NORTH CAROLINA’S TOP 10 SAFETY REPORT
a safety issue on the job. Every ele-
ment of training and work is focused
on safety.

Jetton said that safety has
evolved over time and employees
have been able to take their safety
standards to a much higher level.

Certain projects have demanding
scaffolding installation elements. Su-
pervisors assess job hazards every
morning and supervisors review
those hazards with crews before any
work is started.

The safety focus is driven by the
desire to protect good, hardworking
employees, Jetton says. Incorporat-
ing best safe-work practices in every
worker task, Scaffolding Solutions
has minimized worker injuries and
risks. Safety recognitions include the
BB&T insurance company Light-
house Beam Safety Recognition
Award in 2017, reflecting a workers’
compensation loss ratio of 10 per-
cent or less. At least 75 percent of
Scaffolding Solutions’ employees re-
ceive Industrial Safety Readiness
Training (ISRT) certificates each year,
resulting in the Gold Level award
from The Virginia Manufacturer’s As-
sociation. In addition, Scaffolding Solutions
received the National Scaffold and
Access Industry Association’s
(SAIA)’s 2017 Collaborative Commer-
cial Project of the Year award. The
SAIA project award was based on
the innovative scaffolding and con-
struction hoist installation at the
Basilica Church in Washington, D.C.,
the largest Catholic church in North
America, done with 30,000 man-
hours of work with zero safety inci-
dents. Scaffolding Solutions employs in-
house safety managers as well as in-
dependent safety consultants to
constantly review best practices and
audit worker safety.

One best-practice example is the
company has adopted the use of
self-retractable dual lanyards at all
work sites. The lanyards have a
much shorter stopping time and are
much safer than standard ones, Jet-
ton said.

For more information see
https://scaffoldingsolutions.com/nor th-carolina.

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PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Charlotte approves $110
million for convention
center expansion
Charlotte City Council has ap-
proved a $110-million plan to expand
and renovate the Charlotte Conven-
tion Center, the Charlotte Observer
has reported.

The project will add 93,000 sq. ft.

of space along Stonewall St. Plans
include 15 new meeting spaces with
movable walls and a pedestrian
bridge across Stonewall St. connect-
ing the center to the Novel apart-
ment and retail development, as well
as the Blue Line light-rail station and
the 700-room Westin Hotel.

Holder-Edison Foard-Leeper Co.

has been selected as construction
manager for the project, while TVS
North Carolina will provide architec-
tural services.

Construction is expected to start
next year and would run through
2020. Construction on the new four
story, 145,000-sq. ft. structure is set
to start in spring 2019 at the corner
of Blue Ridge and Macon Pond
roads. The cancer center should open in
late 2020.

"We believe our new cancer cen-
ter will create a hub for oncology
care for patients from across Wake
County and Eastern North Carolina,”
UNC Rex president Steve Burriss
said in a statement. “This center will
provide a new home to care for
more people who rely on us for
treatment and support during a can-
cer diagnosis."
The four-story building is more
than double the space currently ded-
icated to cancer care on the Rex
Hospital campus, officials said.

Developers plan $30 million
north Charlotte project with
five-story hotel, commercial
space Construction on a $30 million pro-
ject in north Charlotte should start in
the first quarter of 2019, the Char-
lotte Business Journal reports.

2018-2019 edition
UNC Rex Healthcare to
build $65 million Raleigh
cancer center
UNC Rex Healthcare has an-
nounced a $65 million project to
build a new cancer center next to
the main hospital in Raleigh.

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