Safety

Some jobs may seem too small to sweat over the idea of public safety. There are a hundred little things on a job...

The threat of injury is always present in a roadway work zone. As common as these sites are, providing the crew and...

As hydroexcavator operator Joe Harp walked up to his co-worker to aid him on a job site, he suddenly felt like he...

When job site safety, and the unfortunate outcomes that can come from overlooking safety protocols, are covered in Municipal Sewer & Water,...

The importance of practicing safety when working on sewer projects in and around manholes can never be emphasized enough. Keep this information in...

Despite having worked in equipment safety publications for four years now, I marvel at how much I still don't know. However, one...

In 1971, OSHA was created mostly because companies and employees were not committed enough — or able — to take care of...

Construction and public works crews need to know where gas lines are before digging, drilling, pile driving, bulldozing or performing any other...

Trench collapse (or cave-in) and caught-in (or caught-between) incidents occur too often. In 2014, 39 workers perished in caught-in incidents. Between 2000...

Trenchless technologies continue to grow around the world because they have been a safe and cost-effective method of renewing our buried infrastructure...

Compact jetter saves time, trouble and moneyProblem: Craig Casteen of Casteen Plumbing & Repair in North Carolina faced working in a residential...

Communication turns a group of workers into an organized crew. Ever since our cave-dwelling ancestors started using hand signals and birdcalls to...

In the first part of this series, I mentioned five mega megaprojects with budgets in the $10 billion to $20 billion range....

The combination of wireless communication and hearing protection comes in handy just about everywhere outside of a cubicle farm. Come to think...

The global infrastructure market totaled $3.1 trillion in 2016 and is expected to hit $4.2 trillion by 2020. Within that market are some public...

Winning awards is one thing. Staying ahead of the curve is another. The North Penn Water Authority in suburban Philadelphia has managed...

The city of Houston is just beginning to dig out from the wrath of Hurricane Harvey as I write this. Some of...