The construction of new nuclear power stations, which had been suspended since the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, will be resumed in China.

But only a small number will be launched by 2015 and all of them will be located at coastal sites.

Prior to the Fukushima disaster, some energy officials indicated China would embark on as many as 40 nuclear energy projects during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15), and at least seven inland provinces applied to host plants.

WorkSafeBC officers are assessing the operations and safety procedures for security guards who work at Canuck Security Services, after an employee was attacked and brutally beaten at a school construction site in Port Coquitlam, B.C.

“We are conducting an investigation on part of the regulations that deal with working alone or in isolation,” said WorkSafeBC Spokesperson Ally Skinner-Reynolds.

“A risk assessment is being undertaken to make sure the employer has precautions in place to minimize risk to workers when they are alone.”

Symantec is building a security operations center at its Springfield facility to meet a growing demand for storing sensitive data, company officials say.

The computer security and data storage company said construction should be finished by November on the nearly 3,400-square-foot center, The Register-Guard newspaper reported Saturday.

The center will be staffed by about a dozen employees who will work in shifts around the clock, 365 days a year. It's unclear whether those workers will be new hires.

Securing construction sites is one of the main challenges for most house builders, Swan New Homes has chosen Clarke Construction Security (CCSec) to provide comprehensive technology based site security throughout the building of its new Oldchurch Park development in Romford, Essex.

Oldchuch Park in Romford, Essex consists of 376 apartments and houses with a mixed tenure of private, rented and shared ownership.  It is anticipated to be a three year project with the first construction phase already underway.

Owners of the upscale 240 Phnom Penh condo development said yesterday that they have stopped construction, for the time being, in order to ensure the security of the nearby US ambassador’s residence.

“Construction at ‘240 Phnom Penh’ luxury apartments ... has been temporarily suspended whilst our team works with the US Embassy and the Governor of Phnom Penh to ensure that the security of the US Ambassador’s residence is not compromised ... in light of recent world events and the forthcoming ASEAN summit next month,” said the owner, Elaine Younn, via email.  American officials have confirmed that President Barack Obama will attend the summit.

New infrared gas imaging camera equipped with a 75 mm lens; it iscertified for use in Class I Div 2 hazardous locations, enabling remote detection and visualization of gas leaks from a great distance

Opgal Optronic Industries, a Karmiel, Israel-based provider of thermal and long range near IR imaging solutions, announced a new long-range model of its EyeCGas infrared gas imaging camera, using a 75mm lens. The EyeCGas uses the company’s proprietary optical design, enabling remote inspection of potentially leaking areas by detecting and visualizing even the smallest gas leaks from hundreds of meters away. The company says EyeCGas is the only gas imaging camera certified for use in Class I Div 2 hazardous locations, meeting ATEX II 3G Ex nL IIC T6, ANSI/ISA-12.12.01, UL1604 and CSA C22.2 No. 213-M1987.

DARPA merges structural engineering principles with new fabrication technologies to demonstrate microstructural control of materials at the micron level; the ultimate objective of the agency’s Materials with Controlled Microstructural Architecture (MCMA) program is to be able to develop materials in the future with properties tailored to meet specific mission requirements.

Exquisite buildings like the Eiffel Tower were made possible because of advances in structural engineering design methods. Truss structures, like the Eiffel Tower, are highly efficient; they can carry the same loads as solid structures, but at approximately one tenth of the weight. This weight and strength advantage is also what enabled the dramatic increase in building heights between 1885 and 1930, when buildings went from an average of ten stories to more than 100 stories, as epitomized by the Empire State Building. With its novel structural engineering, construction of the Eiffel Tower ushered in the age of the skyscraper.

As times change safety is quite rightfully becoming more important in the workplace. As a company who supply staff in many industries we recognise that many accidents in the work can actually be avoided, by incorporating safe practices. We already have polices and safe practices employed and have today received a CHAS accreditation for safety.

Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told hundreds of industry executives and military officials at a conference that he  is concerned with the potential of a cyber attack on privately owned U.S. computer networks; “I hope this isn’t one of those situations where we won’t do what we need to do until we get slammed,” Carter said

Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is concerned with the potential of a cyber attack on privately owned U.S. computer networks. “I hope this isn’t one of those situations where we won’t do what we need to do until we get slammed,” Carter told the annual Air Force Association conference.

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has launched a new guide for the construction sector intended to give Construction Site Managers an understanding of the techniques needed to secure these vulnerable sites. This includes a basic introduction to risk management and an overview of the practical solutions available.

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