Join Omega and Orange County’s Commercial Real Estate Power Women
Orange County’s women of influence in commercial real estate, property management, local government, higher education, law, and business will share success stories and offer guidance to help pave the path for other women at Bisnow’s upcoming “Orange County Power Women” conference, the first in a series planned by the commercial…
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Four Key Changes to the OSHA Beryllium Standard
With both long and short-term exposure limits reduced under new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, practice controls and plans for those who work with beryllium-containing products may need updating in order to ensure worker safety and OSHA compliance. A lightweight but extremely strong metal, beryllium and its related…
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Join Omega at CalCon 2019
Home to the country's second busiest airport and the top two cargo seaports – and with ambitious expansion goals for all three – California is in the midst of a booming period for capital improvements. From airports and seaports to correction facilities and office buildings, more than $150 billion in…
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Protecting Workers from Asbestos Exposure
Although it is highly regulated and banned for several new uses, asbestos is found in many buildings constructed before 1980 and is still in use in the United States. That means an exposure risk exists for those who occupy buildings with deteriorating asbestos- containing materials and for workers in older buildings…
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New Crystalline Silica Rule: 3 Questions Answered
Regulations for acceptable exposure limits of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) have been in place for decades. However, enforcement of new standards began September 23, 2017. With these new rules, OSHA has lowered the permissible exposure levels (PELs) for RCS to 50 μg/m3, averaged over an 8 hour shift, and now…
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