GBCA Salutes Women-Owned Construction Businesses!
To celebrate Women in Construction (WIC) Week 2020, GBCA is highlighting our Women-Owned Businesses. There are many women who have strong, leadership roles in Philadelphia’s construction companies, and in these companies, this leadership includes ownership. The following GBCA members are
GBCA Member Spotlight: Thackray Crane Rental
Established in 1947, Thackray Crane Rental is the region’s only continuously family-owned and operated crane rental company, which provides bare and manned crane rentals, warehouse and storage facilities, heavy industrial trucking services, and comprehensive logistics support to their valued customers
NAWIC Tours LF Driscoll’s Penn Medicine Pavilion Project for WIC Week 2020
On Tuesday, March 3, as part of Women in Construction (WIC) Week 2020, the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Philadelphia Chapter 145 toured Penn Medicine’s Pavilion project. The Pavilion project is an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) project, with
CSI Philadelphia’s Grill Series: Submittals
Join CSI Philadelphia for its next Grill Series event! This series brings together industry experts to answer your questions! This next event will be about submittals. The Grill Series: Submittals Date: Monday, March 16, 2020 Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm Location:
OSHA Updates Standards and Regulations, and Scaffolds Graphics
OSHA has issued technical corrections and amendments to 27 standards and regulations to address “minor misprints, omissions, outdated references, and tabular and graphic inaccuracies.” The corrections are to 29 CFR 1904 (recording and reporting occupational injuries and illnesses), 1910 (general
P. Agnes Celebrates Silvestri Patient Tower Topping Off
On February 20, 2020, P. Agnes, Inc. celebrated the topping off of the Jefferson Health New Jersey – Silvestri Patient Tower project in Washington Township, New Jersey. This new patient tower is scheduled to open in 2021, and part of
LF Driscoll Celebrates WIC Week 2020
March 1-7, 2020 is Women in Construction (WIC) Week! To recognize the roles played by women in the construction industry, LF Driscoll has several activities planned at the Penn Medicine Pavilion project: Women in Construction Slogan Contest (to be judged
GBCA Welcomes New Safety Consultant
Please join us in welcoming Joe Healy, CSHM, GBCA’s new Safety Consultant! Joe is a Training Instructor for Med-Tex Services, and will be providing GBCA members with safety resources and services including the following: Conduct onsite or telephone safety consultations
GBCA Safety Toolbox Talk: Working with Electricity: Power Cords and Plugs
This week’s GBCA Safety Toolbox Talk provides an introduction to electrocutions, and checklists for safely working with power cords and plugs. Working with Electricity: Power Cords and Plugs DOWNLOAD Safety is a way of life: Plan for your
PHCPPros Featured Woman: Paula Bowe
Paula Bowe, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Josam Company, was recognized as PHCPPros’s Featured Woman and featured in the February 2020 edition of Plumbing Engineer magazine. Paula discusses how she’s formed long-standing relationships with Josam Company and her