Annual Safe + Sound Week Promotes Workplace Health and

On Aug. 15-21, 2022, OSHA is holding its annual Safe + Sound Week. This nationwide event recognizes successful workplace health and safety programs and offers information and ideas to improve workplace safety.

Although workplace incidents involving injuries or fatalities have decline 60% in the past four decades, the United States still sees more than 3.6 million serious job-related injuries or

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Vp abandons sale process

Vp abandons sale process
Jeremy Pilkington

The Vp board announced on 28th April 2022 that it was launching a formal sale process (FSP). After reviewing proposals with its advisers it has concluded that none were good enough. The sale is now off.

Vp’s controlling shareholder Ackers P Investment Company, a company connected to Vp chairman Jeremy Pilkington, has indicated to the board it

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CIOB Scotland Awards shortlist revealed

CIOB Scotland Awards shortlist revealed
The CIOB Scotland Awards winners will be revealed on 16 September

A total of 19 finalists have made the shortlist across seven categories in CIOB Scotland’s first-ever awards.

Winners will be revealed on Friday 16 September at the Doubletree by Hilton Glasgow.

  • David Lannigan – senior operations manager, Morgan Sindall
  • Gary Holmes – regional managing director, Graham’s Building North Division
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Researchers ‘color code’ webbing material for exposure to

Webbing structures — from chin straps and parachute material, to space habitats — are extensively employed in engineering systems as load-bearing components. They are frequently subjected to extended ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation, which can affect their integrity and reduce their mechanical strength. Despite technological advancements in structural health monitoring, long-term UV sensing techniques for webbings remain under-developed.

A new study,

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A&I Electrical Inc. Helps Farmers Stave Off Grain Shortages

The World Food Programme, a humanitarian organization that provides food assistance to millions throughout the world, billed 2022 as “a year of unprecedented hunger.” Topping the list of reasons the organization blames for growing food insecurity is the war in Ukraine, a major grain-producing region known as the world’s breadbasket. Other causes include climate change, COVID-19 and resulting economic shocks.

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