Pulice Construction, Inc., founded in 1956, is a heavy civil general engineering contractor and construction manager. Pulice has built successful projects over the years for both public and private owners, under Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Construction Manager at Risk, and Public-Private-Partnership (P3) delivery methods. Our project experience includes work in three primary market sectors – Transportation, Wastewater, and Water. Transportation sector includes airports, bridges, roads, and highways. Water sector includes dams, reservoirs, and distribution mains. Wastewater sector includes sanitary/storm sewer, treatment plants, and pump stations. Pulice performs work throughout the southwestern United States, with regional offices located in Arizona, California, and Texas. We employ, develop, and promote great builders. Our project management team excels at constructability reviews, value engineering, cost estimating, project scheduling, and subcontracting. We ensure our clients a seamless transition between the design and construction phases, with a focus on saving time and money. Pulice is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dragados S.A., one of the world’s largest heavy civil contractors.
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8660 E Hartford Dr
Suite 305
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255, US
📍 Tyler County US69 All hands Safety Meeting Pulice’s safety program is built on 100% employee involvement and commitment to excellence in safety. The Company strives for zero-job related injuries/illnesses. Our management team is fully committed to performing work safely and accident-free. In order to accomplish these goals, we have developed an aggressive safety program that includes safety policies and procedures that meet, or in most cases exceed OSHA standards. Employees are trained to plan and work safely, recognize unsafe conditions or acts, and initiate corrective actions. As a result, our OSHA Incident Rate five-year average is far below the industry standard. #GreatPeopleBuildGreatThingsSafely
Toolbox Tuesday 🌬 High Winds 🌬 When you are working outside sometimes you are at the mercy of the weather. Rain, snow, ice, and heat all can play a huge role in the ability to work outside but a less talked about hazard is high winds. It is important to realize that high winds can pose a threat and are a safety hazard and what to do if you find yourself working in these conditions. OSHA (The Occupational Safety and Health Administration) normally considers winds that are exceeding 40 miles per hour as high winds. If the work involves material handling, high winds can be considered at 30 miles per hour, unless the employer takes precautions to protect employees from the hazards of the wind. How to be Prepared In order to keep yourself and other workers safe on a construction job site there are several things you can do to prepare. • Check weather reports and monitor conditions continuously. Do not schedule work at elevations on days when high winds are in the forecast. • Wind can pick up quickly and sudden guests can take you by surprise. Make sure you always wear a harness when working at heights over 1.5m and ensure you are connected to an anchor point at all times. • Ensure partially built structures are properly secured and supported at all times regardless of weather conditions and that walls are braced until the building is complete. • Ensure scaffolding and other temporary structures are secure and can not be blown over. Best Practices to Follow Take a few minutes to look over your work area and site for potential hazards due to high winds. Discuss with other workers what you think could be done to eliminate or reduce the potential for injury and equipment damage. Some of the best practices to eliminate hazards and injuries related to high winds include: • Eliminate work tasks altogether that become dangerous in windy conditions. • Do not attempt to conduct lifting operations during high wind events. Make sure to ask your supervisor if they are monitoring high winds and ask when you should stop working. • Wear safety glasses but you should also consider wearing goggles if the dust and debris are getting worse. When you and your coworkers work together to try to have a safe job site the potential for injuries decrease. On a construction site, it is critical that you pre plan your day and your tasks to ensure safety. You will find that weather can play a major role in what tasks you will be able to do that day and ones you will have to wait on. When high winds are going to be present, plan work accordingly. Avoid certain tasks during high winds as well as use the safeguards you have been taught to ensure your safety as well as the safety of your coworkers. hashtag #GreatPeopleBuildGreatThingsSafely
Last week, crews at the 365 Toll Project completed another concrete deck pour for the floodway bridge, in McAllen, TX. To date, concrete has been placed on 14 of the 28 spans. Additional girders for this bridge are expected to be installed later this week. #GreatPeopleBuildGreatThings
We are happy to announce that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Yoakum district awarded the project to Pulice to reconstruct and widen the existing I-10 roadway from FM 2434 to US 90 (Alleyton Road South), in Colorado County, Texas. The total length of the project is six miles and bypasses the city of Columbus in Texas. The existing roadway consists of a four-lane facility with two-lane, two-way frontage roads. The median is a flush grassy median with a cable barrier system. The proposed improvements include widening from four to six main lanes that would consist of three 12-foot main lanes in each direction with 12-foot outside and inside shoulders. Additionally, we will convert two-lane, two-way frontage roads to two-lane, one-way frontage roads and replace existing grassy and cable divider with single slope concrete barrier median divider. Finally, we will construct a new bridge on new alignment over the Colorado River, with an additional 28 bridges for relief and overpass. We are looking forward to partnering with the Texas Department of Transportation on another successful project. Over the years, we have collaborated on numerous projects, achieving remarkable results. As we look to the future, we are eager to embark on new endeavors with TxDOT. Pulice is confident that our joint efforts will lead to continued success and innovation in infrastructure development of the state of Texas. #GreatPeopleBuildGreatThings
📍 I-35 CapEx North Project in Austin, Texas Just another smooth day on the job. #Great job crews! #GreatPeopleBuildGreatThings
A #great milestone from the I-2/I-69 project in Pharr, Texas! 👏 👏 👏
Congratulations to the entire I-2 / I-69C Interchange Project team on achieving another significant milestone! Last week, project crews performed the final concrete deck pour for the I-2 bridge over Jackson Road and U. S. Business 83. In total, roughly 2,400 CY of concrete were placed on 12 spans to form the driving surface of this structure. This milestone pushes the project one step closer to the completion of the new, and wider, I-2 westbound main lanes.
🚨 Toolbox Tuesday! 🚨 Fatigue 😴 Fatigue is one of the leading causes of injury at the workplace and at home. Operating mobile equipment while fatigued can be fatal to you and others and is as dangerous as operating while impaired due to drugs and alcohol. Performing work duties while fatigued can lead to: • Getting injured from equipment pinch-points or being hit by mobile equipment from not paying attention to the work environment. • Poor understanding of operating instructions. • Erroneous readings of process controls and gages. • Poor response time to emergency incidents and near misses. • Short cuts or poor work performance; not enough energy to do the job correctly. • Inability to handle multiple tasks at the same time. Tips for staying awake and alert: Periodically rotate jobs – keep it fresh. Set up a job rotation schedule if the work is mundane and not stimulating. Limit the coffee and artificial stimulants; ingesting these stimulants throws off the body’s natural ability to stay alert and focused. Eat a balanced diet and drink enough fluids to stay hydrated; ensure a fair balance of proteins, carbohydrates, and vitamins. Sleep a minimum of 7 hours per day and strive for work/life balance; allow adequate time to re-charge for the next workday. Exercise; stretch the muscles each morning before starting work. This allows for better blood flow which supplies oxygen. Drink plenty of water, particularly in hot working environments. #GreatPeopleBuildThingsSafely #ToolboxTuesday #StayAlert