Tag: Lives
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Jobsite Enforcement of Situational Awareness Saves Lives
It happens all too often to ignore. In June 2023, an earthworks employee showed up at a jobsite in Stoughton, Massachusetts, expecting fully to make it home in time for dinner that night. Unfortunately, a track loader’s bucket was elevated on uneven ground, upending the vehicle and striking and pinning the worker between the ground…
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Halff Celebrates 75 Years of Improving Lives and Communities
Halff, an award-winning, employee-owned and full-service infrastructure consulting firm, proudly celebrates its legacy of improving lives and communities with its 75th anniversary in 2025. Since its founding in 1950 by Dr. Albert H. Halff, the firm has grown from a one-man consulting practice into one of the nation’s largest infrastructure consulting firms. Dr. Halff’s extraordinary…
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How BIM Lives After the Handover – Interview with Hans Kristian Grani
I had the pleasure of meeting with Hans Kristian Grani, CEO of Areo, a software startup from Oslo, Norway. We discussed their solution to make building information models and other building data usable and useful after the construction phase. Background Hans Kristian, who holds a Master of Science, talked about his background as a civil…