If you have been following the HTRC for any length of time, you know that every two weeks we generally participate in something called a “Lets Blog Off” which started up just a little over a year ago. Since it started, this will be my 24th Blog Off out of a total of 33 ones. […]
Safety Sunday: Locks are meant to keep the Honest people Honest
From a safety & security standpoint, this was a pretty quiet but yet an interesting week. My favorite comment this week was – I thought keys were just keys… (Sorry, but we can’t rekey your new Kwikset locks to use your old Schlage key) Then yesterday while I was playing catch up, here comes an […]
RRP Updates: Effective October 5th, 2011
Has it really been 9 months since we had our last RRP update, and 17 months since we publically commented on the new changes that go into effect October 5th 2011 – whew it sure has been. Besides one fine being handed out finally (I mean the video was on YouTube & was one of […]
Safety Sunday: 5 Common Sense Tips for Driving in the Rain
Ahhh Monday’s, so there I am trying to get a wall dried in on a day it wasn’t supposed to rain, and then trying to avoid getting creamed on the way home, what could be better? A little later on, and after participating in the following tweet stream “brendaslynn It is also #AlabamaLaw RT SLSconstruction […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Taking out the Trash
For many of us we simply bag up the trash, throw it in the container outside & it’s handled. For many living in very rural areas there might not be any service, which is where many of the current off-grid homes are located. This generally leaves many individuals to consider of 3 well known options; […]
Let’s Blog Off: Privacy from an Information Security Specialist View
Before stepping back into the construction arena full time, my main day job for almost 10 years was working for the State of Arizona in the Information Technology field; where the bulk of the later years was focused mainly on data & information security. During this 10 year period, it was pretty interesting dealing with […]
Safety Sunday: Top Ten Safety Tips for Air / Pneumatic Nailer
This last week, the alphabet soup of worker safety (NIOSH, OSHA, CDC, DOL, & DHHS) put out a new brochure on Nail Gun Safety . Overall they did a real nice job, especially describing the difference between the firing mechanisms, and an extensive list of do’s & don’ts. One of the most interesting items I […]
Dodo Sapiens, Codes, and other thoughts from GBFC:
As mentioned in our prior recap of the Green Building Focus Conference, Eric Corey Freed of Organic Architect was the final keynote speaker. Eric has a reputation for stirring the pot and with a title of his keynote being Dodo Sapiens: How regenerative, bio-based buildings will save us from ourselves, one can tell he is […]
Green Building Focus – 2011 Conference Recap (Day 2)
Ahhh day 2, of the 3rd annual Green Building Focus Conference which based on the schedule, was definitely saving the best for last. Unlike last year where all the keynote speakers were all on first day, they split them across the two days for this year. Based on this and other changes, it was nice […]
Green Building Focus – 2011 Conference Recap (Day 1)
This last Thursday & Friday I spent in Birmingham for the 3rd annual Green Building Focus Conference. Unlike last years which was 4 days long and huge, this one was a more scaled down affair which was a lot more personable and left my feeling recharged instead of glad to finally off my feet after […]
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