ATL Receives the AGC NYS Safety Excellence Award!
ATL has received the Associated General Contractors of New York State (AGC NYS) Safety Excellence Award!
ATL Receives the Highwire Gold Safety Award!
ATL is receiving the Highwire Gold Safety Award for Safest Contractors & Vendors for 2023!
ATL Receives the Highwire Gold Safety Award!
ATL is receiving the Highwire Gold Safety Award! Highwire is a safety software company that allows contracting partners to engage with intelligent assessments, collaborate on risk mitigation plans, and review objective performance data to consistently learn and improve.
Using Ultrasonic Testing to Evaluate Concrete Exposed to Fire
Concrete is a common building and structural component that can be impacted by exposure to fire. Concrete is fairly heat resistant to approximately 500 to 600 °F. Once concrete reaches that range of temperature or beyond, damage can occur. Rapid cooling, which can occur during firefighting activities, can also adversely affect the concrete by creating thermal shock. Fire-exposed concrete can be evaluated by several methods: including visual examination of cracks, spalls, or color changes; extraction of core samples to evaluate concrete strength or perform petrographic analysis for microscopic evidence of damage; and/or evaluation through nondestructive means such as ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) testing, discussed further below.
ATL Increases Safety Audits in 2020
To reduce unnecessary travel of our safety staff, our field and operations staff in each office have stepped up. In 2019 there were a total of 189 audits performed by non-safety staff, we have surpassed that with over 200 already in 2020 with 4 months remaining.
