Site safety is the number one concern for a good project manager or foreman. Construction is an inherently dangerous occupation. Without intentional and well-developed preventative measures, a construction site is fraught with opportunities for serious accidents and injuries.
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Russian rescue workers have reconstructed more than 250 buildings in Nagorno-Karabakh, working together with the regional Ministry of Urban Construction and the Interior Ministry, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement on Friday, Tass informed.
"As many as 251 buildings have been reconstructed so far, including an apartment building,...
Sheremetyevo International Airport is set to commission its newly reconstructed first runway one (RWY-1) today in a ceremony that will feature a parade of airfield equipment. Aeroflot will inaugurate the runway with a flight SU022 that is scheduled to depart for St. Petrsburg at 4:05 pm.
With the commissioning of Runway-1, which features two new high-speed-exit...
The Russian authorities plan to attract 1 trillion rubles ($13.1 bln) of non-budgetary funds for the construction of roads in the country in the next three years, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin told reporters during the Transport Week, TASS writes.
"We have set the task of attracting extra-budgetary money -...
A deposit of basaltic porphyry, which may be used in construction, was discovered in the Nenets Region, the regional administration’s press service said on Thursday, TASS writes.
"A deposit of basaltic porphyry has been discovered in the Nenets Region," the press service said. "This stone will be used at the...
Arctic LNG 2 entered into long-term charter agreements on 14 Arc7 ice-class LNG tankers with SMART LNG (a joint venture between Novatek and Sovcomflot), with the construction of LNG tankers planned at the Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, Novatek said in a statement on Monday, TASS writes.
The signing of charter agreements...
Russia said Monday that Turkey's decision to turn the iconic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque was the country's own business, The Moscow Times reported.
Turkey's move followed a court decision last week revoking the museum status of the UNESCO World Heritage site, and has triggered a global outcry.
"We...
Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex has been licensed to build LNG tankers with membrane tanks. The Technical Assistance and License Agreement (TALA) was signed with the French engineering company Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), Rosneft has reported. Preparing for licensing, Zvezda made a sample membrane tank thus confirming is competency, Sea News...
Russian-flagged pipelayer Fortuna has departed from the German port of Mukran and entered Danish waters, shortly after Copenhagen expanded the list of ships allowed to participate in construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Russia Today reported.
Data from vessel tracking websites showed that Fortuna was sailing in Danish...
Russia’s Arctic region of Murmansk plans to build a new temporary hospital in a village where a vital liquefied natural gas supply plant is being built after an outbreak of the new coronavirus, Reuters reports.
Murmansk governor Andrey Chibis said the authorities had contained the outbreak in Belokamenka, where Russian...
