News Abu Dhabi policing sites to ensure they adhere to heat ban Abu Dhabi City Municipality reiterated its call for construction companies, site managers and workers to strictly abide by a ban on working outside between the hours of 12:30 and 15:00pm.…
Trends ‘Electrolyte popsicles’: Five ways to survive the heat dome onsite As a ‘heat dome’ breaks calendar-day temperature records across the US Midwest and Northeast, Skanska tells GCR five ways it’s keeping workers safe onsite. 1. Pre-shift training We’re preparing for…
News Finnish firms plan to heat cities with little reactors by 2030 Finnish nuclear start-up Steady Energy aims to start work on its first small modular reactor (SMR) pilot next year, financial news service Morningstar reports. The €20m pilot will serve as…
News Turner heat study shows workers risk “permanent health effects” even on mild days Turner Construction has tested labourers working at a large data centre project in Kansas City to investigate the effect of temperature on health. The study concluded that those tested were…
Innovation Save money by heating a room’s surfaces, not its air, tech firm says A thin film impregnated with tiny heaters and incorporated into floors, walls and even furniture can provide instant, on-demand heating more cheaply and sustainably than conventional space-heating, a Finnish tech…