location will rent the latest technologies in steel trench shields, aluminum trench […]
May 23, 2005
Safety
‘Hitchhiker’ film spotlights heavy equipment maker JCB
The $50 million film version of Douglas Adam’s sci-fi novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” featured an intergalactic plotline, exploding planets and singing dolphins. But it also made use of Earth-based equipment company JCB‘s machines and operators. “Hitchhiker,” which has grossed more than $56 million since its release on May 1, used 12 JCB […]
May 18, 2005
Safety
Soaring temperatures make construction sites dangerous
The sun and warm weather the approaching summer months will bring to most jobsites mean you must take special precautions to prevent heat-related injury, illness and death. One of the hottest, and most dangerous, areas of the country for construction work during the summer is Texas. Concrete and asphalt worksites in this state regularly exceed […]
May 16, 2005
Business
Freightliner chief engineer to retire
Freightliner has announced that Michael von Mayenburg, the company’s chief engineering officer since 1990, will retire this summer. Elmar Boeckenhoff, who will become senior vice president of engineering and technology and a member of the company’s executive committee, will succeed von Mayenburg, whose retirement culminates a 41-year career in the truck and automotive manufacturing industry. […]
May 15, 2005
Safety
Road Check event to educate heavy truck drivers
Most drivers of large, heavy trucks realize the importance of having well maintained brakes. But many neglect another critical aspect of increasing safety and reducing costs: their tires. To combat driver ignorance of proper heavy truck tire care and other safety issues, the non-profit industry regulation enforcement group Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and other federal […]
May 12, 2005
Safety
NES Rentals VP wins traffic safety industry award
The American Traffic Safety Services Association presented its 2004 Pioneer Achievement Award to Kathleen Holst, vice president of NES Rentals’ traffic safety division. ATSSA gives the award annually to a member of the group who has made a significant contribution to the association and the traffic control industry. Holst was president of ATSSA from 2002 […]
April 25, 2005
Safety
Composite bridge material tested in Missouri
University of Missouri-Columbia researchers have developed a new composite reinforcement system that could replace steel rebar and significantly cut down on maintenance and safety concerns for bridges. The Farm Road 148 Bridge in Greene County Missouri will be the first real-world test of the composite material, which engineers say is up to five times stronger […]
April 19, 2005
Workforce
Jobsite books break language barrier
The increasing number of Spanish-speaking employees in the construction industry is building a wall that blocks communication between project managers and laborers. Two new Spanish-English books aim to tear down that wall. The American Road & Transportation Builders Association produced the publications to help improve contractors’ interaction with Spanish-speaking employees. “We think there is a […]
April 15, 2005
Safety
Contractor wins engineering award for bypass project
Anyone who has driven through the undulating mountains of southwest Virginia can understand the difficulty of planning and building the region’s roads. Sporadic wetlands and surrounding rural communities must be taken into consideration by engineers and contractors. The Louis Berger Group, an engineering and contracting company based in East Orange, N.J., faced many of those […]
April 12, 2005
Safety
Putzmeister to use SmartEquip parts/service support system
Putzmeister America, a maker of truck-mounted concrete boom pumps and telescopic conveyors, announced March 31 it will use SmartEquip’s Web-based electronic parts and service support system. The e-CommercePro product includes electronic parts catalogs, operator manuals, troubleshooting guides, safety notices, equipment specifications and the capability to order parts via the Internet. Dave Adams, president and chief […]
April 11, 2005
Safety
Utility contractors recognized for zero accidents
Making it through an entire year with zero reportable accidents isn’t an easy task for most utility contractors. The National Utility Contractors Association is honoring member companies that have perfect safety records with a Zero Accidents Award. “I think zero accidents is not necessarily uncommon, but something that each company could have,” said Jill Glei, […]
April 11, 2005
Safety
Educating public aim of Work Zone Awareness Week
Slow down. Stay Alert. Obey the law. These are just a few of the suggestions being made for safe driving during National Work Zone Awareness Week, which began April 3 and concludes April 9. The campaign is attempting to increase public awareness of work zone safety by bringing to the attention of the motoring public […]
April 8, 2005
Safety
OSHA addresses high injury, illness rates with employer mailing
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration mailed letters this month to 14,000 workplaces with the highest occupational injury and illness rates urging them to take preventive action. Employers, including some construction contractors, receiving the letters had a “days away from work, restricted work or transfer injury” (DART) rate of 6.5 workers injured or ill for […]
March 28, 2005
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