August 7, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, MA — WeatherBuild®, Decision Support Solutions for the Construction Industry and Built Environment™, published the white paper “Wind Speeds at Heights.” The white paper serves as a reference for leading contractors, owners and operators with schedule activities, work results, and equipment operations at risk of being impacted by wind.
WeatherBuild reports on wind events at varying heights above ground level, given the broad spectrum of risks to life safety and workplace productivity due to wind. Further, WeatherBuild leverages the generally accepted, industry standards and best practices to complement its proprietary, weather event modeling.
Wind, including wind speed at varying heights above ground level, wind gust, and wind shear, impact a broad spectrum of schedule activities, work results, and equipment operations in the construction industry and built environment, from general building to electrical utilities to wind energy.
Wind can dislodge materials and debris off of buildings and structures, if not stored and secured, regardless of its location on the site, ground, floor, or roof, endangering both workers and bystanders. Further, wind can damage both existing conditions and unfinished work, if not protected and braced.
Different types of cranes, such as mobile cranes, tower cranes and derricks, and temporary hoists, are essential heavy equipment for many projects, enabling rigging, hoisting and lifting of numerous loads, from structural steel to mechanical equipment to glazed assemblies, up to varying heights to put work in place.
In crane operations, wind can destabilize loads during lifting and destabilize the equipment itself, threatening the structural stability and weakening the structural integrity of mobile cranes, tower cranes and derricks, and temporary hoists — and, leading to structural failures and catastrophic collapses!
Go to https://weatherbuild.co/resources/ and https://weatherbuild.co/resources/#white-papers today, to get the WeatherBuild white paper “Wind Speeds at Heights” and many other valuable resources for your project management body of knowledge.
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