Posts by Lance Hodgson
Enviro – Environmental permit examples and best practices
Environmental permit examples and best practices About environmental permitting Industrial sites are naturally destructive places. In fact, the beginning of any industrial project usually involves destroying something for something else to get built on top of, underneath or in place of that area or thing. In order to manage the destructive and constructive nature of…
Read more →Enviro – The environmental auditing process
Environmental auditing process: What are the different types? About environmental auditing… An environmental audit is a tool which companies use to evaluate and quantify their environmental performance in order to identify compliance or management system implementation gaps. The scale and intensity of the audit is dictated by which type of environmental audit a company conducts.…
Read more →Enviro – Vibration in construction
Vibration in construction: Everything you need to know In this article, we’ll cover everything you need to know about vibration in construction, from its causes and effects to how to manage and mitigate its impact to protect equipment, structures, and most importantly, people. About vibration in construction There are a tonne of obvious health, safety…
Read more →Enviro – Construction site noise pollution and control
Construction site noise pollution and control best practices The state of noise pollution from construction sites Construction sites are inherently noisy, and they are a one of the most frequent sources of noise pollution on the planet. Heavy machinery, power tools, schools of people and the necessary radio result in a chorus of noise for…
Read more →Safety – Proven methods of hazard identification and risk assessment
10 Proven methods for hazard identification and risk assessment What role do hazard identification and risk assessment play in project management? Hazard identification and risk assessments form the basis of proactive project safety and prevention. The two safety jobs combine to mitigate and prevent the chances that incidents occur – and ensure that assets, equipment…
Read more →Safety – Incident investigation report sample
Incident investigation report sample – and what else you need to know This article gives you a clear incident investigation report sample and also explains what you need to get right when doing incident investigation reports. What is an incident investigation report? An incident investigation report is a report which is created and completed when…
Read more →Safety – The definition of hazard identification – and how to better manage hazards
The definition of hazard identification – and how you can better identify hazards The definition of a hazard In order to define what hazard identification is, we should start by defining what a hazard is: A hazard is a source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on something or someone. As we are…
Read more →Enviro – Types of hazardous waste: a complete summary
Types of hazardous waste you need to be aware of What is hazardous waste? Hazardous waste has two components to it. It must be a) considered waste and b) considered hazardous (surprise surprise). Waste is a pretty common and well understood term, but because we are talking about science and environmental science, let’s define what…
Read more →Sitemate raises $1.3 million to streamline the industries
Part of Sitemate’s Sydney based team Sitemate raises $1.3 million to digitise and automate documents and analytics across the industries Sitemate (formerly Construction Cloud) has today announced that they have raised $1.3 million to launch their product Dashpivot globally. Sitemate’s software service enables companies in industrial verticals such as construction, infrastructure, oil & gas, mining…
Read more →Safety – Hazardous chemicals examples
Hazardous chemicals examples What is a hazardous chemical? It can sometimes be tricky to know exactly what a hazardous chemical is, because there is no exact formula or science. At a high level, hazardous chemicals are substances which can cause adverse health effects such as poisoning, skin rashes, nausea and vomiting, allergic reactions, cancer, birth…
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