New game apps teach safe lifting and materials handling practices

January 1, 2019  |  Resources

The Center for Construction Research and Training, an OSHA Alliance Program participant, has launched a number of new safety resources, including free game apps to help educate employees on how to prevent injuries that result from manually lifting and moving heavy materials. Lifting heavy items is o…
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State marijuana laws, opioid use and your workplace drug policy

October 1, 2018  |  Resources

What do business owners need to know about changing state marijuana laws and opioid use? With the U.S. unemployment rate at its lowest in years, employers are struggling to fully staff their companies. If that wasn’t difficult enough, employers who operate in states that have legalized marijuana f…
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Tax law changes make adding equipment and vehicles more affordable

October 1, 2018  |  Resources

Last December’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) not only slashed tax rates, it also enacted rules that allow businesses to treat as an expense and immediately write off more—including 100 percent temporary expensing for certain assets. This means adding needed equipment, vehicles or even a new shop…
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Facebook’s algorithm changes will affect social media strategies

July 1, 2018  |  Resources

The power of Facebook® is undeniable—and while its data privacy issues dominate the news at the moment, the algorithm update that launched earlier this year is still a hot topic for social media marketers and page administrators across the globe. How might this update affect our marketing strateg…
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Selling a business depends on good record keeping and planning

March 1, 2018  |  News, Resources

No matter where in the world we run our businesses, we aspire to be successful, profitable and happy. We have either started the business from nothing, purchased an existing enterprise or taken the reins of the family business. Often, we begin with limited skills, have minimal formal industry traini…
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Structural behavior

August 1, 2016  |  Resources, Structure Basics

The challenges of designing and sizing the elements that make up a shade structure. Structural engineer Craig G. Huntington, president of Huntington Design Associates Inc., describes the challenge of designing and sizing the elements that make up a shade structure: “Shade structures are generally …
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Collecting sun and rain

April 1, 2016  |  Features, Resources, Structure Basics

A pair of dynamic fabric structures bookend the Taiwan landscape. From the northern most tip of Taiwan, where capital city Taipei is located, to the southwest coast, where Kaohsiung City, the country’s industrial center, greets the setting sun, two new installations showcase the capabilities of te…
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Huge structure is challenging, not impossible

January 1, 2016  |  Resources, Structure Basics

When CAF USA (one of the U.S. rail transportation market leaders in the design, manufacture and maintenance of all types of railcars), Elmira, N.Y., wanted to enclose a 90-foot-wide and 24-foot-tall bridge train that was attached to an existing building, the first two shelter vendors they called sai…
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Fabric protection for frac sand

October 1, 2015  |  Features, Resources, Structure Basics

A fast-growing industry relies on fabric architecture for a long-term, large-format storage facility. Wind and sand are like oil and water; they don’t mix. When Source Energy Services (SES), Eau Claire, Wis., enlisted the assistance of Legacy Building Solutions Inc., South Haven, Minn., to build t…
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Education program for architects

May 1, 2014  |  Continuing Education

The Fabric Structures Association, a division of the Industrial Fabrics Association International, is offering a presentation that its members can offer to architects in their area for Continuing Education System (CES) credits. The presentation, titled Fabric Structures: Where to begin, is accredite…
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