The EPA and You

Better Roads Staff - May 06, 2013

How often do we hear people in the business of highways and bridges refer not simply to environmental regulations but to environmental regulations To a degree, working with EPA is a lot like dealing with other agencies. The two keys seem ...

Better Bridges

Better Roads Staff - May 05, 2012

Bridge Climbing Engineers on ropes doing specialized structural inspections By Tina Grady Barbaccia Bridges that were once inaccessible by traditional methods can now be thoroughly inspected by engineers climbing and rappelling down the structures.When the floodgates of a large dam in Folsom, Calif., ...

ARTBA: Proposed OSHA rule ‘counterproductive’ to workplace safety

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 31, 2011

A proposed rule to change reporting requirements by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will increase the burden on America’s workforce and divert resources from programs that actually improve health and safety, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association ...

OSHA awards $2.75 million in grants for fall protection

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Sep 22, 2010

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Sept. 22 awarded $2.75 million in Susan Harwood Targeted Topic Training Grants to 16 organizations, including nonprofit and community/faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, and ...