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Happy birthday, air conditioning
Date: Aug-02-2002
A century later, 'Apparatus for Cooling Air' becomes indispensable contrivance In the summer of 1902, a 25-year-old engineer named Willis Haviland Carrier was presented with a challenge by a Brooklyn...
It's time to put some weight behind ergonomic issues
Date: Aug-02-2002
By Scott Schneider Laborers Health and Safety Fund of North America Musculoskeletal (muscle, joint and bone) injuries are the most common injury problem in the construction industry. They account for...
Not over the hill, Hill Auditorium undergoes massive renovation
Date: Aug-02-2002
ANN ARBOR - Constructed in 1913, Hill Auditorium isn't getting any younger. But with $38.6 million worth of renovations on the agenda, it's about to get better in a number...
Big drop in fatalities for Michigan's Hardhats
Date: Jul-19-2002
Michigan's construction workers are working safer. The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Consumer and Industry Services reports that seven construction workers in our state lost their lives...
Construction levels up from 2001
Date: Jul-19-2002
New construction increased 4 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $496.6 billion, according to the Dodge Division of McGraw-Hill. Greater activity was reported across a wide...
NEWS BRIEFS
Date: Jul-19-2002
Boycott of Novi Expo Center urged The Greater Detroit Building and Construction Trades Council is among a group of union-affiliated organizations engaged in a joint organizing drive that's encouraging a...
OSHA law improves safety, but toll on workers continues
Date: Jul-19-2002
A comparative study of workplace safety records in Michigan and across the nation provides a strong endorsement of the historic benefits of state and federal OSHA groups But in a...
Quiet, please: Industry needs to look at stopping construction noise at its source By Scott Schneider Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America
Date: Jul-19-2002
Editor's note: when it comes to preventing hearing loss in the construction industry, there's often no substitute for wearing personal protection devices like ear plugs and ear mufflers. But occupational health...
Trades playing the right notes during Orchestra Hall renovation
Date: Jul-19-2002
While the Detroit Symphony Orchestra takes its summer break, the building trades and construction manager George W. Auch are making a guest appearance in the DSO's home, Orchestra Hall, renovating...
Federal jobless money will be used to plug leaks in state budget
Date: Jul-05-2002
LANSING - With a state budget shortfall approaching $400 million, the Engler Administration has been looking under every rock for revenue sources that will help balance Michigan's books. In April,...