Items Tagged with 'severe weather'

Following the record destruction caused by Typhoon Yagi, the strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in the past 30 years, Simpson Strong-Tie is donating $10,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross, processed through the American Red Cross.

State transportation agencies in North Carolina and Tennessee are still assessing damage from the storm, forecasting a months-long effort to repair hard-hit critical arteries such as Interstate-40. 

Connecticut parents had to take drywall off their child when a tree broke through their house’s roof during a recent storm, reported Marcy Jones of WAFB 9.

In response to the recent storms that produced several tornadoes across northeastern Oklahoma, northern Texas, Kentucky, Missouri and Arkansas, Simpson Strong-Tie is donating $50,000 to the American Red Cross for direct support services the organization is providing to those who were affected.

As an expert of crisis manager, there are important things all contractors need to know about preparing for storms.

With winter in full swing, many safety professionals are searching for resources to protect their workers from the ice, sleet and snow that cause thousands of yearly injuries.

Eleven families who lost their homes during last year’s tornadoes in western Kentucky were presented new transitional housing today, thanks to the efforts of the local construction industry and other community groups. Construction firms belonging to the Associated General Contractors of Western Kentucky, as well as the Bread of Life Humanitarian Effort, helped construct, furnish and supply the new housing.