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OSHA investigating recent construction accidents A spokesperson for the Denver office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has confirmed the agency is looking into the circumstances which led to two separate construction site accidents in the Denver metro area last week. One of the accidents killed a worker. Chauntra Rideaux, a regional OSHA representative, stated the U.S. Department of Labor agency is investigating the April 13 fatal fall in downtown Denver and the April 17 collapse of a warehouse-sized building in Commerce City. In the first incident, a 25-year-old worker, Juan Blanco-Parra, died after falling from the upper stories...

Arup’s visualisation tool bridges communities in Rwanda The bridge visualisation tool from Arup and Bridges to Prosperity Arup, in partnership with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), has designed a bridge visualisation tool to support bridge construction in East Africa and Central America. The tool, developed as an offline app, creates interactive 3D models of trailbridges, detailing the construction stage by stage. B2P’s teams use it to train local communities, which often act as the main construction workforce on the projects. It has been tested on seven bridge projects in Rwanda, and is now available for all B2P projects. B2P will also...

  FPT INDUSTRIAL TO CONEXPO CON/AGG 2023 WITH ITS WIDE RANGE OF SOLUTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT  FPT Industrial, the world-leading manufacturer of low environmental impact solutions, presents its full range of Tier 4 Final and Stage V, 2.8-to-16 liter engines at CONEXPO CON/AGG 2023, the largest construction show in North America to be held from 14 to 18 March in Las Vegas.  Renowned for their high performance, flexibility, reliability and maximized uptime, these highly productive and efficient engines can be used across several applications (off-road, and power generation) in a fully sustainable way since they are compatible with renewable diesel...

WEAV3D Awarded National Science Foundation Grant for Natural Fiber Polypropylene Enhancements  WEAV3D Inc., an innovator in composite materials, manufacturing processes and processing equipment, has been awarded a $200,000 Technology Enhancement for Commercial Partnerships (TECP) supplement to its 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant. The new award focuses on the use of WEAV3D’s woven composite lattices to enhance the performance and sustainability of natural fiber polypropylene (NFPP) composites for automotive applications.  “This grant will fund a detailed study of mechanical performance and manufacturability of lattice-reinforced NFPP panels, including the development and validation of finite...

LYT Introduces New Transit Signal Prioritization Insights Platform For Local Transit Agencies Pioneer of Cloud-Based Transit Solutions Unveils Never-Seen-Before Transit Performance Analytics System & Dashboard Santa Clara, Calif. – (March, 2023) -  LYT, a leader in intelligent connected traffic technology solutions, announced today its new feature-rich cloud-based Transit Signal Prioritization (TSP) platform, with a refreshed design and an innovative reporting dashboard to help local U.S. transit agencies improve public transportation corridors. Click here to view illustration one and illustration two. LYT’s Transit Signal Prioritization (LYT.transit) platform produces a consistent and reliable green light for every transit vehicle. It harnesses the...