Construction Magazine July 2014 | Page 22

GENERAL CONTRACTING
Installing off-site constructed pipework
Safety Safety is another key benefit of this solution . The majority of the most common hazards in construction are specific to or at least exacerbated by an on-site setting . In a specific manufacturing facility , workers are not required to work at height in poor visibility or treacherous downpours that create slip hazards . Nor is poorlyassembled scaffolding an issue , or indeed the other side of the weather coin : excessive heat that can lead to sunstroke and dehydration .
Machinery and robots can take responsibility for some of the most precise cutting work , and other items that require intense concentration where a mistake can be costly in more ways than one .
Community People living locally to the site of a new development will also appreciate that it is not taking place in their back yard . Off-site construction removes all the unpleasant disruptions that come with a construction project , from noise and
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