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Read moreThe difficulty of adopting innovative solutions by engineering and construction companies
Four Steps Deploying Digital Tools in Construction
The difficulty of adopting innovative solutions by engineering and construction companies The McKinsey & Company, Capital Projects and Infrastructure Report “The new age of engineering and construction technology” highlights how the engineering and construction...
Advanced Software and Analytics Capabilities Transform Weather Risk
The McKinsey & Company, Capital Projects and Infrastructure Report “The new age of engineering and construction technology” highlights how the engineering and construction (E&C) industry is at the cusp of a new era. New technologies, such as weather risk...
Read moreTechnology is eliminating many of the problems that dogged the E&C sector for decades!
Weather Risk Technology Eliminates Problems in E&C Sector
Technology is eliminating many of the problems that dogged the E&C sector for decades! The McKinsey & Company, Capital Projects and Infrastructure Report “The new age of engineering and construction technology” highlights how the engineering and construction...
Weather Risk Technology Rapidly Transforming Construction
New technologies are rapidly transforming all stages of the construction process. The McKinsey & Company, Capital Projects and Infrastructure Report “The new age of engineering and construction technology” highlights how the engineering and construction (E&C)...
Read moreThe engineering and construction (E&C) industry is at the cusp of a new era.
Weather Risk Management in The New Age of Construction
The engineering and construction (E&C) industry is at the cusp of a new era. The McKinsey & Company, Capital Projects and Infrastructure Report “The new age of engineering and construction technology” highlights how the engineering and construction (E&C)...
Weather Risks to Wind Turbine Access Roads
At least two safety incidents each month related to wind energy access roads and hard stands In order to enhance the safety standards during the transportation and erection of onshore wind turbines, the International Crane Stakeholder Assembly (ICSA) is publishing a...
Weather Safety for One of the Top 10 Most Hazardous Occupations
OSHA highlights that steel erection is one of the top 10 most hazardous occupations according to BLS fatality data year after year. ANSI/ASSE A10.13-2011 Safety Requirements for Steel Erection “…standard establishes safety requirements for erecting, handling, fitting,...
Weather Safety Requirements for Steel Structures
ASSE Construction & Demolition Operations (A10) standards address the protection of employees and the public from hazards arising out of or associated with construction and demolition operations. The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) publishes ANSI/ASSE...
Read moreJob-safety analysis or JSA highlights hazards associated with an activity or operation, such as weather events.
5 Steps for Job-Safety Analysis of Wind Farm Weather Hazards
Job-safety analysis or JSA highlights hazards associated with an activity or operation, such as weather events. Wind turbine operations and maintenance (O&M) service activity processes and hub-entry procedures generally vary by the wind-turbine manufacturer and...
Wind Impacts on Wind Turbine Rotor Activities
Wind speed greater than 15 m/s or about 33.6 mph can cause excess stress loading on the wind turbine rotor. On wind power sites, it is important for project stakeholders to monitor weather conditions during any activity, such as wind turbine access and hub entry. Some...
Fastener Service Conditions for Wind Turbines
Wind turbines experience numerous loading scenarios across the lifecycle of assets and fleets, including temperature cycles, cyclic loading, and static loading. For example, in some geographic regions, such as the southern U.S. and in parts of Europe, temperature...
Weather Events That Impact Wind Power Projects
By design, both onshore wind power projects and offshore wind power projects are located in windy and gusty locations – some of the windiest locations around the world. Accordingly, environmental work hazards on wind power projects include weather hazards and weather...