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  1. Emergency Access to Construction Job Sites

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    Fri, 8 Oct 2010

    fire or an EMS incident at a large construction job site. Since the majority of us do ..... and security problems, even a large construction job site is unlikely to have more than ..... access that you need or want at a construction job site. Photo 3 shows a temporary driveway

  2. Construction Concerns: Underground Confined Spaces

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    Tue, 9 Aug 2011

    department and facility managers can provide emergency services agencies with the information they need for preincident planning construction job sites like these to reduce the risk to their personnel if a response is needed. Download this article as a PDF HERE

  1. Electrical Safety

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    Mon, 14 Mar 2011

    it to trip. The most common cause of tripping GFCIs on construction job sites and on the fireground is moisture. This ..... tested monthly to ensure that they are working properly. On construction job sites, this test is to be performed and documented

  2. Construction Concerns: Concrete Falsework

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    Mon, 14 Jul 2008

    removed after the concrete sets and cures to its design strength, which can take as long as four weeks. Falsework on construction job sites is a concern for firefighters because it uses a lot of wood and a form-release material that is often kerosene

  3. Construction Concerns: Prestressed Concrete

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    Thu, 26 Feb 2009

    to a storage area where its curing continues. These finished units are loaded onto large trucks and transported to the construction job site, where they are set in place with a crane. Photo 1 shows 80-foot long, prestressed concrete "double-Ts" in

  4. Construction Concerns: I-Joists

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    Thu, 5 Nov 2009

    supported. Photo 1 shows a close-up of the top chords and webs of today’s I-joists, still bundled after delivery to a construction job site. The top and bottom chords are laminated veneer lumber (LVL), like plywood but with the grain in all of the laminates

  5. Construction Concerns: Wood Trusses

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    Mon, 1 Dec 2008

    commercial buildings since the 1970s. They are designed, assembled, and bundled at factories; shipped by truck to the construction job site; unloaded; and set in place, usually with an extended-reach, all-terrain forklift or a crane. Sometimes

  6. POTENTIAL FOR FLASHOVER OFTEN NOT RECOGNIZED

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    Sat, 1 Apr 2006

    occupants. I was visiting a newborn grandson at a university hospital. I opened a door in a plywood wall and found a construction job going on as if it were in a new building. • Plastic decorations present another flame spread hazard. Some years ago, I

  7. CANTILEVERS

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    Fri, 1 Sep 2006

    announced as a “hazard alert” with the dispatch. The finished balcony will not give a clue of its flimsy construction. Construction jobs often have a platform extending from the building so a crane can deposit materials. The platform is secured by 4 × 4 wood

  8. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT SAID THE WALLS WERE OK, BUT...

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    Fri, 1 May 1998

    cards. This and other defects caused the entire Ronan Point Project to be demolished. Propane gas is widely used on construction jobs to keep concrete from freezing and for personal comfort. In most cases, cylinders stand upright without any of the standard