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- 5 Ideas That Will Make You Think About Marketing
- Working Safely in and Around Excavation Works
- Where Can I Obtain Gold Coins With Satisfaction?
| 5 Ideas That Will Make You Think About Marketing Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:51 AM PDT When you start a business, you'll realize how hard it is to succeed. While the internet was assumed to be a tool that would lead to greater opportunities for all businesses, it has actually just worked to increase the competition from a local market to a global one. In order to find the right success in your business efforts, you'll really need to find a way to step up your game. A little bit of research will reveal some methods for catering your website to the online markets. You will soon see that SEO businesses are the right tool to help you reach an even larger internet audience. SEO stands for search engine optimization; it is generally thought of as a marketing strategy by which a company can quickly jump up the search engine rankings. For example, if you are a business that deals in construction, you would probably want to be the business of choice when an online user tries to find a construction company in your general region. However, you'll probably notice that your site is way down the search results -- sometimes not even on the first page! Without being able to be found by the visitors, your site will probably never be seen, which will lead to a loss of profits. An SEO resource will create a number of different keywords and links that will cause your website to be viewed more favorably by search engines. Their algorithms are based on how authoritative your website seems. SEO companies work by helping you redesign your website and deliver the proper keywords so that when a search engine bot comes looking for your page, your website will return a number of good hits that will please the algorithms. At this point you may be wondering why you would ever want to spend any money doing this. The first reason is that the attention spans and patience levels of today's online audience is incredibly low. If your company does not appear in one of the very first spots on a search result page, you will probably be able to pull in maybe 5% of the total number of people who perform a search. Being on page two or three drops your odds quite a bit. Your website will be like a ghost town. Your site's web rankings will increase as you perform the optimization. The traffic on your page will likewise start to increase as more people are exposed to your website when they make a search. Your sales will then have no choice but to increase.  |
| Working Safely in and Around Excavation Works Posted: 30 Jun 2012 01:43 AM PDT Persons conducting business or undertakings have responsibilities under the Work Health and Safety Act to ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all staff and the employer and individual staff members may be liable to prosecution under the WHS Act for failure to provide a safe workplace. Those who are constructing a business establishment must be aware of the risks associated with all kinds of excavations at the site, however deep the excavation is. Excavation work generally means work involving the removal of soil or rock from a site to form an open face, hole or cavity using tools, equipment or explosives. In order determine and consider all occupational and safety hazards, management procedures must be made. A planned approach is required in order to manage the risks associated with or related to excavation works: Before the commencement of excavation, all types of excavation work should be planned with proper consultation with all the persons involved. These people include the excavation team, geotechnical engineers, contractors involved in the process, RTA supervisors, engineers and excavation supervisor. All types of excavation are subject to risk identification, assessment and elimination and/or control before its commencement, or when there is a change that may introduce new hazards and risks. The risks that should be managed include collapse of excavation, inadvertent contact with utility services, debris falling into the excavation site, persons falling into the excavation, exposure of hazardous substance and drowning. Below are the factors that require consideration during the risk assessment process: * The nature and condition of the ground or working environment * The possibility of flooding or water inrush from any source * The proximity of under or above ground electricity cables, gas mains or other utility services * Whether the excavation is, or will become during works, a confined space * The proximity of any previous or planned excavations * The proximity of other buildings or structures to the planned excavation * The presence of mobile plant and its effect on stability and proximity to the edge of the excavation * The placement of excavated materials and their effect on stability, access, egress and depth * The possibility of the fall or dislodgement of earth, rock or other material * Access an egress * Surrounding vehicular traffic and ground vibration * Vehicular and pedestrian traffic over a covered excavation * Depth of excavation * Security of the site * Potential exposure to hazardous substances There must be a sufficient system of safety that involves shoring, earth retention equipment and other appropriate measures (like benching or battering) that need to be used to control risks from rising from one or more of the following reasons: * When there is a fall or dislodgment of earth, rock or other materials, * When there is instability of excavation or any adjoining structure, * When there is an inrush of water or any other similar substances, such as sewerage * When there is a mistake in the placement of excavated material, * When there is instability due to the person or plant working near the excavation A shoring system may not be necessary if there is no likelihood of a fall or dislodgment of earth, rock or other material from a height of more than 1.5 meters that may bury, trap or strike a person who is in the excavation, due to the slope and nature of the excavation site. A risk assessment should be conducted and given documentation to check if the hazards have been identified and assessed. All persons involved in excavation or work associated with an excavation must be given appropriate information, instruction and training. Areas that must be covered in Training and Instruction include: The construction methods and manual handling procedures that are required for the work to be performed are as follows: * The content of the SWMS, including safety systems to be used * The correct use, care, maintenance and storage of PPE, tools and equipment * The use of plant and associated equipment, including electrical safety and hazardous substances * To ensure familiarity with emergency and communication procedures * Critical warning signs for collapse * Other associated policies and procedures that may apply Whatever excavation work has a depth of 1.5 meters and above requires a written Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS). To ensure the safety of people working on the site, as well as the civilians, all excavations must be secured and barricaded. Examples of different types of securing or barricading may include: * Fences, barricades or hoarding surrounding trenches, pits or excavations within a site * External barricade or fencing of the perimeter of the site * Covering of pile holes or cable holes should they be left unattended * Clear and specific marking and labeling of all excavations of whatever depths as a way to warn and alert civilians and plant traffic. NOTE: All safety barriers, fences, delineations or markings must comply with Australian standards and legislative duties. For medium to high-risk excavation works, no person is allowed to work alone at any time. There should be a standby assigned to check on the working person. The standby person should be located outside the zone of influence at all times. The supervisor may also act as the standby person should there not be anyone available to stand by. NOTE: The zone of influence is the area around an excavation that is susceptible to slippage or collapse (refer to point '5. Definitions' in the 'Working In or Around an Excavation Procedure' ? Throughout the excavation process, safe access and egress must be provided, including to and from caissons and cofferdams. The design drawings should include details of access and egress provisions for cofferdams and caissons. If fixed ladders and platforms are not provided as means of access, a further written risk assessment must be conducted before the commencement of the work. All persons working in or adjacent to the excavation must be made aware of the emergency procedures and these procedures must be circulated among them. It is important to note that excavation failures are very dangerous and risky as they may occur quickly, which may limit the ability of workers (and in some situations, civilians near the vicinity) to escape, especially if the collapse is large or is by a trench. The speed of an excavation collapse increases the risk associated with this type of work and the consequences are significant as the falling earth can bury or crush any person in its path. This can result in death by suffocation or internal crush injuries The magnitude of the consequences particularly in relation to trench collapse highlights the need to protect workers and other person working at or near excavations. About the Author: If you've got questions about anything in this article or anything related to Ensafe or the construction industry, you can contact us via phone or email or leave your question in the comments below.  |
| Where Can I Obtain Gold Coins With Satisfaction? Posted: 30 Jun 2012 01:34 AM PDT Where can I acquire gold coins with comfort? This is usually a question that a lot of investors ask, and it is a great deal more common now that gold is seeing record prices. As the price of gold has climbed so has the number of ripoffs, frauds, as well as unethical gold dealers that could be acquired online. This increases the risks involved whenever gold coins are purchased unless of course a reliable and also reputable dealer can be found. There are hundreds or even thousands of online gold dealers offering gold coins for sale, and also each dealer might have diverse prices, mark ups, and a varying reputation for quality gold coins at affordable prices. Some dealers present legitimate coins but the costly prices may make the dealer a poor choice for many. Other on the internet gold sellers may have a limited or spotty business history that can be a sign of fraud or low quality gold coins offered. Where can I buy gold coins with the cheapest risks involved? From an online coin dealer that has been completely researched and also evaluated just before any purchase is primarily made. Look at the length of time the dealer has been selling this type of coin, and the reputation of the dealer with other consumers. Both these steps might help identify any disreputable dealers as well as lower the risks taken when gold coins are acquired. The type of gold coins obtained can even be a factor that's essential. Some coins are valued for their gold content whilst others have a much higher numismatic value. Gold coins which have historical value or are rare will often sell for a lot more than the price of the gold value. These coins could be collectors items nevertheless they might not always be the ideal gold investment option. In case the dealer has 2-3 complaints over a decade and hundreds of positive reviews then they are likely a good choice. Dealers with many grumbles and lots of poor reviews should be eliminated from consideration. About the Author: Where can I buy gold coins safely? From an online dealer who's been in business for ten years or more and who has mostly positive comments from customers who have made purchases in the past.  |
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