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Understanding Contracts: Top Five Contract Provisions

Contracts are very important aspects of the relationships between a contractor and its customers. Taking the time to review and understand the terms of each contract, including to question and modify those terms, is all part of the contracting process.

Reach New Heights With Three Simple Questions

When seeking to improve personally or professionally, goal setting can help. Leaning in and taking action to make things happen and feel good about our progress is another important step.

Designing Microgrids with Cybersecurity in Mind

Microgrids are distributed energy systems that include power generation and storage assets. Protecting these assets and your overall energy systems from cybersecurity attacks should be front and center.

Five Main Considerations for Implementing Solar Energy

When considering implementing solar, there are five key items to think about to ensure that your solar project and your final asset meet your energy production goals, and that this success is maintained over the life of the asset.

Fighting Safety Complacency

In the construction and manufacturing industries, the repetitive nature of our work can lead us to complacency. On a job site, complacency can lead to serious safety concerns.

Supporting ESG Considerations For Our Customers

Do you have sustainability, energy or ESG goals? Do you have the necessary tools to visualize them, create reports and validate your data? ESG mandates and reporting requirements are in the early stages, and now is the time to prepare.

Understanding Ergonomic Hazards in the Workplace

Work-related musculoskeletal injuries are the most frequently reported causes of lost or restricted work time in the construction industry. Although these injuries are common, they are easily preventable with proper planning and preparation.

Suicide Prevention Month

The construction industry has the highest suicide rate of any other occupation. FTI pledges to foster a culture where team members feel safe to ask for help for themselves or others.

The Importance of Incident Reporting

Taking care of our team members is the ultimate reason for timely incident reporting, but it's also crucial for better response times, quicker results during root cause analysis and building a strong safety culture.

Energy Savings Through Manufacturing Process Optimization

How can you realize energy savings for your manufacturing facility? Optimizing industrial processes can improve energy efficiency, sustainability, power system reliability and resilience.

Four Actions to Cultivate a Learning Environment

When it comes to continued learning, there’s no better strategy than building a culture of learning on each job site, every day. It’s the critical responsibility of the crew to collectively teach the less experienced.

Poka-Yoke Method Yields Better Products, Services

An organization which incorporates poka-yoke methods can protect profits, lower the risk of injury and increase the probability of meeting customer time and quality expectations.