Tag: Safer
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Build a safer home with FireAngel’s smart alarm solutions
What are you doing to protect your property from the risks of fire, smoke damage, and the release of deadly carbon monoxide? When renovating a home, it’s easy to be distracted by the more glamorous elements, but safety should be a top priority. In the UK, about 1 in 4 homes don’t have a working…
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8 Steps to a Safer Jobsite
Safety isn’t just about compliance—it’s a driver of business success. A strong safety culture reduces accidents, claims, and insurance costs while enhancing efficiency and minimizing downtime. It also boosts morale, attracts talent, and positions your company as a trusted partner. In 2023 alone, there were 62 million workplace injuries and 222,698 preventable deaths, according to…
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How Technology is Building a Safer Construction Environment
Construction is known for its inherent risks. The iconic image of workers casually eating lunch on a skyscraper beam with no safety measures highlights the risks that have long been present in the industry. In fact, 41% of the 34 deadliest jobs in the U.S. are in construction. While safety practices have significantly improved since…
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Why Structural Integrity Matters: How to Build Safer Buildings
Strong structural integrity is the cornerstone of structures protecting lives and assets among changing pressures and temperature extremes. Setting new benchmarks in safety and resilience, pioneering engineering, sophisticated materials, and painstaking design produce buildings that withstand the worst challenges of nature. Creative ideas and cooperative practices merging mostly form modern, safe buildings with long-lasting effects.…
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Home Adaptation Grants: Making Your Home Safer as You Age
As you age, modifications to your home environment will help keep you safe while also increasing the enjoyment of living in your space. Home adaptation grants provide financial support to make essential home changes that improve safety and accessibility. The aging process should not be complicated by concerns over home safety. Grant programs support various…
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Creating safer jobsites: Understanding how human factors and performance impact construction safety
Human factors and human performance are crucial for workplace safety in most industries, but few are more dire than in the construction industry. These concepts focus on how certain factors correlate with individual behaviors and interactions in the workplace. Understanding these elements can help leaders improve productivity, safety and decision-making, and create a supportive environment…
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Making Construction Safer with AI
In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast had the pleasure of interviewing Gary Ng, CEO of viAct. We discuss the use of AI in making construction sites safer. viAct is a ConTech startup from Hong Kong backed by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, Artesian Ventures, and ParticleX. viAct provides “Scenario-based Vision Intelligence” solutions exclusively…
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Digital Twins for a Safer Built Environment
As a native of Turin Italy, I was horrified at the Ponte Morandi bridge collapse last year. As a child and as an adult I have travelled over that bridge more times than I can imagine and have often pondered the what-if scenarios. What if it had happened when I or my loved ones were…
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How BIM Helps Make Buildings Safer
There are many uses for building information models that are yet to be discovered. One Finnish team collaborated with a city and fire & rescue authority to explore how BIM would help make buildings safer. “Imagine a fire inspector in a building with an AR headset. He can retrieve data from the building’s digital model…
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Cordapillar- A New Solution to a Safer Working Environment
A simple innovation is often all it takes to solve a nagging problem. Cordapillar deals with the predicament that is all too familiar to everyone: extension cords running loose on the floor, creating potentially hazardous conditions in the working environment. OSHA wants you to better protect your construction workers today. Cord protection is an essential part…