BOSCH REXROTH Working up to ten hour days during the week and pulling additional staff in from other projects on weekends, Wolke says over the duration of the project most of his company’s 100 employees worked on the Bosch project at one time or another to get the job done. “It’s important when you’re working on a project with this kind of pace that you step back and take a birds’ eye view every so often, both to ensure people are working safely and to en- sure everything is being installed correctly.” Wolke says the building’s design as a building within a building, and the tight timeline, required creative thinking and close collaboration between the trades. “With the new steel structure installed under the roof of the original build- ing my team was building on top of structural steel while ductwork was being installed alongside us.” He says that coordination extended to the limited lay down space and ensuring it was available to those who needed it on any given day, and to the safety aspects of the entire project. “We were planning three weeks ahead to understand who would be on site when and doing what, what they were handling and how that changed the safety concerns in different areas of the project. Everyone had to understand their roles but also how their work impacted those around them.” Waldrop Mechanical Services installed the HVAC up- grades for the facility. President Bill Caldwell says O’Neal also preordered some of the equipment his team needed to install while Waldrop provided the rest, including seven water source heat pumps, 19 exhaust fans and 23 gravity intake and relief hoods, along with 48 tons of duct and the associated pipe work required. “Much of what we installed had to be in fast to establish the humidity controls and cooling the building needed. Some of the equipment was installed on the mezzanine, which was being built as the ductwork was going in,” Caldwell said. Caldwell says the close collaboration required between the trades and the height at which much of this took place (40 ft) created challenges, as did the delivery of equip- ment,” Caldwell said. “Some of the equipment came in during week eight of the schedule which was tight,” he ad- dded. “We had all the ductwork in place by then and had to connect it to the equip- ment. One air handler arrived with a struc- tural deficiency so we had to refurbish that.” Waldrop found ways to save time and money on the project, by eliminating parts of the 60-inch medium pressure ductwork and specialized belt-driven fans. Caldwell says the tight site meant ductwork had to be co-ordinated so it was fabricated and delivered just in time to avoid the requirement for storage and moving things SafetyTech Consultants, Inc. Your Complete Resource for OSHA Compliance The new Hazard Communication Standard, referred to as “HazCom 2012”, requires employers to train their employees in the new standards by December 1, 2013. SafetyTech Consultants has prepared a compre- hensive kit featuring a twenty-five minute DVD covering the informa- tion your employees need to know to recognize the hazards presented by chemicals and how to protect themselves. Included with the video is a printable ten-question quiz to confirm employee understanding of the training and an attendance roster. These provide documentation that your company has fulfilled its responsibility under HazCom 2012. “We found the SafetyTech DVD to be the most convenient way to train our employees in our own timeline and still be compliant with the HazCom requirements by December 1, 2013.” - Rena Smith, COO, Protégé Mechanical Labor Solutions, Winston-Salem, NC “The SafetyTech Training Kit covers all the points of the law that meet the training requirements of the new HazCom standard.” - Daniel Kavanaugh, Former NC OSHA Compliance Officer Order your Training Kit today at www.safetytechghs.com or call 336.468.6075 SafetyTech Consultants, Inc. * P.O. Box 315 * Hamptonville NC 27020 Phone: 336.468-6075 * Fax: 336.468.6034 * www.stc-safety.com The South Carolina Construction News — October/November 2013 – 9