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Gold Award for the sixth consecutive year. The Gold Award is the top annual safety award issued by North Carolina's Department of Labor. The company's Brickbaven production facility, near Moncure, received a Silver Award.
Headquartered in Johnson City, Tenn., General Shale is the North American subsidiary of Wiener berger AG and a leading manufacturer of brick, one of the world's oldest green building materials.
The North Carolina Department of Labor's Safety Awards Program recog�nizes private and public firms through�out the state that achieve and maintain good health and safety records. To qual�ify for a safety award, a company must have had no fatalities during the calendar year at the location for which the award was given, and must have maintained an incidence rate that is at least 50 percent below the average for its particular in�dustry group.
For more information about General Shale, visit www.generalshale.com.
PROSOCO unveils lineup of special sessions at WOC
PROSOCO has unveiled a series of educational sessions and panel discus�sions at the upcoming 2017 World of Concrete, Jan. 16-20, in Las Vegas.
Attendees are encouraged to reserve their seats early for these free sessions, which have limited space.
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Cintec America Provides Anchoring Systems for NYC Subway Station Retrofit Project
The ceiling panel attachment at the side wall and an additional anchor in the center edge of the panel attachment to the ceiling.
New York City Transit managers had learned in 1999 that a portion of the ceiling at 181 st Street was at risk of collapse. However, it did not begin a comprehensive assessment of the ceiling's condition until June 2009. On Aug. 16, 2009, at 10:18 p.m., a large section of the arched brick ceiling at the 181 st Street Station on the IRT Line fell onto the platforms and tracks. Fortunately, no one was injured by the falling bricks, and subway service to the station was immediately suspended.
After an exhaustive NYC Transit Authority testing regimen and evaluation of all the anchoring systems available in the United States, the Cintec custom-designed anchoring solution was selected to hold up the fire-and waterproof ceiling panels over the train station. Cintec anchors were also selected to retain the bricks that line the walls.
A custom-designed crane was used to raise the overhead panels in place up to the ceiling, and they were then attached to a mounting clip system held in place by Cintec anchors. All the construction was done on a raised platform above the train station and the tracks, though this station is 120 feet below ground. IMAS
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