Zona Roofing has pleaded guilty to violating OSHA fall-protection standards in a case involving the 2019 fatal fall of an employee replacing a residential roof in Haledon, N.J. The plea agreement calls for the company to receive a sentence of five years of probation, pay $75,000 in restitution to the employee's family, train employees and improve safety measures.
The Federal Aviation Administration has given Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport a $5.1 million grant to replace the aging roof of Concourse D. The contract has been awarded to L. Marshall Roofing & Sheet Metal, and the project is expected to be completed by the end of next year without disruption to travelers or concourse tenants.
Tight and costly credit appear to be taking a toll on construction as total starts fell 7% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.1 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. That included a 32% plunge in nonbuilding starts for the month, while the overall figure for the year through October was down 4% from the year-earlier period.
University of Central Florida researchers seek to develop four technologies to provide deep insights into the structural health of buildings. A generative adversarial network and an immersive visualization system using virtual reality are a couple of their tools.
An all-electric stadium planned for the New York City Football Club marks a first for New York City and MLS. The plan calls for a $780 million facility in Queens with features such as rooftop solar panels, water harvesting, locally sourced materials, and intelligent systems, as well as a backup generator.
Climate change is resulting in less snow falling worldwide and will make precipitation more likely to be in the form of rain, according to climate scientists. A reduction in snowpack poses risk for residents, ecosystems and agriculture in areas including parts of the Western US, which depends on snowmelt runoff during the dry season, says University of Washington environmental engineering professor Jessica Lundquist.
A wide variety of wearables for construction site safety and efficiency are now available and in use. Charles Rathmann offers a rundown of some of the more popular solutions offering features such as integrated cameras, geolocation, hands-free communications and personnel-equipment coordination.
In this episode of the Roofing Technology Think Tank podcast, Executive Director Karen Edwards guest hosts and welcomes Service Alignment founder and CEO Chad Westbrook. Service Alignment works with contractors across the country to build high-performing teams geared toward improving the company's sales, service and lead generation teams. Listen to this episode to learn more about the dos and don'ts of embracing technology and how you can find success.
