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Be ‘in tune’ with workers to assess their well-being, presenters say

Be ‘in tune’ with workers to assess their well-being, presenters say

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

Workplace safety experts have long been focused not just on workers’ physical wellbeing but their mental health as well. That rang true at the American Society of Safety Professionals 2025 Expo and Conference in July. Panelists also discussed the need to remove the...
Be ‘in tune’ with workers to assess their well-being, presenters say

UI is building a series of floodwalls to protect its coastal substations

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Singer project — which is expected to be completed in 2027 at a cost of $47 million — is one of three similar floodwalls that the Orange-based utility has either constructed or is planning to build to protect coastal substations. Last year, UI finished...
Be ‘in tune’ with workers to assess their well-being, presenters say

Damaged Stamford hurricane barrier gets federal funds for repair, but work won’t start for years

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

Repairs are coming to Stamford’s hurricane barrier, but work won’t begin until at least 2027. Sheandra Sterling, public affairs specialist for the New England district of the Corps of Engineers, wrote in an emailed message that an inspection in 2022 found...
Be ‘in tune’ with workers to assess their well-being, presenters say

CT healthcare system finds unusual modern use for historic building as $1B redevelopment takes shape

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 11, 2025 | Uncategorized

More than $1 billion in redevelopment planned in the next decade on the sprawling campus is now beginning to take shape, with construction of a new, 1,700-space parking garage for the public and employees set to break ground this week. The Hartford Hospital vision is...
Be ‘in tune’ with workers to assess their well-being, presenters say

New device on roads to help CT DOT worker safety. What all drivers need to know.

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 11, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is using another new tool to protect the safety of the hundreds of workers on state roads every day and drivers need to take note. Automated Flagger Assistance Devices are now on the roads in work zones across the state....
Be ‘in tune’ with workers to assess their well-being, presenters say

CT clean energy project will heat a university. It also could power thousands of homes.

by Kimberly Glassman | Aug 7, 2025 | Uncategorized

An innovative fuel cell development that has been a decade in the making is now under construction and will provide heat to a nearby university and generate enough electricity annually that could potentially service 8,500 homes. Scale Microgrids, the project’s New...
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